Climate Adaptation

In October of 2021, prior to the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow (COP26), 亚洲体育博彩平台 launched its second issue of Reimagined Perspectives with a focus on energy transition and decarbonization.

In this issue, we’re shining a light on adaptation, with Article 7 of the Paris Agreement 确定提高适应能力和复原力以及减少脆弱性的全球目标，以期促进可持续发展.

While significant actions are underway to limit global warming through carbon reduction measures, 国家, 城市, 社区和企业也需要加快努力，适应已经发生的气候变化影响, as well as prepare for future climate change scenarios.

政府间气候变化专门委员会(IPCC)第二工作组发布的报告明确提出了这一行动呼吁, Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability.

Employing a systems approach that examines the interactions among climate, ecosystems and human society, 国际植物保护委员会的科学家们描绘了一个在未来20年里，全球变暖幅度为1摄氏度的世界将面临不可避免的多重气候灾害.5 degrees Celsius (equivalent to 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit). 他们得出结论，即使暂时超过这个变暖水平也可能导致额外的严重影响, some of which could be irreversible.

Beyond 2040, depending on the level of global warming, 子孙后代可能会继承一个对自然和人类系统充满无数风险的行星环境.

IPCC报告中的积极信息是，适应措施可以有效地降低气候风险并建立复原力, “with a focus on transformation and system transitions in energy; land, 海洋, coastal and freshwater ecosystems; urban, rural and infrastructure; and industry and society. 这些转变使实现高水平人类健康和福祉所需的适应成为可能, economic and social resilience, ecosystem health, and planetary health.”

With this issue of Reimagined Perspectives, we touch on several of these adaptation measures in the areas of OneWater, Precision Agriculture, Public Health & 幸福, Biomimicry + Engineering With Nature, Adaptation Design, Circular Economy and Smart Transport Planning.

The takeaway is planning and adapting ahead of potential threats can help reduce climate change impacts; strengthen and safeguard communities; improve public health; enhance biodiversity and ecosystem resilience; protect energy, water and transportation assets; secure supply chains; fuel economic growth; and ensure a more vibrant, prosperous future for generations to come.

Accelerating and sustaining adaptation in human systems and ecosystems, while fully incorporating equity and justice considerations, requires a global all-hands approach — mobilizing the science, skills and financial resources of the public and private sectors.