Climate resilience must be built into infrastructure and social and political systems

Published 14 August 2023

Any development programme can foster climate adaptation and mitigation benefits; it must also, however, feature self-reflection and system assessments.

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Any development programme can foster climate adaptation and mitigation benefits; it must also, however, feature self-reflection and system assessments. The renowned ecologist C.S. Holling, who brought resilient thinking to the forefront of socio-ecological studies, asserted that systems must evolve while they build resilience. If the baseline system itself is fundamentally unjust and unsustainable, then evolving to a new system is preferable to belatedly attempting to add resilience. Cultivating flexibility therefore requires a manifold approach engaging multiple stakeholders, and solutions that account for the individual characteristics of specific systems.

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Date	14 August 2023
Type	Op-eds/Interviews/Press Releases
Contributor	Sahil Mathew
Publisher	Southern Voice
Related areas	Long-Term Sustainability Adaptation and Risk Analysis
Tags	Adaptation Climate Drought

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