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ConferenceUnited Nations climate event, 2018
Jem Bendell's speech at the UN on the climate emergency
The Deep Adaptation author argues that preparing for disruption must sit alongside cutting emissions.
Professor Jem Bendell · Professor of Sustainability Leadership (Emeritus)
University of Cumbria
Date
January 1, 2018
Type
Conference presentation
- Climate Emergency
- Deep Adaptation
- Climate Risk
- Climate Policy
- Climate Communication
- Adaptation
- Global Heating
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The argument
About this talk
Published by Extinction Rebellion UK. Professor Jem Bendell addresses the United Nations on the climate emergency, setting out the case that current trajectories make severe disruption likely rather than merely possible.
Drawing on the argument of his Deep Adaptation paper, he contends that institutions should plan openly for that disruption at the same time as working to reduce emissions, rather than treating preparation as defeatism.
This recording is published by Extinction Rebellion UK on its official YouTube channel. Credit and all rights belong to Extinction Rebellion UK and the speaker; MEER links to it for reference only.
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Key topics covered
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Climate Emergency
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Deep Adaptation
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Climate Risk
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Climate Policy
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Climate Communication
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Adaptation
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Global Heating
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The signal
Key takeaways
Preparation is not surrender
Bendell argues that planning for disruption strengthens rather than replaces efforts to cut emissions.
Institutions lag the evidence
The speech contends that official risk assessments have been slow to reflect high-end climate outcomes.
Why MEER includes it
Adaptation to heat that is already unavoidable is precisely the gap MEER's surface cooling work addresses.
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About the speaker
Professor Jem Bendell
Professor of Sustainability Leadership (Emeritus) · University of Cumbria
Jem Bendell is a scholar of sustainability leadership and the author of the paper Deep Adaptation, which argues that societies should prepare for severe climate disruption alongside efforts to reduce emissions. His work focuses on how institutions and communities respond to the prospect of breakdown.
About the conference
United Nations climate event, 2018
A 2018 address by Professor Jem Bendell at the United Nations on the climate emergency. This recording is published by Extinction Rebellion UK on its official YouTube channel; credit and all rights belong to Extinction Rebellion UK and the speaker.
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