What is this project about?

Although globalization and intensifying global connectedness is largely a driver for global cultural homogenization and the appearance of “world cultures”, climate change adaptation strategies remain geographically and socio-culturally sensitive and bound. In specific, evidence has pointed out that there are local cultural differences in perceiving and handling climate change, leading to local limits of adaptation and inadequate transfer of climate change-related knowledge and practices. So, implementing so-called “best-practice” adaptation strategies simply might not work in different cultural contexts. Cultural dimensions of climate change adaptation then raise the question: how far are climate change-related knowledge and adaptation practices (climate cultures) globally transferable and applicable?

Explore the following pages to learn more about the research project’s mission, objectives, partnerships and funding:

• Project Mission and Objectives
• Partnerships and Funding