Staying safe
Climate change adaptation in not just about physically adapting - building walls to block off rising seas or raising wells above flood water levels like in this picture. It is anything that limits the impact of climate change - more intense storms, more frequent floods, decreasing harvests, rising temperatures. In the case of these communities, they are too poor to adapt to even their current conditions. So adaptation for them takes the form of development - making them a little bit better off, and hoping they will continue to improve their standard of living. This makes them safer in the face of their risks.
While we do need things like seawalls and raised wells, it is just as important to remove vulnerability to the hazards people face, to minimize the incredible disruptions they face to their lives.
To see why I was in Bangladesh click here, or take a look at the previous or next photo in the series.
If you are interested, please view the series to see what I found and what I learned in my few weeks in Bangladesh, visiting some of the most vulnerable people anywhere on our planet.
Staying safe
Climate change adaptation in not just about physically adapting - building walls to block off rising seas or raising wells above flood water levels like in this picture. It is anything that limits the impact of climate change - more intense storms, more frequent floods, decreasing harvests, rising temperatures. In the case of these communities, they are too poor to adapt to even their current conditions. So adaptation for them takes the form of development - making them a little bit better off, and hoping they will continue to improve their standard of living. This makes them safer in the face of their risks.
While we do need things like seawalls and raised wells, it is just as important to remove vulnerability to the hazards people face, to minimize the incredible disruptions they face to their lives.
To see why I was in Bangladesh click here, or take a look at the previous or next photo in the series.
If you are interested, please view the series to see what I found and what I learned in my few weeks in Bangladesh, visiting some of the most vulnerable people anywhere on our planet.