Faculty of Landscape and Society, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway

Siri H. Eriksen & Frode Degvold

Climate and Sustainability Programme, Overseas Development Institute (ODI), London, UK

Nicholas P. Simpson

African Climate and Development Initiative, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Nicholas P. Simpson

School of People, Environment and Planning, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Bruce Glavovic

Energy and Natural Resources Unit, United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Mexico City, Mexico

Debora Ley

Stockholm Environment Institute US, Somerville, MA, USA

Edward R. Carr

Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico

Luis Fernández-Carril

Department of Political Science and International Relations, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

Bronwyn Hayward

Natural England, York, UK

Mike D. Morecroft

Global Centre for Environment and Energy, Ahmedabad University, Ahmedabad, India

Minal Pathak

Southeast Asia Disaster Prevention Research Initiative, Universiti Kebangsaan, Bangi, Malaysia

Joy Jacqueline Pereira

Integrative Ecophysiology, Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, Germany

Hans-Otto Pörtner

School of Life Sciences, University of Kwazulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

Debra C. Roberts

Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands

Debra C. Roberts

NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, USA

Alex C. Ruane

Environmental Sciences Department, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA

Roberto Sánchez-Rodríguez

Institute of Geography, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

E. Lisa F. Schipper

Department of Geography, Hunter College, City University of New York, New York, NY, USA

William Solecki

Department of Environment and Geography and York Environmental Sustainability Institute, University of York, York, UK

Lindsay C. Stringer

Ecole de Sociologie Rurale et de Vulgarisation Agricole, Université Nationale du Bénin, Porto-Novo, Benin

Edmond Totin

West and Central Africa – Coastal and Humid Regions, World Vegetable Center, Cotonou, Benin

Edmond Totin

Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN, USA

Arlene Birt

Background Stories, Minneapolis, MN, USA

Arlene Birt

S.H.E. and N.P.S. led the drafting of the text. S.H.E., N.P.S., B.G., D.L., E.R.C., L.F.-C., B.H., M.D.M., M.P., J.J.P., H.-O.P., D.C.R., A.C.R., R.S.-R., E.L.F.S., W.S., L.C.S. and E.T. conceptualized the paper and provided editorial input. S.H.E., N.P.S., B.G., E.R.C., L.F.-C., B.H., M.P., A.C.R., W.S., L.C.S. and E.T. wrote sections of the paper and provided editorial input throughout. A.B., F.D., B.G., D.L. and S.H.E. developed graphics and contributed to conceptualization.