Stories tagged with "adaptation"

Dealing with Climate Risks: Adaptation

Posted by Chris Vernon on May 14, 2009 - 11:05am in The Oil Drum: Europe
Topic: Environment/Sustainability
Tags: adaptation, climate change, rob hopkins [list all tags]

The Earth system is currently under going changes associated with climate change. Changes are of rates and magnitudes not previously experienced by today’s globalised industrial society and so present a new and unique challenge to industry, settlement and society.

On a timescale important to today’s globalised industrial society the Earth system has experienced a significant forcing resulting from the very activities of this society. These forces arise from agriculture, industry, energy, transport and settlement based activities and apply pressures with resulting changes to the Earth system. As nothing can exist in total isolation from the Earth system industrial society must then cope with these changes.

This post considers adaptation with a comparison of a recent publication from the UK’s Institute of Mechanical Engineers and Rob Hopkin's Transition Handbook.

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Transport and adaptive capacity: An integrated approach to UK policy evaluation

Posted by Chris Vernon on May 10, 2009 - 10:30am in The Oil Drum: Europe
Topic: Environment/Sustainability
Tags: adaptation, climate change, oil dependence, peak oil, sustainability, transportation, united kingdom [list all tags]

This is a guest post from Robin Lovelace (lovelacerobin@yahoo.com), a graduate student at the University of York, UK. As part of his Environmental Science and Management MSc Robin was asked to pick a policy area and discuss how it could adapt to climate change. Due in part to the Oil Drum, he decided to include peak oil in the discussion, with a reluctant ‘OK’ from Professor Mike Ashmore. Robin is a qualified bicycle mechanic, writing part-time for Interclimate, starting an interdisciplinary PhD in energy research next year and wants to save the world.

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TOD Local Open Thread: What's your town doing about high gas prices?

Posted by Glenn on May 25, 2008 - 10:15am in The Oil Drum: Local
Topic: Environment/Sustainability
Tags: adaptation, gas prices, local, peak oil [list all tags]

With gas prices across the country reaching $4/gallon--and peak oil starting to become a part of the meme--both forcing many to complain about and adapt to the impact of gas on their budgets, we'd like to hear about what's going on in your county, town, city or suburban/exurban subdivision.

I found some really great examples of how people are adapting from different areas in the US and the world (including examples from high schoolers, employers, and commuter "slugging"--no it's not violent), they are under the fold.

What's happening in your part of the world? How is your area adapting?

(Also, make sure to check out our call for TOD:Local contributors.)

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