Building a Resilient Tomorrow: How to Prepare for the Coming Climate Disruption 1st Edition

Building a Resilient Tomorrow: How to Prepare for the Coming Climate Disruption 1st Edition – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9780190909345,019090934X,9780190909369, 0190909366

Product details:

• ISBN-10: 0190909366
• ISBN-13: 9780190909369
• Author: Alice C. Hill; Leonardo Martinez-Diaz

Climate change impacts-more heat, drought, extreme rainfall, and stronger storms-have already harmed communities around the globe. Even if the world could cut its carbon emissions to zero tomorrow, further significant global climate change is now inevitable. Although we cannot tell with certainty how much average global temperatures will rise, we do know that the warming we have experienced to date has caused significant losses, and that the failure to prepare for the consequences of further warming may prove to be staggering.Building a Resilient Tomorrow does not dwell on overhyped descriptions of apocalyptic climate scenarios, nor does it travel down well-trodden paths surrounding the politics of reducing carbon emissions. Instead, it starts with two central facts: climate impacts will continue to occur, and we can make changes now to mitigate their effects. While squarely confronting the scale of the risks we face, this pragmatic guide focuses on solutions-some gradual and some more revolutionary-currently being deployed around the globe. Each chapter presents a thematic lesson for decision-makers and engaged citizens to consider, outlining replicable successes and identifying provocative recommendations to strengthen climate resilience.

Table contents:

1. Rethink Where and How We Build
2. Lawyer Up
3. Make Markets Work for Resilience
4. Find Better Ways to Pay for Resilience
5. Get the Data and Make Them Usable
6. Work with Human Nature
7. Harden the Health Care System, and Make It Smarter
8. Buffer Growing Inequality
9. Relocate People to Safer Ground
10. Reconceive National Security

People also search:

building a resilient supply chain

building a resilient team

building a resilient community

building a resilient workforce

building a resilient tomorrow concrete actions for global leaders

making cities resilient 2030