Comments on: Why no candidate positions on adaptation? http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=4358 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:36:51 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: aaron http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=4358&cpage=1#comment-9603 aaron Wed, 26 Mar 2008 03:16:47 +0000 http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheusreborn/?p=4358#comment-9603 Especially since New Orleans, Bangladesh, etc will sink, wash away, and be pounded by climate change regardless of whether it warms or cools. Especially since New Orleans, Bangladesh, etc will sink, wash away, and be pounded by climate change regardless of whether it warms or cools.

]]> By: Jonathan Gilligan http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=4358&cpage=1#comment-9602 Jonathan Gilligan Wed, 26 Mar 2008 03:03:58 +0000 http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheusreborn/?p=4358#comment-9602 Thanks for commenting. You're exactly right: we need to be spending and doing lots more on BOTH adaptation AND mitigation, not fighting over how finely to slice an undersized pie. Thanks for commenting. You’re exactly right: we need to be spending and doing lots more on BOTH adaptation AND mitigation, not fighting over how finely to slice an undersized pie.

]]> By: Kit Stolz http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=4358&cpage=1#comment-9601 Kit Stolz Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:58:07 +0000 http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheusreborn/?p=4358#comment-9601 Outside of climate research, the US government has spent remarkably little on either adaptation or mitigation. As numerous scientists (for example, Gerald Meehl, who testified before Congress on the issue last year) point out, it's not a case of either/or; we are going to need both adaptation and mitigation. And if the government ignores the issue, then it is simply leaving matters up to fate and private industry -- neither known for a sense of fair play. So yes -- we need more advocacy of adaptation for its own sake, not as a club to bash those who want to reduce emissions. And such spending may be even more vital internationally than in this country. Outside of climate research, the US government has spent remarkably little on either adaptation or mitigation. As numerous scientists (for example, Gerald Meehl, who testified before Congress on the issue last year) point out, it’s not a case of either/or; we are going to need both adaptation and mitigation. And if the government ignores the issue, then it is simply leaving matters up to fate and private industry — neither known for a sense of fair play.

So yes — we need more advocacy of adaptation for its own sake, not as a club to bash those who want to reduce emissions. And such spending may be even more vital internationally than in this country.

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