Adaptation: When Prevention Isn’t Enough
Climate One
- Published
- October 24, 2025
- Duration
- 59:30
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Jun 7, 2026
Discusses So much of the conversation about the climate crisis focuses on prevention. But no matter how well w…
Summary
So much of the conversation about the climate crisis focuses on prevention. But no matter how well we succeed on that front, climate-induced disasters are already causing hundreds of billions of dollars of damage worldwide every year — not to mention destroying livelihoods and causing deaths. We're seeing those impacts today, and we need to be ready. Adap…
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So much of the conversation about the climate crisis focuses on prevention. But no matter how well we succeed on that front, climate-induced disasters are already causing hundreds of billions of dollars of damage worldwide every year — not to mention destroying livelihoods and causing deaths. We're seeing those impacts today, and we need to be ready. Adaptation does not mean giving up on trying to rein in heat-trapping pollution; it’s facing reality. The way we adapt can be creative and empoweri