Climate Change and Resilience: Need, Challenges and Future
摘要
Climate change poses a unique global threat, affecting ecosystems, economies, and societies with increasing speed. The increasing frequency of rising sea levels, extreme weather events, and shifting climatic patterns emphasize the need for resilience-building. This chapter describes the concept of resilience in climate change, with a focus on its role in minimizing adverse impacts and ensuring sustainable development. It explores resilience planning challenges, such as financial limitations, policy lacunas, socio-economic inequalities, and technological limitations. It also explores governance, community participation, and scientific invention role in increasing adaptive capacity. The discourse also touches on sector-specific resilience in agriculture, water supply, urban planning, and disaster management, highlighting integrated strategies towards climate adaptation and mitigation. Additionally, the chapter contains best-practice climate resilience programs from around the globe and makes conclusions on how to replicate them. Policymaking for climate resilience is dependent on the future technical developments and the input of businesses, governments, and societies. Climate change needs to be addressed through a shift in paradigms toward sustainable development, equitable resource sharing, and robust institutional arrangements. The chapter ends by highlighting the imperative of a whole-of-society, cross-disciplinary approach to climate resilience aligned with universal sustainability objectives. With increasing intensity of climate problems, building resilience is no longer a choice but an imperative for ensuring a habitable future for everyone.