Christina Chan joined WRI in May as Director for the Climate Resilience Practice. Before that, Christina led global policy efforts on adaptation at the U.S. State Department and spent eight years with CARE, helping communities reduce disaster-related risks and leveraging that work to inform CARE International’s global climate change policy. Here she shares her thoughts on the challenges ahead.

见解：您认为什么是建立对气候变化的韧性的最大障碍？必威官网是真的吗

克里斯蒂娜·陈（Christina Chan）：有几个障碍。首先，最脆弱的人（例如那些在干旱地区的人）通常无法获得气候信息。必威官网是真的吗农民将能够更好地决定种植什么以及何时种植有关雨季何时开始以及预期降雨量的信息。

Second, we need to stop treating climate resilience as just an environmental issue. Climate change is undermining hard-won development gains. We need to develop the capacity of communities, local and national governments, engineers and coastal zone managers to identify climate risks and take actions to manage those risks.

第三个主要障碍是财务。我已经看到社区镀锌以确定有什么风险和降低这些风险的选择的案例。但是他们缺乏采取必要行动的预算。

食物shortages caused by climate change could have a major impact on national and global security. How do we begin to address this risk?

CC: With support from the Gates Foundation, WRI is exploring how investments in transformative adaptation in the agriculture sector can yield greater food security. The international community needs to continue helping farmers make smarter seasonal and annual decisions in the context of climate change. At the same time, we also need to be thinking longer-term and identifying what actions we can take now that will contribute to positive, transformative change.

How has your professional background informed your thinking on adaptation policy?

CC：我在领导尼泊尔南部的基于社区的灾难管理项目方面的经验告诉我，适应和发展齐头并进，良好的治理至关重要。必威官网亚洲体育贫穷，边缘化的社区正在应对许多挑战。他们对食物，水，参与的基本权利几乎没有得到满足。必威官网是真的吗气候变化是对他们的生活和生计的另一个威胁。无论我们试图消除贫困还是减少气候脆弱性，参与，透明度，公平和问责制是任何解决方案的核心。必威官网是真的吗

在国务院期间，我专注于通过《联合国气候变化框架公约》提高意识和动员的行动和支持。必威官网是真的吗虽然有时我会觉得UNFCCC的过程缓慢，并且改变了渐进式的渐进性，但我从未怀疑国际进程增强气候弹性的重要性。必威官网是真的吗UNFCCC的决策有助于阐明有效的方法以及需要进一步的行动和支持。

How can countries best determine what their priorities for resilience are?

CC：各国应该从他们最关心的东西开始 - 他们的发展优先事项是什么？在粮食安全，水，基础设施，农村发展等方面，他们想实现什么？从那里，他们可以寻求了解气候变化对这些优先事项的风险，以及他们需要采取的措施来管理这些风险。必威官网是真的吗我认为，这是确定弹性优先级的最好方法。

弹性项目将采取哪些形式？

CC: Nations across the world are already implementing creative solutions that build resilience to climate change. In Mali, the water and agriculture ministries collaborate to send farmers text messages with information on rain forecasts. In Kuala Lumpur, innovative infrastructure like the SMART tunnel serves a dual purpose: it not only alleviates rush hour traffic, but also shuts down when there is heavy rainfall and diverts rainwater to the river, to prevent flooding in the city center. In the U.S., Philadelphia has changed its water fee system, simultaneously helping the city to meet its Clean Water Act obligations and adapt to projected increases in extreme rainfall.

在印度和巴西，WRI正在帮助城市规划师就适应行动做出决定，这确实反映了当地社区和人民的优先事项和需求。我们还建立了当地民间社会使国家政府负责的能力 - 目的是确保国际气候适应的资金实际上到达当地社区并满足其需求和优先事项。必威官网是真的吗

这些只是几个例子。通过领导和资金，我们可以找到动态解决方案，从而为气候变化的负面影响增强。必威官网是真的吗