What is the Deep Adaptation Agenda?
In 2018 Professor Jem Bendell explained the mainstream research and policy community on adaptation to climate change is based on the assumption that our current society can continue, rather than collapse. He wrote of “deep” adaptation to distinguish conversations based on acceptance of the likelihood or inevitability of near term societal collapse due to climate change. He offered 4 concepts and questions to guide people as they consider this predicament:
- Resilience: what should we keep?
- Relinquishment: what should we let go of?
- Restoration: what should we bring back?
- Reconciliation: who and what should we make peace with?