‘Everything, everywhere, all at once’: Australia’s survival in a warmer world will be a mammoth multi-tasking effort

Wed, 4 Sep 2024 11:27:16 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
<https://theconversation.com/everything-everywhere-all-at-once-australias-survival-in-a-warmer-world-will-be-a-mammoth-multi-tasking-effort-236337>

"Much of the climate conversation in Australia to date has centred on actions
to limit global warming, recognising that each increment of warming contributes
to worsening climate extremes.

In a recently released book, Living Hot: Surviving and Thriving on a Heating
Planet
, authors Clive Hamilton and George Wilkenfeld argue while emissions
reduction should continue, Australia should refocus its efforts on
“adaptation”, or building resilience to the effects of climate change.

Certainly, Australia cannot ignore adaptation. Extreme weather, driven by
climate change, repeatedly batters much of the country – and some areas get
little reprieve between natural disasters.

But Australia’s emissions-reduction efforts must continue in haste, at large
scale. Real change is possible. It will require everything, everywhere, all at
once."

Cheers,
       *** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net               Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/            Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/               Manager, Serious Cybernetics

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