One of the most important steps we can take to soften the impacts of climate change is to slow it down.
This will improve our prospects for coping with climate change over the long term. However, our climate is already changing rapidly and will continue to do so throughout the 21st century.
We therefore must prepare. We need to inform ourselves and others about the potential impacts of climate change, reduce our vulnerability and ultimately take steps to adapt.
Those efforts must include actions to reduce the vulnerability of eco-systems and natural resources. Some actions, such as steps to improve emergency preparedness, can be taken at the individual and household level. Others require actions by government, businesses or other organizations.
We therefore must prepare. We need to inform ourselves and others about the potential impacts of climate change, reduce our vulnerability and ultimately take steps to adapt.
Those efforts must include actions to reduce the vulnerability of eco-systems and natural resources. Some actions, such as steps to improve emergency preparedness, can be taken at the individual and household level. Others require actions by government, businesses or other organizations.