Building A Resilient Tomorrow: How To Prepare For The Coming Climate Disruption,New

Climate Change Impactsmore Heat, Drought, Extreme Rainfall, And Stronger Stormshave Already Harmed Communities Around The Globe. Even If The World Could Cut Its Carbon Emissions To Zero Tomorrow, Further Significant Global Climate Change Is Now Inevitable. Although We Cannot Tell With Certainty How Much Average Global Temperatures Will Rise, We Do Know That The Warming We Have Experienced To Date Has Caused Significant Losses, And That The Failure To Prepare For The Consequences Of Further Warming May Prove To Be Staggering.Building A Resilient Tomorrow Does Not Dwell On Overhyped Descriptions Of Apocalyptic Climate Scenarios, Nor Does It Travel Down Welltrodden Paths Surrounding The Politics Of Reducing Carbon Emissions. Instead, It Starts With Two Central Facts: Climate Impacts Will Continue To Occur, And We Can Make Changes Now To Mitigate Their Effects. While Squarely Confronting The Scale Of The Risks We Face, This Pragmatic Guide Focuses On Solutionssome Gradual And Some More Revolutionarycurrently Being Deployed Around The Globe. Each Chapter Presents A Thematic Lesson For Decisionmakers And Engaged Citizens To Consider, Outlining Replicable Successes And Identifying Provocative Recommendations To Strengthen Climate Resilience. Between Animated Discussions Of Ideas As Wideranging As Managed Retreat From Coastal Hotzones To Biological Approaches For Resurgent Climaterelated Disease Threats, Alice Hill And Leonardo Martinezdiaz Draw On Their Personal Experiences As Senior Officials In The Obama Administration To Tell Behindthescenes Stories Of What It Really Takes To Advance Progress On These Issues. The Narrative Is Dotted With Tales Of Ontheground Citizenry, From Smalltown Mayors And Bankers To Generals And Engineers, Who Are Chipping Away At Financial Disincentives And Bureaucratic Hurdles To Prepare For Life On A Warmer Planet. For Readers Exhausted By Today'S Paralyzing Debates On Yearly 'Fluke' Storms Or The Existence Of Climate Change, Building A Resilient Tomorrow Offers Better Ways To Manage The Risks In A Warming Planet, Even As We Work To Limit Global Temperature Rise.