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In the print version of this Perspective, references 20 and 21 were omitted from the reference list and should have appeared as:

20. Adger, N. W., Barnett, J., Brown, K., Marshall, N. & O'Brien, K. Cultural dimension of climate change impacts and adaptation. Nature Clim. Change 3, 112–117 (2013).

21. Moser, S. C. & Ekstrom, J. A. A framework to diagnose barriers to climate change adaptation. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. UiSA 104, 22026–22031 (2012).

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