Mitigación vs. adaptación. Un dilema de supuestos y sentido común
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¿Mitigación o Adaptación? Este es el principal dilema en la prescripción de políticas destinadas a enfrentar el cambio climático. La Economía y las ciencias Socio-ambientales han dado predominio a las medidas de mitigación; no obstante, dichas prescripciones se encuentran sustentadas en análisis que usan supuestos irreales con referencia al comportamiento del ser humano. A continuación, expongo la necesidad de revisar los supuestos en los cuales subyace la praxis de dichas ciencias, y a la vez la importancia de incluir dentro de las opciones de políticas las medidas de adaptación (las cuales analizo en términos generales), consideradas por muchos un tabú, ya que se cree que representan el pesimismo del hombre sobre su capacidad para resolver el problema del cambio climático.
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