ABSTRACT
Anthropogenic activity since the mid-1800s has led to an unprecedented warming of the planet, and the effects on the planet’s socioecological systems are increasingly manifest in the form of both extreme events and slow onset changes of the environment (Adger 1999; Adger et al. 2003). Moreover, the poorest segments of the global population are the most exposed and vulnerable to these events, and they are currently experiencing the direct and devastating impacts of global climate change (World Bank 2010; IPCC 2014; UNDP 2014). In fact, the increased occurrence of climate-related global disasters and the threat of reaching catastrophic “tipping points” have inspired the proposal of a new era, the Anthropocene, wherein man (Anthropos) makes an indelible imprint on the planet.
