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A report posted just a few days ago talks about how triage decisions are already being made for low lying coastal regions. This article has links to a UC Davis report and can be found at http://featured.matternetwork.com/2008/9/triage-for-flood-prone-lands.cfm

Triage comes from the medical field. On a blog site called "Carbon-based" with a subtitle of "Climate change adaptation - building resilience in a changing world", Brian Thomas discusses progressive ideas and studies in the medical world, which might have direct impact on the ideas of climate change triage discussed on this website.

In her plenary keynote talk at the AOU/COS/SCO/PDX2008 Meeting in Portland entitled ”Climate Change and Extinctions: Time for Triage?” given on August 7, 2008, Terry Root reveals her own recognition of the need for climate change triage, derived from her husband, Steve Schneider's, recovery from cancer. As a conservation scientist and renowned ornithologist says