Four roles

1. Reader of the first definition
2. Reader of the second definition
3. Reader of cascade impacts text
4. Scribe

When considering the different definitions keep in mind the following dimensions:

a) Severe weather events,

b) Slow onset events such as increasing food insecurity relating to climate induced food inflation,

c) Cascade impacts:

‘The impacts of increases in temperature, rainfall, sea levels and extreme events will cascade across all sectors of society. Our assets, communities and social and economic interactions will all be affected. As the effects of these changes become more frequent through flooding, coastal inundation and drought, we’ll have less time to recover and there will be cumulative consequences. In addition, as different sectors respond to the changes, there is potential for impacts to compound through the economy.’

Deep South Challenge – New Zealand: https://deepsouthchallenge.co.nz/research-project/climate-change-cascade-effect/

1. Adaptation Scotland

Adaptation is a process of on-going adjustments in response to observed and projected climate change impacts. This includes being prepared for increasing risks posed by climate change hazards, and identifying new opportunities our changing climate may bring.

Adapting to climate change will be necessary regardless of how much we manage to cut our carbon emissions. Even if we were to reach net-zero tomorrow, historic greenhouse gas emissions have already changed our climate and will continue to do so in the decades to come.

This means we need to change how we manage our land and infrastructure, manage water during periods of drought, ensure our buildings are resilient to heatwaves and storms, and communities can build resilience to flooding.

Adaptation is not one thing, and involves us preparing for both extreme weather such as storms, and more gradual changes such as when growing seasons start and end.

Adaptation looks different in each place. It could be using scarce water resources more efficiently, or making changes to the crops we grow, or the way we manage trees in our forests so that they are less vulnerable to new pests and diseases or to storms or wild fires.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) defines adaptation as: “The process of adjustment to actual or expected climate and its effects, in order to moderate harm or exploit beneficial opportunities.”

What is adaptation

2. Deep Adaptation

Deep Adaptation presumes that extreme weather events and other effects of climate change will increasingly disrupt food, water, shelter, power, and social and governmental systems. These disruptions would likely or inevitably cause uneven societal collapse in the next few decades. The word “deep” indicates that strong measures are required to adapt to an unraveling of industrial lifestyles, following prior usages such as deep ecology. The agenda includes values of nonviolence, compassion, curiosity and respect, with a framework for constructive action.

• Resilience: what do we most value that we want to keep, and how?
• Relinquishment: what do we need to let go of so as not to make matters worse?
• Restoration: what could we bring back to help us with these difficult times?
• Reconciliation: with what and whom shall we make peace as we awaken to our mutual mortality?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Adaptation