The article “Climate-driven vulnerability and risk perception: implications for climate change adaptation in rural Mexico”, by Melania Michetti and S. Ghinoi, analyzes the implications of climate change for rural communities in the Mexican lagoon system of El Carmen, El Pajonal and La Machona, in the Gulf of Mexico, where a better understanding of climate-related vulnerability and risk beliefs is paramount to unlock adaptation actions. The article first investigates different sources of vulnerability (exposure, sensitivity and adaptive capacity) and derive an aggregated and composite vulnerability index. Then, it links the different vulnerability sources with climate-related individual risk perceptions. Results reveal the existence of levels of vulnerability along the lagoon deserving prioritization and adaptation action, and highlight how greater vulnerability is associated with higher perception.