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Numbers have been crunched, atmospheric readings made, and the verdict is in — an overshoot of the 1.5°C temperature rise target enshrined in the Paris Agreement is now “imminent and unavoidable”, according to the UN.
How does this finding shake up the calculus for climate adaptation, and should it change how we go about climate-proofing our world?
For the 100th episode of Climate Proofers, climate scientist and adaptation advocate Dr. Adelle Thomas joins to talk about the “hard” and “soft” limits to adaptation and explain why “transformational adaptation” is likely to rise up the agenda in parallel with global temperatures.
Adelle is Senior Director of Adaptation at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Vice Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s working group on impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability. At the NRDC, her team works on homeowner insurance, disaster resilience, occupational heat, and planned relocation, putting people ahead of the infrastructure-first thinking common in the US.
Recently, she put pen to paper for an article on what overshoot means for adaptation and its near neighbor, loss and damage, and what the forthcoming UN climate summit — COP31 — should prioritize when it comes to tackling climate impacts and vulnerability.
We dig into her thinking on the current state of the adaptation debate, how it has changed over time, and how attitudes need to shift going forward — along with the pace of action.
Listen by clicking the link below, or tune in via Spotify or Apple Podcasts.
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Louie Woodall
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