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A Caribbean island's quest to become the world's first climate-resilient nation
We need stories about diverse communities addressing climate change on their own terms, finding resilience and even joy in the possible futures they envision for themselves and the world.
Introduction: Imagining Positive Climate Futures
After Valencia, nobody can say they did not know
We used to think the kind of damage wrought by recent flooding in the west of Spain was beyond imagination. Very soon, it could become the norm
Dominic Hinde9th November 2024
Walking over the bridges of the Turia river into the southern suburbs of Valencia is to cross a threshold from the present into a
... See moreneed to plan for services for people who’ve been displaced—services like health care and education—as well as insurance that helps people at all income levels rebuild and standards to ensure that whatever gets rebuilt is more climate-proof than what was there before.
Bill Gates • How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need
Finally, after a disaster, there’s the recovery period. We’ll need to plan for services for people who’ve been displaced—services like health care and education—as well as insurance that helps people at all income levels rebuild and standards to ensure that whatever gets rebuilt is more climate-proof than what was there before.
Bill Gates • How to Avoid a Climate Disaster
A central theme of their answers is “build resilience.”
The Worldwatch Institute • State of the World 2013: Is Sustainability Still Possible?
reducing the risks posed by climate change, through steps like climate-proofing buildings and other infrastructure, protecting wetlands as a bulwark against flooding, and—when necessary—encouraging people to relocate permanently
Bill Gates • How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need
protect themselves from the storms that are getting more violent, shore up storm-water drainage systems, and raise wharves so they stay above rising tides.
Bill Gates • How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need
Staring down the barrel of human-driven climate change, an astronomical cost of living, and a poor economic outlook, most people recognize that they are far closer in life to desperate refugees than they are to the politicians, war profiteers, and rapacious capitalists who create them.