Communal life is characterized by the shared timing of human and environmental events. Climate change is disrupting these timings, creating mismatches in these coordinated temporal patterns and requiring adaptive governance.
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This commentary emerged from the CALENDARS project, which received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme (grant agreement 804150). M.B.’s work was financed by ‘The Times of a Just Transition’ project, which received funding from the British Academy (grant number GCPS2\100005).
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Bremer, S., Klenk, N., Bastian, M. et al. Adaptation requires attuning to shifting temporal patterns. Nat. Clim. Chang. 14, 8–10 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01899-8
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