Adaptive Ideals and Aspirational Goals: The Utopian Ideals and Realist Constraints of Climate Change Adaptation

摘要: There is a growing need to implement anticipatory climate change adaptation measures, particularly in vulnerable sectors, such as agriculture. However, setting goals adapt wrought with several challenges. This paper discusses two sets of challenges adaptation, (1) empirical and (2) normative character. The first set concern issues the extent which will change, local impacts changes, available adaptive responses. In second uncertainties are distribution burdens enhance capacities agents legitimate claim resources, what ideally should result in. While previous discussions have been limited either discuss or uncertainties, this suggests that both dimensions be considered when social planning long time frames. A taxonomy suggested combines dimensions. Furthermore, strategies for managing situations there empirical, normative, proposed could used decision-making time-frames must set.