Fri,
Apr
28
Event Format
In-Person
Event Date
-
(1:00 - 9:00 pm UTC)
Event Location
US
The scientific and moral case for climate change mitigation is a powerful one. However, even in a best case scenario where the Paris agreement is implemented and where countries take multilateral and unilateral actions to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases, the world will still need to adapt. The greenhouse gases already emitted into the atmosphere “commit” the planet to further warming and the oceans to centuries of thermal expansion. Mitigation efforts will hopefully succeed in reducing the harmful impacts of global temperature increases, but the world needs to prepare for the impacts that will inevitably materialize and, in many cases, are already materializing.
Adaptation is the reduction of vulnerability to climate change. It involves changes in business-as-usual approaches and policies so that we better protect our coasts, cities, communities, water supply, food supply, public health, ecosystems, and infrastructure. Because of continued warming, adaptation is widely seen as a crucial accompaniment of mitigation efforts.
This workshop will showcase cutting edge social science research on climate change adaptation. Specifically, to see the climate adaptation scholarship move beyond intentions and plans and focus on policy implementation, policy change, policy outputs, and if possible, policy outcomes.
Sponsored by
University of Notre Dame