EAN: 9789811986208

RISK AND RESILIENCE IN THE ERA OF CLIMATE CHANG...

This book presents essential insights on the interaction between rising risks and raising the
bar for resilience during the climate crisis. Its timeliness lies in applying important
findings on risk and resilience to runaway climate change. When risk and resilience are brought
together in the context of climate catastrophes  three key messages emerge.The first is that
accounting for the root causes of these calamities  and not just their symptoms  is essential
to slowing the spike in these events. It is therefore vital to link carbon emissions from human
activity to the sharp rise in climate disasters globally. The second is that growth economics
and policy must factor in the failure of governments and businesses to tackle spillover harm
from economic activities  as seen dramatically with global warming. With climate risks rising 
this calls for a fundamental revision in the teaching and practice of business and economics.
And third  prevention must become a far bigger part of resilience building  with greater
preparedness for more intense destruction built into interventions. This emphasis on prevention
deems disaster recovery as not just returning to how things were but building back better.

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