approaches to CC adaption proved that society is
still lagging in this area, concluding that adaptation
plans vary not only sector-by-sector but also
company-by-company, and fail to identify many
cross-sector interdependencies.
addresses climate risks; one size does not fit all.
As well as international and regional strategies,
there are opportunities for local municipalities and
planning authorities to address how climate-related
hazards such as floods, sea surges and heat stress
are to be avoided.
remain far too high to be sustainable. This is particularly true
when we consider the historical dimension to climate change,
the 30 to 40, some say 50-year delay between emission
and global warming. Today's climate change accrued from
the industrial emissions up to the 1960s and 70s. More
frighteningly, the effects of recent emissions - from the two
Gulf wars , recent conflict in Syria, industrial growth in China,
India and elsewhere, and large-scale forest fires - have yet to
be realised.
is post-impact to one that is pre-impact. This means dealing
not solely with what has gone before but with what is coming
in the future - to be proactive rather than reactive.
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diseases
yellow fever and
dengue fever
flooding, salination
of coastal aquifers
soil fertility, reduced
crop yield, dust
storms, extinction
of species