Climate Change Related Videos  Neil Adger on: "Four Reasons for
Concern About Adaptation to Climate Change"  1. contractions and
uncertainties in the window of opportunity for adaptation; 2.
The difference between adaptive capacity and adaptive action; 3.
The risk of maladaptation; 4. Misguided measures of loss.
Underlying these is what we perceive to be a widespread belief
that adaptation will be smooth, cheap, and easy to implement.
The reality may be that adaptation to climate risks may be
punctuated, messy, more costly than we are willing to pay, and
be at odds with legitimate values and strongly held convictions.
Neil is Leader of Tyndall's adaptation programme, specifically
working to define the relationship between resilience and
adaptation, social, institutional and coginitive barriers to
adaptation, and is facilitating a synthesis workshop on limits
to adaptation and resilience building. Neil was has led
Tyndall's adaptation theme of research since 2000.  Loading more
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