{"id":95,"date":"2008-11-18T17:44:52","date_gmt":"2008-11-19T00:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kqed.org\/climatewatch\/2008\/11\/18\/when-mitigation-falls-short-adapt\/"},"modified":"2008-11-18T17:44:52","modified_gmt":"2008-11-19T00:44:52","slug":"when-mitigation-falls-short-adapt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/climatewatch\/2008\/11\/18\/when-mitigation-falls-short-adapt\/","title":{"rendered":"When Mitigation Falls Short, Adapt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"3042486968_0a474edd83_m.jpg\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kqed.org\/climatewatch\/files\/2008\/11\/3042486968_0a474edd83_m.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kqed.org\/climatewatch\/files\/2008\/11\/3042486968_0a474edd83_m.jpg\" alt=\"3042486968_0a474edd83_m.jpg\" \/><\/a>While California has\u00a0plans in place to\u00a0reduce greenhouse gases, to mitigate the effects of climate change, it is only recently that the local governments have begun thinking about adaptation strategies, according to two reports released today by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ppic.org\/main\/home.asp\">PPIC.<\/a> &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ppic.org\/main\/publication.asp?i=755\">Preparing California for a Changing Climate&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0and &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ppic.org\/main\/publication.asp?i=849\">Climate Policy at the Local Level: A Survey of California&#8217;s Cities and Counties<\/a>.&#8221; Both focus on what is being done currently to confront climate change and where the state and municipalities need to focus adaptation efforts, in order to prepare for future environmental changes.<\/p>\n<p>According to Ellen Hanak, who co-authored both studies, while three out of\u00a0 four California&#8217;s communities are &#8220;doing something&#8221; related to climate change, only half of that group is looking into adaptation strategies and developing plans for protecting community assets.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The focus has been on bringing greenhouse gases down,&#8221; said Hanak. &#8220;Only recently have folks been looking into climate impacts.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Adaptation is a critical element because even if the world does reduce emissions significantly, Californians still may face problems like sea level rise, increased wildfires and flooding, public health issues related to air quality and increased temperatures because of change that has already been set in motion.\u00a0 The extent of these problems, of course, will depend on how successful we are with mitigation strategies.\u00a0 The less successful we are at reducing greenhouse gases, the better we need to be at adapting to change.<\/p>\n<p>Hanak sees the <a href=\"http:\/\/gov.ca.gov\/index.php?\/print-version\/executive-order\/11036\/\">executive order<\/a> issued by the Governor on Friday requiring state agencies to assess and plan for sea level rise due to climate change, <a 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