silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 days agoCCC: Investing in ‘urgent’ UK adaptation action ‘cheaper than climate damages’www.carbonbrief.orgexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up116
arrow-up116external-linkCCC: Investing in ‘urgent’ UK adaptation action ‘cheaper than climate damages’www.carbonbrief.orgsilence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square4fedilink
minus-squareBloodMuffin@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoi get it. even if your nation meets a net-zero goal, most other nations will not, and the warming will continue. preparing for the likely outcome seems like a reasonable action
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 days agoYou need both adaptation and cutting emissions to zero at this point: it’s possible to do enough damage that adaptation isn’t really possible
minus-squareBloodMuffin@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 days agofair point. every nation should still do everything it can to cut emissions
i get it. even if your nation meets a net-zero goal, most other nations will not, and the warming will continue.
preparing for the likely outcome seems like a reasonable action
You need both adaptation and cutting emissions to zero at this point: it’s possible to do enough damage that adaptation isn’t really possible
fair point.
every nation should still do everything it can to cut emissions