Given the predominant theme:”to take action against global environmental change”, and the fact that environmental change is an ongoing process with long term consequences, what is being done in terms of research to find solutions leading to adaptation as well as mitigation of the effects on the earth and humanity to these changes?

Negative environmental change is widely perceived and agreed upon by most scientific and policy formulation circles. Too much effort is going into how to stop it, rather than how to adapt to it, for it is now inevitable and beyond the immediate control of humanity, therefore adaptation must take precedence over, or at the very least run parallel to mitigation, in order to ensure long term solutions for the earth and humanity.