
Speaking at the Greenbuild Expo conference, TCPA Energy Policy Manager Kate Henderson, the author of the paper, said: “This first GRaBS expert paper sets out the case for climate change adaptation and, in particular, argues that people or places facing poverty and disadvantage must not be disproportionately affected by climate change, or by policy or practice responses to it.”
“Adaptation means learning to live with more extreme weather events and changing weather patterns, and preparing for other changes that are unavoidable. To succeed under a changing climate individuals, organisations, and governments will all have to do some things differently. Through policy at all levels – international to local - there must be a clear consensus on the need for adaptation and climate change adaptation strategies must ensure decisive action.”…
Children playing in a water fountain in Oklahoma City, shot by Nils Fretwurst, Wikimedia Commons, under Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License
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