Communicating climate change for adaptation in rural communities: A Pacific study

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1491-1503

  McNaught, Rebecca ^a   Warrick, Olivia ^b   Cooper, Andrew ^c  

^a Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre   (Vanuatu)

^b Independent Climate Adaptation Consultant   (New Zealand)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Communication; Community based adaptation; Developing countries; Disaster risk reduction; Pacific

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904666087     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-014-0592-1     Document Type: Article

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