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Adaptation and Mitigation amid the Consequences of Failure
The American Journal of Economics and Sociology ( IF 1.103 ) Pub Date : 2020-07-22 , DOI: 10.1111/ajes.12345 Paul Cox , Stan Cox
The American Journal of Economics and Sociology ( IF 1.103 ) Pub Date : 2020-07-22 , DOI: 10.1111/ajes.12345 Paul Cox , Stan Cox
Societies once could choose between changing direction or dealing with climatic disaster; now it is necessary to do both at once. The best‐laid plans for mitigation would be hard enough to fulfill in a stable climate, but they will be vastly harder in the climate chaos ahead. If simultaneous mitigation and adaptation are still achievable, such a difficult balance cannot also take on the burden of supporting unrestrained economic growth. The failing efforts so far have been dominated by a search for synergistic ways to mitigate, adapt, and grow economies at the same time, while wishing away the predictable trade‐offs between these goals. Wealthy polluting countries have enforced this optimistic spirit in international climate debates, in part to counter the language of loss and damage, which they have seen as a direct challenge. Key to their effort has been a reframing of adaptation that flips the focus from the vulnerability of exposed populations to their resilience. However, the reality of implementing plans for resilience is running into problems, and those populations are instead taking up the banner of climate justice. Debt‐ and disaster‐plagued Puerto Rico illustrates the failure of both adaptation and mitigation through growth and the promise of climate justice as a means to articulate other forms of balance.
中文翻译:
失败后果中的适应和缓解
社会曾经可以在改变方向或应对气候灾难之间做出选择。现在必须同时执行这两项操作。最好的缓解计划很难在稳定的气候条件下实现,但在未来的气候混乱中却要困难得多。如果同时减缓和适应是仍然可以实现的这种困难的平衡也不能承担支持无节制的经济增长的负担。迄今为止,失败的努力主要是寻求同时减轻,适应和增长经济的协同方式,同时希望这些目标之间可以有可取的取舍。富裕的污染国家在国际气候辩论中坚持了这种乐观的精神,部分是为了对抗损失和损害的语言,他们认为这是直接的挑战。他们努力的关键在于重新适应,将重点从受灾人群的脆弱性转移到他们的复原力上。但是,实施抵御能力计划的现实遇到了问题,这些人正冒起气候正义的旗帜。
更新日期:2020-07-22
中文翻译:
失败后果中的适应和缓解
社会曾经可以在改变方向或应对气候灾难之间做出选择。现在必须同时执行这两项操作。最好的缓解计划很难在稳定的气候条件下实现,但在未来的气候混乱中却要困难得多。如果同时减缓和适应是仍然可以实现的这种困难的平衡也不能承担支持无节制的经济增长的负担。迄今为止,失败的努力主要是寻求同时减轻,适应和增长经济的协同方式,同时希望这些目标之间可以有可取的取舍。富裕的污染国家在国际气候辩论中坚持了这种乐观的精神,部分是为了对抗损失和损害的语言,他们认为这是直接的挑战。他们努力的关键在于重新适应,将重点从受灾人群的脆弱性转移到他们的复原力上。但是,实施抵御能力计划的现实遇到了问题,这些人正冒起气候正义的旗帜。