Adaptation and Mitigation

Special guests John D. Liu and Dr. Jem Bendell join Dr. Peter Carter, Paul Beckwith and Regina Valdez at COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, to discuss the topic of adaptation and mitigation with respect to climate change.

The response to the climate emergency requires both mitigation and adaptation. Mitigation refers to efforts to reduce or prevent emission of greenhouse gases. Adaptation is the process of adjusting to current or expected impacts of climate change. The need for adaptation varies from one location to another, depending on the risk to human or ecological systems.

The panel will present various facets of the urgent need for a mitigation and adaptation response such as covered in the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment report as well as the need for governments, corporations and the media to communicate to citizens in a more meaningful way when describing the gravity of the climate crisis and the consequent societal and behavioral changes that will be needed.

The panel will also cover the topic of the restoration of ecosystems, technological innovations such as renewable energy, various means of drawing down carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as well as various forms of solar radiation management.

This video was recorded on November 9th, 2022 and published on December 4th, 2022, and represents the opinions of the discussion participants.

Links:
- IPCC Sixth Assessment Report - Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability

- Climate Emergency Institute (Peter Carter)

- Deep Adaptation Forum (Jem Bendell)

- Boring Averages and Climate Brightsiding – big mistakes in climate comms during #ClimateWeek

- Decoupling debunked: Why green growth is not enough

- Ecosystem Restoration Camps

- John D. Liu - compilation of works

- Commonland

- Send an email to John D. Liu

- Ocean Pasture Restoration and the New Paradigm (CEF Video)

- The MEER Framework (CEF Video)

- MEER Update - November 2022 (CEF Video)

- MEER - Cooling the Planet with Surface Reflectors
MEER.org

- Marine Cloud Brightening (CEF Video)

Special Guests:
John D. Liu - Journalist, filmmaker, ecologist and Ecosystem Ambassador for the Commonland Foundation, whose work has helped to show that it is possible to restore natural ecological systems. He is the founder of the Ecosystem Restoration Camps Movement that has, together with many partners, created 56 Ecosystem Restoration Camps throughout the world. John has produced, filmed, written, directed, and presented dozens of films on Environment and Ecology that have aired on the BBC, National Geographic, Discovery, PBS, and other networks.

Dr Jem Bendell - Professor of Sustainability Leadership at the University of Cumbria (part-time) as well as Founder of the Deep Adaptation Forum, co-Founder of the International Scholars’ Warning and publisher of the Deep Adaptation Quarterly. He focuses on leadership and communications for social change, as well as approaches that may help humanity face climate-induced disruption. He is a singer-songwriter with the band Sambiloto.

Regular Panelists:
Dr. Peter Carter - MD, Expert IPCC Reviewer and director of the Climate Emergency Institute

Paul Beckwith - Climate Systems Scientist. Professor at the University of Ottawa in the Paleoclimatology Laboratory as well as at Carleton University

Regina Valdez - Program Director, Climate Reality Project, NYC. GreenFaith Fellow and LEED Green Associate

Video Production:
Charles Gregoire - Electrical Engineer, Webmaster and IT prime for FacingFuture.Earth & the Climate Emergency Forum; Climate Reality Leader

Heidi Brault - Video production and website assistant, Organizer and convener, Metadata technician, COP27 Team Lead for the Climate Emergency Forum and Facing Future; BA (Psychology); Climate Reality Leader

Our Website:

Acknowledgement:
We'd like to acknowledge these two organization without which our attendance at COP27 would not have been possible.
- Sustainable Population Australia (SPA)
- The International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE)

Attributions:
Background Music:
- Title: Through the City II
- Author: Crowander
- Source: Free Music Archive
- License: CC BY-NC 4.0

[TheDoomWizard]

Paul strauight up said it, "We have these conferences and we're not really making progress."

[louisehoff]

such an excellent presentation by each speaker! I am so grateful that your group in particular is speaking out on the ways forward and on the ways in which some are aggravating the situation.

[jeanjacquesdessalines]

Mille mercis à vous tous pour votre excellent travail !

[lionscircle]

Build resilience into your home. Water catchment, thriving garden (including fruit/nut trees), solar power, electrified heating and cooking, and insulate your home beyond code(code should be seen as the minimum). The sooner this is completed the sooner you can help others as this trend takes off (out of necessity).

[rajendratayya]

There is a saying that, “when we are suffering, nature is trying to teach us something”. We must equally think out of the box as aiming our efforts on the obvious target”.

[nickguthrie]

More talk, talk, talk---., Dr Liu's pics are far more powerful in their teaching. How can various states get that focus and encourage each of us to get dirt/soil under our nails

[rchiarella]

Looks that we need to continue adapting and mitigating everyday, but we look forward to new strategies because as result of pondarate weight sustainable tackle other new concepts for everyone.

[wanchattheeranaew]

I totally agree with "Restoration is the greatest work of our time".
PS: Seriously, many people (especially scientists) really need to learn about politics so that you won't have any false hope that policy makers across the globe (mainly in the west) will do anything at all with current ecological collapse. In contrary, they will do everything to preserve their diminishing power including destroying this world. Period.

[michaelduncan]

Paul looks EXHAUSTED, take care of yourselves!!!

[dianewallace]

Excellent Presentation by all of you!! Thank you as always.

[easygreasy]

This shits going to be trending soon. Thanks for the value.❤

[dion]

Rules for thee, not for me. Now prepare my private jet, off to my energy sucking mansion😂

[jenmorricone]

The drought map is terrifying. What will we do with little water for crops, little rain for crops and rivers to transport those crops down the Mississippi river. Adaptation is a joke.

[evilstormgnat]

It's so right to say that climate activism has to come from the bottom up. But at the same time that's the headache because, well, political power grows out of the barrel of the gun, and most of us concerned citizens aren't that kind of person. Maybe we'll have to be.

[jedadruled]

We need more alarmism to make climate change great again

[DominionMovementDotOrg]

biogas leaves animals behind though. are the animals free or not?

[BB-cfgx]

The sky is falling said Henney Penney.