THE CLIMATE MITIGATION-ADAPTATION CONUNDRUM? | Webinar Recording
A webinar presented by David Spratt
David Spratt is the Research Director for the Breakthrough National Centre for Climate Restoration in Australia.
Description
Does responding to climate warming require both a fast reduction in greenhouse gas emissions (mitigation) AND efforts to protect people and nature from the impacts (adaptation)? Should we do both? Can we do both? Would adaptation at the expense of emissions reduction create an unliveable world?
David put on a presentation, followed by a discussion and Q&A. These were recorded, and you can watch the recording below:
Date: 8 July, 2026
Time: 7 PM
Slides
Papers discussing why Climate Change remains a serious risk
https://www.climatecodered.org/2026/06/avoiding-worse-case-climate-warming-is.html#more
Background
https://www.climatecodered.org/2011/02/4-degrees-hotter-adaptation-trap.html
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10113-021-01808-9
https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/04/has-climate-policymaking-gone-completely-off-the-rails/
This webinar was cosponsored by:
Our Climate Declaration
Degrowth Aotearoa New Zealand
The Wise Response Society
Engineers for Social Responsibility
Seniors Climate Action Network
and the Nelson Tasman Climate Forum