Support to adaptation has been based largely on the premise that individuals, communities, and organizations perceiving a threat to their lifestyle will respond to that threat and inspire adaptation. But what if achieving the desired reduction in vulnerability for a population or region requires the action of many individuals who have no motivation to act on their own? Hallie Eakin and Emma Tompkins discuss what they describe as the “private provisioning of public adaptation goods” and how to encourage private actors to contribute to public adaptation in an article lately featured in Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions.

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