Nearly two-thirds of Americans believe climate change is happening, according to this May 2011 Yale survey. They differ sharply about the cause, though the largest group, 47 percent, believes climate change is caused by human activity.
A more recent Reuters/Ipsos poll in September found that 83 percent of Americans believe climate change is occurring, an increase from 75 percent a year earlier.
Yet for various reasons - economic and political - we can't seem to do anything about it.
Any real solutions would require big changes in how we conduct business in this country, and likely some big changes in habit for all of us.
In the meantime, greenhouse gasses continue to accumulate, climate change accelerates, and we sit back while the weather becomes more unpredictable, natural disasters mount and a real fix gets farther out of reach.
What we can all do now is start adapting to climate change, both as individuals and as communities.
Governments at all levels give little attention to this need for adaptation. Are we building levees high enough, planning urban growth appropriately, setting aside emergency funds, thinking about future food supplies? Are your family, your property, your finances and your neighborhood ready?
Let's agree to disagree about the causes of climate change. For now. I'm here to talk about what we can all agree to do now, and that's begin to adapt.
Welcome to the Adaptivator.
A more recent Reuters/Ipsos poll in September found that 83 percent of Americans believe climate change is occurring, an increase from 75 percent a year earlier.
Yet for various reasons - economic and political - we can't seem to do anything about it.
Any real solutions would require big changes in how we conduct business in this country, and likely some big changes in habit for all of us.
In the meantime, greenhouse gasses continue to accumulate, climate change accelerates, and we sit back while the weather becomes more unpredictable, natural disasters mount and a real fix gets farther out of reach.
What we can all do now is start adapting to climate change, both as individuals and as communities.
Governments at all levels give little attention to this need for adaptation. Are we building levees high enough, planning urban growth appropriately, setting aside emergency funds, thinking about future food supplies? Are your family, your property, your finances and your neighborhood ready?
Let's agree to disagree about the causes of climate change. For now. I'm here to talk about what we can all agree to do now, and that's begin to adapt.
Welcome to the Adaptivator.
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