In the early days of political action on climate change adaptation was seen as, at best, a poor relation to cutting greenhouse-gas emissions—at worst as a distraction
a telltale anticlockwise spiral of clouds in satellite images taken over the Bay of Bengal warned of impending disaster. Four days later Supercyclone Amphan made landfall, the most powerful storm to do so in the region in 20 years. Winds gusting at up to 185km/hr pounded the coast of the Indian state of West Bengal, which took the brunt of the impact. Huge waves swept over the Indian and Bangladeshi coast.
In 2010, with attempts to agree on reductions in emissions stalled by the failure of the Copenhagen summit, and with emissions rising steeply as the world bounced back from the financial crisis of 2007-09, adaptation began to take its proper place as a topic of international concern.
Businesses have also started to look at their vulnerabilities to climate change—partly because of pressure from activist investors. Several are adapting. Mylan, a pharmaceutical company, has reinforced its buildings in hurricane-prone Puerto Rico; Microsoft has built redundant cloud capacity in case servers are knocked out by extreme weather. Individuals in a few places are spending to ensure their future comfort and livelihood.
The problem is that flows of private capital and money from both governments and foreign-development funders fall short. Accounting is made hard by the overlap between funding for adaptation and more general flows of development finance. But the Climate Policy Initiative, a think-tank, estimates that in 2017-18 a paltry $30bn, primarily from public sources, was invested worldwide, compared with $537bn for mitigation.
日本 最新ニュース, 日本 見出し
Similar News:他のニュース ソースから収集した、これに似たニュース記事を読むこともできます。
This brilliant dad makes DIY videos to help people fix household problemsThe Dad, How Do I? YouTube channel cover everything from how to unclog a bathtub to how to fix a toilet
続きを読む »
Officer said 'unfortunate' coronavirus didn't kill more black people, gets fired'As a police officer, we're held to a higher standard than normal civilians,' the police chief in Kaplan, Louisiana, said. 'So you got to watch what you do, you got to watch what you say.'
続きを読む »
Coronavirus has killed more than 100,000 people in the US in less than four monthsIt took less than four months for an unseen enemy to kill 100,000 Americans. It's as if every person died in Boca Raton, Florida. Or almost everyone in South Bend, Indiana.
続きを読む »
John Boyega speaks out after George Floyd's death: 'F--- you racist white people'John Boyega is speaking out after the death of George Floyd, an African American man who died in police custody on Monday. 'I really f---ing hate racists,' the 'Star Wars' actor tweeted. He also took to Instagram Live to blast people saying he was jeopardizing his career.
続きを読む »
CNBC Anchors Andrew Ross Sorkin, Joe Kernen Clash Over Coronavirus Death Toll: ‘100,000 People Died, Joe!’In a heated exchange on live television this morning, 2 CNBC anchors, Andrew Ross Sorkin and Joe Kernen, clashed over the stock market and severity of the coronavirus pandemic by skleb1234
続きを読む »