On the Fact that (According to Steve Goreham's Great Book, "Outside the Green Box") the World Is Presently Spending 18 Times More Money On Climate Prevention (a Total Fool's Errand In that There Are a Myriad of Factors that Impact Climate - None of Which Humans Can Control In Any Sort of Significant Way) than it Is On Climate Adaptation (Something that's Much More Feasible and Which Can Save Numerous Lives)

Probably because the former affords the government significantly more power than the latter, would be my guess.