Adapting to Climate Change: Do values subjectively define the limits to climate change adaptation?

摘要: Introduction Climate change adaptation is increasingly seen as both a necessary and urgent response to changing climate, much research being undertaken identify barriers constraints successful adaptation. Most discussions focus on limited adaptive capacity constraint climate change, emphasise technological, financial institutional (Grothmann Patt, 2005; Yohe Tol, 2002). It presumed that once these external are removed or overcome, society will be able successfully adapt climate. has, however, also been suggested may by the irreversible loss of places identities people value (Adger et al., 2009a, 2009b). Adger al. (2009b) argue social individual characteristics likewise act deep-seated Such perspectives raise important questions about role societal values play in adapting change: strategy for maintaining what valued? How do measures taken some affect others? In case conflicts, whose count? Values are, effect, an interior subjective dimension contrast systems behaviours can objectively measured observed, subjectively influence adaptations considered desirable thus prioritised.