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

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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；现在有必要同时做这两个事情。最好的缓解计划很难在稳定的气候条件下实现，但是在气候混乱的情况下要困难得多未来如果仍然能够同时实现缓解和适应，那么这种艰难的平衡也就不会承担支持无限制的经济增长的重担。迄今为止，失败的努力主要是寻求以协同方式缓解，适应和增长经济的方法。时间，尽管希望在这些目标之间取得可预见的取舍，但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，部分目的是与损失和损害的语言相抵触，他们认为这是直接挑战。他们努力的关键是对适应进行了重新设计，将重点从受灾人口的脆弱性转向了抵御能力。然而，实施抵御能力计划的现实正遇到问题，这些人口正在举起气候正义的旗帜饱受债务和灾难困扰的波多黎各说明了通过增长实现适应和减缓的失败，以及将气候正义作为表达其他形式的平衡手段的希望而这些人却举起了气候正义的旗帜。饱受债务和灾难困扰的波多黎各说明了通过增长实现适应和减缓的失败，以及将气候正义作为表达其他形式的平衡手段的希望而这些人却举起了气候正义的旗帜。饱受债务和灾难困扰的波多黎各说明了通过增长实现适应和减缓的失败，以及将气候正义作为表达其他形式的平衡手段的希望