(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) A new policy brief on Assessing the Risks of Climate Change was released during the 2016 UN Climate Change Conference (COP22) by the UN Secretary General's Scientific Advisory Board. It makes the case that climate change can be framed as an issue of resilience and risk management, requiring a full assessment of all risks in order to prioritize mitigation and adaptation strategies, but that high degrees of change with lower probability in the short term are too often overlooked by scientists and, therefore, policy-makers as well. Consequently, a shift in...
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