Integrating mitigation and adaptation. (Possible Responses to Global Climate Change).
From: Environment
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Date: 6/1/2003
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Author: Kane, Sally M.; Leiby, Paul N.; Perlack, Robert D.; Settle, Chad; Shogren, Jason F.; Smith, Joel B.; Wilbanks, Thomas J.
The central question about global climate change is no longer whether climate will change. The question now is how we should respond. Will most parts of the world be able to adapt to the impacts, or will the impacts be so substantial that we all must act, and act quickly, to reduce their magnitude later in this century? Perhaps the most sensible response to a wide range of possible threats is a combination of interventions including damage avoidance, or mitigation, and adaptation. If ...
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