ClimateActionAdaptationResilience

Adaptation to Climate Change

What are we dependent on for our everyday lives and will it be dependable in the future? For example, the COVID pandemic and the current wartime energy price explosion have exposed some of the weaknesses in the way our consumer society operates. Is the government learning from this and what does the evidence point to?

House: if buying a house, it's wise to ascertain its exposure & ability to cope with: droughts, heatwaves, wildfires, city fires, river flooding, groundwater flooding or dessication, flash flooding from extreme rainfall, coastal flooding, coastal erosion, storms, hurricanes, tornadoes, local ecological factors

Communities Prepared (Through training and tailored support, Communities Prepared equips communities nationwide with the knowledge and confidence to prepare for, respond to, and recover from a range of emergencies, from flooding and severe weather incidents to pandemics.) https://www.communitiesprepared.org.uk/

Voluntary and Communities Sector Emergencies Partnership (We bring organisations together to deliver a more coordinated response to emergencies) https://www.vcsep.org.uk/

Just to put this in context, the UN Secretary General is calling for radical changes. So while our obvious reaction might be, "I can't do that!", it's definitely worth looking at it anyway and can't do any harm

How can we hedge our bets? We don't & mostly can't just give up our jobs and start preparing for the collapse of the state!!! Maybe learn a new skill so you have a fall-back, e.g. eco-retrofits with renewable energy, insulation & so on. Spinning & weaving. Cabinet making. Pottery.

Holidays: two distinct subcategories (1) go on a farming holiday WWOOF or some other type of volunteer project, or (2) go on a "Last chance to see" holiday (coral reefs are big)