The Climate Adaptation Generation

Winner 2025 National EVERGREEN Book Award (Environment) for best climate change Book in the US in 2025. The first applied Climate Adaptation book to focus on Flourishing. We are living in an age defined by disruption and uncertainty where wildfires rage, coastlines recede, storms intensify, disease vectors expand, and the future grows more unpredictable by the year. It is a story of innovation, adaptation, and action. Robert W. Collin legal scholar, urban planner, social worker, educator, and environmental justice advocate charts a specific, direct, and urgent path forward. This book is both a call to action and a practical guide for communities, educators, policymakers, and young leaders. Drawing from decades of interdisciplinary experience, Collin introduces a comprehensive blueprint for climate adaptation grounded in place-based planning, human flourishing, and intergenerational wisdom. Each chapter features targeted Advocacy Briefs and a Planner's Toolkit concrete, actionable tools to turn ideas into impact and policy into action. From case studies from around the globe, and the use of AI in all climate adaptation responses, this is a toolkit for the Adaptation Generation: the people ready to build a climate adaptation right here, right now. "We are not just adapting to climate change we are adapting to Nature