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Show Notes

The reality is, no matter what we do going forward, we’ve already changed the climate. So while it’s critical to try to minimize those changes, it’s also important that we start to prepare for them. On Episode 4 of Not Cool, Ariel explores the concept of climate adaptation — what it means, how it’s being implemented, and where there’s still work to be done. She’s joined by Jessica Troni, head of UN Environment’s Climate Change Adaptation Unit, who talks warming scenarios, adaptation strategies, implementation barriers, and more.

Topics discussed include:

• Climate adaptation: ecology-based, infrastructure
• Funding sources
• Barriers: financial, absorptive capacity
• Developed vs. developing nations: difference in adaptation approaches, needs, etc.
• UN Environment
• Policy solutions
• Social unrest in relation to climate
• Feedback loops and runaway climate change
• Warming scenarios
• What individuals can do

References discussed include:

• IPBES Assessment Report on Land Degradation and Restoration
• Adaptation Gap Report 2018
• IPCC Special Report: Global Warming of 1.5 C

There's an estimate...that between 500 to 700 million people would be forced to migrate by 2050 due to climate change.

~ Jessica Troni