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Summary: 387
The effects of observed and future
changes in climate are spatially and socially
differentiated. The impacts of future changes
will be felt particularly by resource-depen-
dent communities through a multitude of
primary and secondary effects cascading
through natural and social systems. Given
that the world is increasingly faced with risks
of climate change that are at the boundaries
of human experience,1
there is an urgent
Social Capital, Collective Action, and Adaptation
to Climate Change
W. Neil Adger
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research and CSERGE,
School of Environmental Sciences, University
of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom
n.adger@uea.ac.uk
Abstract: Future changes in climate pose significant challenges for society, not the
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