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Climate adaptation
Coverage of Climate adaptation in the Nexus archive.
- We must adapt to climate change while also tackling the root cause
The article argues for the necessity of both adapting to climate change through measures like wildfire-resistant land use and addressing the root cause of fossil fuel emissions. It criticizes a UK Telegraph columnist's claim that abandoning net-zero goals is acceptable, emphasizing that reducing greenhouse gas emissions is essential to prevent worsening wildfires and global warming.
- As floods get worse, Britain tries a new solution: beavers
Britain is reintroducing beavers, extinct for approximately 400 years, to help mitigate flooding in communities. The reintroduction leverages beavers' natural dam-building abilities as a climate adaptation strategy. This represents a novel ecological solution to increasingly severe flooding events.