Adaptation
What is adaptation?
The terms climate change adaptation and climate change resilience are related.
- Adaptation is taking action to adjust to actual or expected climate change and its effects such as overheating or increased flood risk.
- Resilience refers to the ability to recover from the effects of climate change, for example the ability to recover after a landslide or flood event.
- Mitigation refers to plans to reduce operational emissions and work towards Net Zero emissions to limit global warming caused by greenhouse gas emissions.
- Net Zero means eradicating or removing emissions from atmosphere.
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The case for action There is a strong economic case for investment in climate adaptation. The costs of responding to damage caused by climate change are likely to be many times higher than the cost of preventative measures. Costs can arise from climate-related impacts upon property, infrastructure, services, natural resources, health and productivity. One recent study suggests that the costs arising from climate change could be around 7% of UK GDP by 2100, but by thinking ahead we can maximise the co-benefits and opportunities from investment. |