Fact Sheet: The Role of Adaptation
Examining the role of adaptation in U.S. climate legislation and an international climate agreement. Download fact sheet as PDF
Developed and developing countries are now grappling with ways to slow greenhouse gas emissions, but global warming is already causing more severe storms, unpredictable planting seasons, and melting glaciers around the world. Adaptation means learning to live with these changes – and preparing for other changes that are unavoidable – in order to minimize harm from climate change impacts.
The Biosequestration Challenge
WRI recently convened leading experts to examine the issues and policy options surrounding carbon biosequestration.
Projects that increase and maintain carbon sequestration in the forest and agriculture sectors are likely to play a significant role in national climate programs in the United States and Canada. Recent U.S. federal proposals have called for offsets from a variety of forest and agriculture projects that sequester carbon, such as afforestation and agricultural soil sequestration. Furthermore, all three North American regional trading programs (i.e., the Northeastern Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, the Western Climate Initiative, and the Midwestern Greenhouse Gas Reduction Accord) are all developing offset programs that have some role for biological sequestration projects.
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