米国における変革的な気候変動適応:傾向と展望

Linda Shi¹, Susanne Moser^2,3

¹Department of City and Regional Planning, Cornell University, 213 West Sibley Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA. lindashi@cornell.edu.

Science (New York, N.Y.)

|April 30, 2021

まとめ

政府,産業,市民社会が気候変動への適応を計画する中で差異が広がっていますこの不一致は社会の脆弱性や適応不良の投資を高め効果的な気候変動への抵抗力を阻害します

科学分野:

環境科学
気候変動への適応
社会的な脆弱性

背景:

気候変動には変革的な適応戦略が必要です
市民社会は気候変動の根本的な原因に対処するアプローチを提唱しています
現在の適応計画には米国連邦政府,民間企業,市民社会が関与しています.

研究の目的:

気候変動への適応計画におけるトレンドを見直し,分析する.
適応アプローチの相違や不一致を特定する.
気候変動に適応する方法を模索する

主な方法:

トランスフォーメーションと集団的影響に関する文献レビュー
連邦政府,民間企業,市民社会の適応計画における傾向の分析

主要な成果:

米国連邦政府,民間企業,市民社会における気候適応計画アプローチと影響において顕著な差異が見られた.
計画における不一致は適応不良の投資 (例えば気候変動を無視したインフラ) と司法を無視した改革につながります
現在のアプローチは,気候変動への社会的脆弱性を全体的に高めています.

結論:

変革的適応には,現在のシステムを支える物質的,関係的,規範的な要因に対処する必要があります.
効果的な適応には,主動的で熟考的な参加が不可欠です.
変革的な適応戦略を支援するために,さらなる研究と政策の関与が必要である.

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