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"When United States aid money was used to build a seawall on Fiji’s Vanua Levu
island to shield the community from rising tides, it instead acted as a dam,
trapping water and debris on its landward side.
In another example from Bangladesh, the World Bank is pouring US$400 million
into expanding old flood barriers along the coastline to counter
climate-induced floods and sea-level rise. But this, too, is causing new
problems, including waterlogged fields and loss of soil fertility.
Across the globe, a “climate adaptation industry” sometimes imposes solutions
that exacerbate the problems they aim to solve. Frequently, this comes at the
cost of vulnerable communities.
This story plays out across the world, including in Aotearoa New Zealand, where
top-down adaptation projects can increase climate vulnerability of communities.
Our work seeks to fill a critical gap by establishing a monitoring and
evaluation system to identify the risk of maladaption."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
