Mountains are the home of many cultures and diverse Indigenous knowledge and local knowledge , which can and do provide strong support for place-based integrated adaptation and mitigation strategies . Indigenous knowledge and local knowledge reinforce community adaptive capacity, yet governance structures and processes, including the deliberate design and implementation of climate policy, can constrain that capacity from being realised  . Communities, particularly poor and remote mountain communities, are vulnerable to climate change, and there is a need for capacity-building in research, policy development and implementation to pursue climate resilient development . Climatic stressors and socioeconomic changes are changing traditional genderscapes in mountain communities . There is increasing evidence on the roles that gendered diversity in knowledge, institutions and everyday practices can play in addressing barriers and creating opportunities for achieving resilience, adaptive capacity and sustainability in societies .
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Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
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