As global heating heads to 1.8C, is it time to consider the ‘Voldemort’ of climate policy?

As global heating heads to 1.8C, is it time to consider the ‘Voldemort’ of climate policy?

Natalya Bosyak/GettyThe world is set to miss the 1.5°C global warming target, and plans are underway for UN climate talks in the Pacific and Turkey. Climate mitigation – reducing or preventing greenhouse emissions – was once treated as the only legitimate response to global warming. In comparison, climate adaptation – trying to adjust to global warming – was seen as a form of defeatism, or worse, hubris. But that taboo has long since lifted: our…