Preface
Climate change is a problem at international, regional, national and local levels. Events related to uncertain climatic conditions such as floods, droughts, landslides, high waves, and sea level rise are increasingly common with increasing intensity, resulting in casualties in economic and ecological losses. Adaptation and mitigation are two complementary strategies for responding to climate change. Adaptation is the process of adjusting to the actual and expected climate and its effects to reduce or avoid harm or exploit profitable opportunities. Mitigation is the process of reducing emissions or improving greenhouse gas sinks (GHGs), thereby limiting climate change in the future. Both adaptation and mitigation can reduce and manage the risk of climate change impacts. However, adaptation and mitigation can also create other risks, as well as their benefits. The strategic response to climate change involves consideration of climate-related risks along with additional risks and benefits of adaptation and mitigation measures.
The adaptation and mitigation measures to cope with climate change should be addressed in a sustainable manner. For that, learning from the history regarding the adverse impact of climate change and how to deal with that is a compulsion to take a proper strategy. The formulation of adaptation and mitigation strategy for a sustainable development of both natural and human resources should be a continue process toward the future by maintaining the harmony in the past. Mistakes or lacks in the past in deciding the adaptation and mitigation strategy to climate change should be avoided or minimized. Meanwhile on the other hands, positive policies, responses and actions should be improved hence the sustainable development can be achieved.
The 3rd International Conference on climate change aimed at accommodating the new related inspiration about how to minimize the climate change that occurred at this time by learning from the past. Attendees can access practical and valuable information to provide an excellent international forum for sharing knowledge and research results in theoretical and practical aspects of climate change and global warming as well as industrial applications for a sustainable development.
Chairman The 3rd ICCC 2018
Komariah, PhD.