Publication Type
Journal
Journal Name
Climatic Change
Publication Date
Page Numbers
103 to 106
Volume
100
Issue
1
Abstract
It has taken about 35 years for scientists to bring the global climate change issue to
the attention of the world’s people and their leaders. With the Copenhagen Climate
Change Conference of December 2009, it was hoped that the “issue identification” phase would segue at last into the “solution” phase. However, the outcome of COP15 shows that interdisciplinary work on impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability is still critically needed to advance the development of the solution phase.