Adaptation measures are wide-ranging. They could be improving climate and weather forecasts or building structures to withstand severe storms. In agriculture, farmers might switch to drought- or salt water-tolerant crops, or even move farms to areas with a more suitable climate. Restoring coastal wetlands or erecting bunds to buffer erosive waves or even relocating towns threatened by inundation are also adaptive strategies.
…“Despite increasing severity of current and potential impacts, a sense of urgency on adaptation to climate change is still missing in many Asean countries,” says Dr Ancha Srinivasan from the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies in
…Salveno Briceno, director of the United Nation’s Geneva-based International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, says nations can expect to see more intense natural hazards or new and unfamiliar ones (for instance, a cyclone in the Middle East) that they will be ill-equipped to handle. “To adapt to global warming, nations must reduce their vulnerability to extreme events and build up resilience to disasters. Communities must know how to respond to disasters,” he says.
…To lessen the effect of climatic kinks on agriculture, Dr Vute Wangwacharakul of
…In the long term, adaptation would require a move towards “green growth”, growth based on ecological efficiency instead of market price, says Dr Rae Kwon Chung of the UN Economic and Social Commission for