Strengthening The Ability To Adapt To Climate Change And Build Resilience: Countries Must Strengthen Economic Resilience.

Many countries around the globe are living in the vulnerability of climate change from the catastrophes of fire, floods, cyclones, droughts, and extreme cold or hot weather.

Many countries around the globe are living in the vulnerability of climate change from the catastrophes of fire, floods, cyclones, droughts, and extreme cold or hot weather. Strategies and policies are being implemented to win the battle against climate change, but achieving climate change sustainability is a long-term goal. As humans, we can’t endure waiting longer, we are vulnerable, we must adapt to climate change consequences to protect ourselves and our countries. 

Adapting to climate change begins with you, individually, by planting trees to preserve the environment around your homes and communities, making fire breaks, implementing disaster preparedness, and relocating. But with the fact that the impact of climate change is huge, there is a need to conduct adaptation at a higher level. To strengthen climate resilience countries must strengthen economic resilience. The economy needs to be resilient to endure the impact of climate change, by managing the impact at a macro level, revising land use plans protecting infrastructures, helping people and firms recover faster, and monitoring the implementation process across sectors. 

To support developing countries in climate change adaptation and building resilience COP 26 adopted the Glasgow Climate Pact by doubling finance. Coming to COP 27 In the scientific synthesis report scientists find that the potential to adapt to climate change is not limitless. This is so because the rising sea levels, and extreme heat are some of the hard limits challenging human adaptability. The scientific synthesis report also states by 2050 climate change vulnerability will double from the present circumstances. By the year 2050, over 3 billion people will inhabit vulnerable areas with the proneness of being affected by climate change impact. 

Adaptation will not prevent the losses and damage which have so far been encountered. Researchers stress that only through ambitious mitigation efforts and systemic transformation, can we avoid facing widespread limits to adaptation, and increased losses and damages Adaptation to climate change is not limitless, yes, but there is still a need for action to be made to reduce the vulnerability impact. Governments, organizations, and cooperation need to engage to establish systems that can prevent flooding in coastline cities, and prevent landslides in high regions. Infrastructures, roads, and bridges need to be built to adapt and withstand extremely high and cold temperatures, cyclones, and powerful storms.  

“Adaptation cannot be an afterthought to development. Instead, by integrating it into policy thinking up front, governments can catalyze robust economic development while also reducing vulnerability to climate change,” says Lead Economist, Stéphane Hallegatte.