Good point Johnathan. I agree that adaptation has to be done hand-in-hand with the whole range of things we must do to slow global warming. My fear is that none of the plans on the table anywhere in the world equate to peaking world emissions by 2015-2020 or reducing them 90% by 2050. Environmentalists are waking up to fact that the science is evolving much faster than they can react and that they themselves need to change their approaches and solutions to fit a rapidly changing reality. The global climate change movement is a big ship that takes too long to turn.
On a related point, if any of your readers are interested in the federal C30 committee to ammend the Clean Air Act, they should checkout www.adoptanmp.ca. It's a way for people to connect with members on the committee so they can tell them what they think.