GEOG 2030 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Earth Summit, Food Security, 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference
28 May 2017
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Idea that we can always do something later let"s just wait and see. No real do nothing response because we will end up dealing with the problem one way or another. Dangerous in 2 way our actions can harm others & has implications far in the future. = making changes that help society adjust to a different reality. Anticipatory adaptation: taken before the impacts are obvious (because they"re thought to be inevitable: eg: higher sea walls, houses on stilts, early-warning systems. Reactive adaptation: occurs after the initial impacts become evident: eg: buying an air conditioner, introducing crops that can survive under new conditions in response to crop failure. Some people will have to adapt more than others (people who are more at risk) = lessening the force or intensity of a process; a proactive response aimed at stopping or slowing down a particular change.
