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The limits of climate adaptation are social, not physical or economic
2013-04-29 21:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Presidential science advisor John Holdren is fond of saying that there are only three possible responses to climate change: mitigation, adaptation, and suffering. We`ll prevent what we can, adjust to what we can`t prevent, and suffer through what we can`t adjust to. All that remains is to determine the proportions. Lots of people are averse to large-scale suffering. But lots of people are also averse to substantial mitigation measures. This leaves them placing a great deal of faith in adaptation....
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Women are 'key drivers' in climate change adaptation
2013-04-28 15:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
SciDevNet: Plans to protect ecosystems and help people adapt to climate change - also known as ecosystem-based adaptation (EBA) - must involve vulnerable groups, including women and communities greatly hit by global warming if they are to succeed, according to scientists who met in Tanzania last month (21-23 March). Scientists and policymakers at the UN-led international workshop on EBA in Dar-es-Salaam, also said that more needed to be done to monitor and evaluate the cost-effectiveness of such adaptation,...
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Bangladesh focuses on adaptation as climate fears grow
2013-04-23 09:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RTCC: Climate adaptation planning is likely to become a priority for Bangladeshs leaders as the hopes of keeping global temperatures within safe limits decrease. The country is already one of the most vulnerable in the world to flooding and storm surges. Torrential rain last year left over 100 dead and 250,000 stranded. And compared to the USA post Hurricane Sandy, it takes Bangladesh more time to bounce back from extreme weather events, which the IPCCs Fourth Assessment Report says will get...
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Report: EU urged to develop climate adaptation strategy
2013-04-22 13:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: The European Union will soon be urged to develop a comprehensive climate adaptation strategy, in a new paper warning extreme weather activity could lead to declining food production that could in turn create societal unrest and destabilise the bloc. According to Reuters, the European Commission is planning to publish a discussion paper in the coming weeks examining the impact of increased droughts and flooding across the continent. The paper, already seen by the news agency, reportedly calls...
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AASHE: Resiliency and Adaptation
2013-04-16 21:56:00| American School & University
Location Music City Center Nashville, TN United States See map: Google Maps The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education says its 2013 annual convention provides attendees a chance to find stories about how higher education is changing the face of sustainability; pioneering research, curriculum and campus-community partnerships for a sustainable world. For more information, go to http://conference.aashe.org/2013/
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