Protecting people from a changing climate: The case for resilience

The United Nations’ 2021 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report stated—with higher confidence than ever before—that, without meaningful decarbonization, global temperatures will rise to at least 1.5°C above preindustrial levels within the next two decades.  This could have potentially dangerous and irreversible effects. A better understanding of how a…