What can be done to adapt to global climate change?
Al Gore has his question up on the board that assumes we can reverse the effects of global climate change. I sincerely hope we can turn things around. But so much lifestyle change is required that I think climate change will overtake us before we can make an impact. So lets imagine that more coastal cities around the world get drowned by walls of water, and more inland places basically get parched. Add to that the possible global cooling if the gulf stream gets shut down by the increased rate of melting ice caps. Possible proposals for human adaptation: GM modified crops, more efficient transportation of needed supplies (and communication of where such support is needed), communal societies. ..
Global warming doesn’t simply mean that your back yard will get warmer. I came across an article in a TIME magazine from earlier this year how rapidly the arctic ice cap is receding. The question isn’t whether global warming is happening – if there’s any question, it’s whether we’re contributing to it or not. I’m sold on the answer that we are. I’m not sold that we can do something about it, but we should try. (Basically translate that as kicking the oil addiction – it’s giving us headaches besides the unquantifiable environmental impact)
There’s been a lot posted to this board that doesn’t answer my original question. A number of posts here have been trying to answer different questions (like ‘Is Global Warming real?’ and ‘How can we conserve energy’, and ‘What can we do to stop and reverse the effects of global climate change’.)
To restate the assumption behind my question – things are happening. Assume more things are going to happen. We aren’t going to like them. If we are to survive cities being flooded / turned into swamps, droughts etc, then we need to be prepared. I think focus would necessarily switch back to basics – simply obtaining food will become a day’s work!
And here’s the question in brief: How can we prepare for the changes and adapt to them when they happen? Can we retain some semblance of economy, government and infrastructure?
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Where can I find a list of places that will be most affected by global climate change?
I’m mostly looking for a list of coastal areas that will be affected by rising sea levels, but even a list of cities/nations that will be affected in an indirect way will suffice.
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