Table 1.

Keywords used in the literature search

Group	Terms
Study scope (climate change and rural livelihoods)	Climate* AND (society OR “rural communit*” OR “local communit*” OR “local people” OR livelihood* OR “Indigenous people” OR “community household*” OR “rural household*” OR “farmer household*” OR “forest household*” OR “farming communit*” OR farmer* OR fisherfolk OR fisherm* OR “livestock keeper*” OR rancher* OR “forest dweller*” OR “forest people*”)
Mitigation	Mitigation OR REDD OR “Emissions from Deforestation” OR CDM OR “Clean Development” OR “carbon project*” OR “carbon payment*” OR “carbon offset*” OR “carbon sequestration” OR “carbon storage” OR “carbon absorption”
Adaptation	Adapt* OR vulnerab* OR resilien* OR coping OR cope
Gender	Gender OR women OR “female villager*” OR “female headed” OR “female farmer*” OR “female member*”