Failing to achieve climate mitigation goals puts increasing pressure on climate adaptation strategies. In two new studies, researchers address novel approaches to these issues.
Failing to achieve climate mitigation goals puts increasing pressure on climate adaptation strategies. In two new studies, researchers address novel approaches to these issues.
In the first study, researchers developed an approach to measure climate impacts and adaptation that considers responses to weather shocks and longer-term climatic changes. They used this approach to examine the impact of climate change on ambient ‘‘bad’’ ozone areas in U.S. counties from 1980 to 2013, identifying possible biases in existing approaches.
In the second study, researchers developed an analytical framework to examine interactions between climate change and existing policy governing issues unrelated to climate change. They show that when climate change exacerbates a market failure, the existing policy triggers an adaptive response, reducing climate impacts. This study also examined U.S. counties, showing that ambient ozone areas increased with rising temperatures, but that such increases were mitigated in counties out of attainment with the Clean Air Act standards.
Read more at: Carnegie Mellon University
