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The UK’s Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has an annual budget of £500 million to spend on national initiatives to tackle climate change. This budget may be spent in three main policy areas: (1) mitigation, (2) adaptation or (3) geoengineering. Which area do you think should receive the largest portion of the budget? Justify your choice.
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The largest portion of fund shoud be spend for adaptation.
The long-term nature of climate change combined with the uncertainties that exist in projections (for example, on the pace of change, and regional effects), is acting as a significant barrier to decision-making on climate change policies (and policies affected by climate change) and may lead to inappropriate adaptation or inaction when it is needed most.
Diverse and substantial ways in which overseas impacts of climate change will affect the UK’s political, economic and social interests. So it is important to provide a robust foundation for further work and for prioritising adaptation strategies.