Climate change adaptation: A race against time
About 200 environmentalists, scientists, policymakers, academics, government and non-government officials and international development partners attended the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to discuss ways community-based adaptation (could be made more holistic, incorporating sectors such as food, water, education, health, energy, livelihood opportunities, poverty reduction and social mobilisation.
“It is a race against time,” said Tracy Kajumba, a capacity-building and advocacy coordinator for the Africa Climate Change Resilience Alliance (ACCRA) in Uganda.
“The earlier we get into action, the better it will be. Otherwise, the cost of adaptation will only become higher, leading to population displacement, conflict and increased poverty, and hence huge global tensions,” she commented to IPS...