%C Kolkata, India
%A W D Dar
%P 11-12
%D 2013
%L icrisat6967
%X In India as in the rest of theworld, climate change has become
not just a cause for concern but also a call to urgent and
specific action. It's increasingly likely that our descendants
will face a less stable,more violent climate. They will have to
become resilient against extreme droughts, floods, storms and
heat. Resilience is especially important in the rainfed
drylands,where highly variable rainfall flips agriculture from
boom to bust over short time periods.
Following Hurricane Sandy's recent devastation, Andrew
Zolli summed up resilience strategy thus: “Where
sustainability aims to put the world back into balance,
resilience looks for ways tomanage in an imbalancedworld.”
He used the metaphor of “rolling with the waves, instead of
trying to stop the ocean.”...
%T The Year Changes Over but Climate Changes Us