Strictly under embargo until Wednesday 22 September at 00:01 GMT (02:01 Geneva time)134CHAPTER 6same time, the development of sound responses to existing patterns of risk will form asolid basis with which to deal with those that are genuinely new. These measures needto be considered within an overall framework of a global transition to a low-carboneconomy in order to minimize the risk of dangerous climate change taking place in thecoming decades.Chapter 6 and Box 6.1 were written by David Dodman, Senior Researcher, HumanSettlements and Climate Change Groups at the International Institute for Environment andDevelopment, London. Box 6.2 was written by Khady Diagne from the NGO, Enda-TiersMonde; Box 6.3 was written by Denis McClean, World Disasters Report editor; Box 6.4is a contribution from poet Derek Mahon; and Box 6.5 was written by the Institute forSocial and Environmental Transition (ISET).
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