Adapt or Perish: Preparing for the Inescapable Effects of Climate Change

January 2020 | Foreign Affairs with co-author Leonardo Martinez-Diaz

Ever since climate change became a concern for policymakers and laypeople alike, the focus of public debate has largely been on mitigation: limiting greenhouse gas emissions, capturing carbon, and transitioning to renewable energy. Those efforts must continue if we hope to keep the planet hospitable. But it is also time to acknowledge that—no matter what we do—some measure of climate change is here to stay.

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