Scholars@Duke
Gabriela Nagle Alverio

Selected Publications

Dichotomy or continuum? A global review of the interaction between autonomous and planned adaptations

Journal Article Ecology and Society · February 1, 2025 Adaptation to climate change is often conceptualized as a dichotomy, with responses being either planned (formal and structured) or autonomous (organic and self-organized, often known as “everyday adaptation”). Recent literature on adaptation responses has ... Full text Cite

Climate change, conflict, and urban migration

Journal Article Environment and Security · August 4, 2024 The adverse effects of man-made climate change and protracted conflict intensify rural-to-urban migration in many developing countries. This article examines the impacts of climate and conflict migration on urban environments and on migrants thems ... Full text Cite

Climate-induced migration in the Global South: an in depth analysis

Journal Article npj Climate Action · June 14, 2024 AbstractScientists predict ongoing global climate change to trigger adverse events affecting about 143 million people in the Global South by 2050, leading to various forms of migration and mobility. While existing literatur ... Full text Cite

A global assessment of policy tools to support climate adaptation

Journal Article Climate Policy · January 1, 2022 Governments, businesses, and civil society organizations have diverse policy tools to incentivize adaptation. Policy tools can shape the type and extent of adaptation, and therefore, function either as barriers or enablers for reducing risk and vulnerabili ... Full text Cite

A systematic global stocktake of evidence on human adaptation to climate change

Journal Article Nature Climate Change · November 1, 2021 Assessing global progress on human adaptation to climate change is an urgent priority. Although the literature on adaptation to climate change is rapidly expanding, little is known about the actual extent of implementation. We systematically screened >48,0 ... Full text Cite

Equity in human adaptation-related responses: A systematic global review

Journal Article One Earth · October 22, 2021 Growing evidence suggests that climate adaptation responses that do not incorporate equity considerations may worsen inequality and increase vulnerability. Using data from a systematic review of peer-reviewed empirical research on adaptation responses to c ... Full text Cite

The effects on public health of climate change adaptation responses: a systematic review of evidence from low- and middle-income countries.

Journal Article Environmental research letters : ERL [Web site] · July 2021 Climate change adaptation responses are being developed and delivered in many parts of the world in the absence of detailed knowledge of their effects on public health. Here we present the results of a systematic review of peer-reviewed literature reportin ... Full text Cite

The role of international organizations in equitable and just planned relocation.

Journal Article Journal of environmental studies and sciences · January 2021 Since 2010, States party to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change have recognized planned relocation as a viable adaptation to climate change. Planned relocation has been attempted in many communities globally and has raised serious iss ... Full text Cite

Climate change adaptation in conflict-affected countries: A systematic assessment of evidence.

Journal Article Discover sustainability · January 2021 People affected by conflict are particularly vulnerable to climate shocks and climate change, yet little is known about climate change adaptation in fragile contexts. While climate events are one of the many contributing drivers of conflict, feedback from ... Full text Cite