Climate Change and Local Economies

Abstract

Climate change confronts us with urgent questions about risk and responsibility at every scale. The Paris Agreement commits the
global community to hold temperature rise well below 2°C above preindustrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit it to 1.5°C. To
make these goals real for countries with fewer resources, Article 11 calls for capacity building so they can turn commitments into
locally driven adaptation and mitigation actions. Article 12 goes further by calling for enhanced climate change education, training, public awareness, public participation, and public access to information. This special issue answers that call by bringing together research that informs policy makers, practitioners, and communities on the front lines of change.