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The adaptation challenge in the Arctic

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It is commonly asserted that human communities in the Arctic are highly vulnerable to climate change, with the magnitude of projected impacts limiting their ability to adapt. At the same time, an increasing number of field studies demonstrate significant adaptive capacity. Given this paradox, we review climate change adaptation, resilience and vulnerability research to identify and characterize the nature and magnitude of the adaptation challenge facing the Arctic. We find that the challenge of adaptation in the Arctic is formidable, but suggest that drivers of vulnerability and barriers to adaptation can be overcome, avoided or reduced by individual and collective efforts across scales for many, if not all, climate change risks.

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We would like to thank the Applied Public Health Chairs programme of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the International Development Research Centre, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, ArcticNet, Fonds de recherche du Québec – Santé, and Fonds de recherche du Québec – Nature et technologies, for ongoing support for this research. We thank Joanna MacDonald (McGill University, Canada) and Frank Duerden (Victoria University, Australia) for their help with the manuscript. All correspondence and requests should be directed to J.D.F.

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