Policy Implications of Greenhouse Warming Mitigation, Adaptation, and the Science Base (1992) / Chapter Skim
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Understanding how strongly our economy and environment are affected by climate now and how they are changing over time is necessary to help in making decisions about the scale and direction of investments. Perform Research and Development on Adaptation for Climate Change The spectrum of effort from basic research to development needs to be directed at climatic sensitivities, impacts, and adaptation.
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Social, demographic, economic, and ecological data for both the United States and other countries need to be improved to aid impact assessments and adaptations. Although estimates of impact and suggestions of adaptation abound, many suffer from four shortcomings.
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Countries vary greatly in their expanse and the range of climates that they encompass, and the ones that are diverse in climate and economic activity are more able to adapt to climate changes. In general, the questions about opening borders to goods, capital, and people are highly political, raising issues far beyond concerns about future climate change.
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While some governments have developed the institutional means to adapt to harvest failures and floods, the governments of countries that are most vulnerable to climate change should take steps now to enhance the capacity of relevant organizations. Effective government will be useful in the face of climate change not only at the national level but at the local and at the intergovernmental levels as well.
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Where feasible, governments should work to improve markets, particularly where price signals are missing or misleading. Outside the United States, particularly in nonmarket economies, the opportunity for market mechanisms to signal climate change is large.
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To date, most conservation efforts have assumed constant climates. If climate changes, existing reserves may become unsuitable for species currently living there, and landscape fragmentation may make migration more difficult.
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It can be expected that investments will be justified to assure the longevity of our cultural heritage in the face of climate change. Help Others People in industrial countries with diversified economies are best equipped to cope with the vagaries of climate change.
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