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FIGURE 6.3 Effect of sea level rise of 1 m in the area of Florida. Red regions would be subject to inundation
at this sea level rise. Source: University of Arizona, see
http://www.geo.arizona.edu/dgesl/research/other/
climate_change_and_sea_level/sea_level_rise/sea_level_rise_technical.htm
.
There is high confidence that neither adaptation nor mitigation alone can
avoid all climate change impacts; however, they can complement each
other and together can significantly reduce the risks of climate change.
Adaptation is necessary in the short and longer term to address impacts re-
sulting from the warming that would occur even for the lowest stabilization
scenarios assessed. Unmitigated climate change would, in the long term,
be
likely
to exceed the capacity of natural, managed and human systems to
adapt. The time at which such limits could be reached will vary between
sectors and regions. (p. 19).
