On its deadly run through the Caribbean last September, Hurricane Irma lashed northern Cuba, inundating coastal settlements and scouring away vegetation. Irma lent new urgency to a Cuban national plan, called Tarea Vida, or Project Life, that bans construction of new homes in threatened coastal areas, mandates relocating people from communities doomed by rising sea levels, calls for an overhaul of the country9s agricultural system to shift crop production away from saltwater-contaminated areas, and spells out the need to shore up coastal defenses, including by restoring degraded habitat. Project Life stands out for taking a long view: It intends to prepare Cuba for climatological impacts over the next century. Much of the initial funding could come from a $100 million proposal that Cuba plans to submit soon to the Global Climate Fund.

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古巴的气候变化 100 年计划

去年 9 月，飓风艾尔玛 (Irma) 在加勒比地区肆虐，袭击了古巴北部，淹没了沿海定居点并冲刷了植被。伊尔玛为古巴的一项名为 Tarea Vida 或 Project Life 的国家计划赋予了新的紧迫性，该计划禁止在受威胁的沿海地区建造新房屋，要求从海平面上升注定要失败的社区重新安置人们，呼吁对该国的农业系统进行彻底改革将农作物生产从受盐水污染的地区转移出去，并阐明了加强海岸防御的必要性，包括恢复退化的栖息地。Project Life 因着眼长远而脱颖而出：它打算让古巴为下个世纪的气候影响做好准备。大部分初始资金可能来自古巴计划很快提交给全球气候基金的 1 亿美元提案。