What history can teach us about climate adaptation

The climate crisis demands adaptation – the process of adjusting ecological, social and economic systems to deal with the effects and impacts of climate change. In 2023 wildfires to hurricanes have scorched and soaked the planet leaving little doubt that these impacts have arrived.

The conversation around climate adaptation has moved up the agenda in recent years. Like much else in 2023, these conversations often gravitate toward innovation. Can we innovate our way out of the climate crisis? There is no “silver bullet’ and, more to the point, there is no substitute for deep and swift mitigation – but the impacts of climate change are worsening, breaking records we don’t want to break. Leaders have no choice but to adapt.

Source: World Economic forum