Adaptation plan should be incorporated immediately. It will provide opportunity for both corrective measure as well as precautionary measure. Moreover, adaptation plan also requires time for actual manifestation. This will also provide learning and knowledge about various hidden dimensions as well as interaction effects with various other entities.

Adaptation plan should be incorporated immediately. It will provide opportunity for both corrective measure as well as precautionary measure. Moreover, adaptation plan also requires time for actual manifestation. This will also provide learning and knowledge about various hidden dimensions as well as interaction effects with various other entities.

I think that this is econmical issue.

Adaptation plans should be incorporated now! There is danger in further delay. There are already  warning signs indicating the manifestation of climate change both locally and globally. The melting  icecaps,  the, extreme heat in tropical countries and the rising sea levels affecting several coastal communities are enough warning signals for us to start preparing for more drastic effects of climate change. The time to act is now!

good question 

Dear Hussain,

I agree with Mr. Rajiv and Mr. Oladunni: "Adaptation plan should be incorporated immediately".

Using solar energy, energy efficiency, green roofs and walls, control the real estate market., demanding advances and using public transportation...

We must try to stop what already has been done from negative now.

Best Regards,

Vanessa

Dear Hussain,

I agree with the opinion of the collegues ... and we have already an example for this. We prepared the Integrated Climate Protection Program for Chemnitz Municipality (Germany), which includes also a Climate Adaptation Concept. The Integrated Climate Protection Program was approved by the City Council in 2012 and is part of the Urban Plan. Unfortunately the link is only available in German language: http://www.chemnitz.de/chemnitz/de/die-stadt-chemnitz/umwelt/klimaschutz/klimaschutzprogramm/index.html. Why to include already now ? Because climate change is already present, and we saw in the public debates for the Integrated Climate Protection Program, that the population is already aware about this. Chemnitz  is not an exception with this activity, as you can see at ICLEI http://www.iclei.org/. Some case studies (including for Chemnitz Municipality) are available here: http://www.iclei.org/resources/publications/iclei-case-studies.html.

Best regards,

Petra

I guess it is a very good idea to include the climate protection plan in planning now. But I certainly believe that getting back to 1990 emission levels is something which is almost an impossible target and what we can do is to slow down this process but can we reserse it? I have doubts.

Precautionary principle implies that we implement adaptation regimes based on available information rather than wait and face further harm. Adaptation would reduce social vulnerability and reduce risk associated with the hazard.

Question suggests that the effects of climate change have been already identified, so if economic aspects already allow (as Mr. Yan wrote)  then why wait until you face the consequences.

I also agree with rapid action in both planning and implementation of strategies regarding urban adaptation to climate change. Although there is some uncertainty about the extent of climate change effects, there are many benefits that can be drawn from biophilic interventions in cities, besides their importance in climate change adaptation. Among them: mitigation of urban heat island effect, air pollution control, stormwater management, reduction of electricity demand, local food production, biodiversity preservation, and improved public amenity. Biophilic interventions are green roofs and walls, rainwater gardens and bio swales along the streets, urban canopy, parks and pocket parks, just to mention a few. Evidence of the emerging capability to provide cost-effective functional biophilic urbanism solutions exists in a range of research studies internationally.

More effective actions need to be done urgently for urban sustainability; however, researches are necessary.

Adaptation plan should be incorporated immediately， there should be no doubt about this point.

Management plans should include the climate dimension in terms of vulnerability to potential (scenario) forcing and extreme events and also in relation to mitigation for a clean and sustainable development.

The important question is also where and by whom? Is it the tool that should be implemented and paid on local, regional or national level. If it was percived as implemented by local level and local government doesn't think the same way, should it be forced to do that?

Climate mitigation and adaptation should be implemented simultaneously to effectively reduce climate change impacts and prepare for a future of change. If greenhouse gas emissions are not reduced through mitigation efforts, then the ability to adapt will be impacted by the rapid pace and severity of climate change. Since the effects of climate change are already happening it is also necessary to include adaptation as an important part of climate change planning.

I think that there is no reason to wait. Whatever strengthens people in urban areas against the impacts of climate change often strengthen them again other shocks and stresses. The goal should be to enable people to lead self-determined lives without any direct and structural forms of violence. This also includes violence of living in dangerous places such as squatter settlements in Suva, Fiji (and elsewhere), where extremely bad environmental conditions already today have very adverse impacts on people's lives. This will further deteriorate as a result of climate change.