Efforts to help vulnerable communities adapt to climate change just received a shot in the arm. The National Center for Capacity Building in the US was established in 2004 to address the issued of adaptation in developing countries, but somebody pulled the government funding and it looked like the demise of an organisation that could help developing countries. But the Rockefeller Foundation has just given the center a $1 million grant to keep it alive.
Most efforts related to climate change address mitigation, or efforts to keep change to a minimum. But the effects of global warming are already being felt, particularly in developing countries, so there is increasing attention being paid to minimizing its impact by giving communities the means to change the way they do business.
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