Climate Change Is Happening. Here's How We Adapt | Alice Bows-Larkin | TED Talks

Imagine the hottest day you've ever experienced. Now imagine it's six, 10 or 12 degrees hotter. According to climate researcher Alice Bows-Larkin, that's the type of future in store for us...

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Over our lifetimes,we've all contributed to climate change.Actions, choices and behaviorswill have led to an increase in greenhouse gas emissions.And I think that that's quite a powerful thought.But it does have the potential to make us feel guiltywhen we think about decisions we might have madearound where to travel to,how often and how,about the energy that we choose to usein our homes or in our workplaces,or quite simply the lifestyles that we lead and enjoy.But we can also turn that thought on its head,and think that if we've had such a profoundbut a negative impact on our climate already,then we have an opportunity to influence the amount of future climate changethat we will need to adapt to.So we have a choice.We can either choose to start t...