How does climate change affect people in the mountains?
"Mountain farming is family farming" and climate change is disrupting the lives of the 915 million people living in mountain areas.
This map shows our recent effort to synthesize the scientific literature on how people in mountain regions are adapting. 170 articles documenting over 690 discrete adaptations are represented. Explore the map, links to the literature, and the different types of methods used in this body of literature. The underlying data and accompanying article can be found here (link to come):
McDowell, G., Huggel, C., Frey, H., Wang, F., Cramer, R., Ricciardi, V. 2019. Adaptation action and research in glaciated mountain systems: Are they enough to meet the challenge of climate change? Global Environmental Change. 54: 19-30. (Link)
