I gave up some time ago on the idea that focusing on adaption
was just a means of weaseling out of necessary measures to mitigate
climate change. As the extraordinary becomes commonplace,
it's evident that we've ignored the externalities of carbon
longer than was prudent.
It's thus great to see Boston's Mayor Walsh release Resilient Boston Harbor. Even for those
who follow these issues for a living (and I have a personal stake,
since my wife and I are about to move to Fort Point Channel, ground
zero for climate change flooding impacts in Boston), what's
really amazing is the granularity of both the analysis and the
recommendations.
If you want to understand just how granular the analysis must be
in order to develop specific recommendations, you might take a look
at this figure from the full Climate Ready South Boston report.
Don't just skim the Executive Summary on this one.
