Neil Adger on: "Four Reasons for Concern About Adaptation to Climate Change"
1. contractions and uncertainties in the window of opportunity for adaptation;
2. The difference between adaptive capacity and adaptive action;
3. The risk of maladaptation;
4. Misguided measures of loss.
Underlying these is what we perceive to be a widespread belief that adaptation will be smooth, cheap, and easy to implement. The reality may be that adaptation to climate risks may be punctuated, messy, more costly than we are willing to pay, and be at odds with legitimate values and strongly held convictions.
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