In the wake of worsening climate change, the big question is which societies will do best in coping with climate change and mitigating its devastating effects. The warming of the earth’s temperature that translates to rising sea levels and changing weather patterns will see societies that have to cope with political, social, technological, and economic factors as much as with climate change itself.
While global warming will exact a human toll, ‘the extent of its predicted impacts is uncertain.’ As in the Darwinian principle of survival, it shall be the survival of the fittest as the planet gets into more difficult environmental conditions. Climate change is an assault on the human species, and human societies will have to face many risks. More vulnerable, logically, are those societies and populations that are ‘climate-weak.’ Already, there have been evaluations that point to the conclusion that poor peoples in developing countries are the most ‘climate-weak’ of populations.
Geography plays an important factor. ‘Climate-fit people live in areas less vulnerable to sea level rise.’ There are other factors, though, such as how the people deem their capability to control the situation and produce solutions to the problems. The society’s strength plays into the equation. Such factors as society’s resilience, ingenuity, flexibility, and its governance will impact that society’s capability to cope with the effects of climate change.
Most importantly, ‘sound environmental guardianship’ should be an imperative trait of a government or society that wants to improve its ability to deal with climate change.
Via environment360
