Personal Adaptation as a Pathway to Climate Hope and Collective Action Emerging research underscores the critical role of personal adaptation actions in addressing not only climate-related vulnerability, but also the psychological burden of climate anxiety. While traditionally viewed through the lens of emotional distress, personal responses to climate change may, in fact, catalyse positive emotional states—notably, hope. Recent literature suggests that individual-level adaptation can foster self-efficacy, improve well-being, and promote a sense of agency—all essential conditions for hope to emerge. This hope, in turn, enhances motivation for both individual and collective action on climate adaptation. Rather than relying solely on psychological coping strategies, which risk displacing necessary structural change, engaging in tangible adaptation practices may initiate virtuous cycles between action, emotional resilience, and long-term behavioural change. Such findings hold particular relevance for climate and health practitioners. By equipping individuals with tools and knowledge to act, interventions can potentially trigger mutually reinforcing processes between adaptation, psychological well-being, and climate engagement—both at the individual and societal level.