climate change adaptation
Coping with warming
Climate change adaptation refers to adjustments in systems, practices, or behaviors that reduce vulnerability to the effects of a changing climate.
This includes infrastructure modifications like seawalls, agricultural shifts to drought-resistant crops, and policy changes anticipating rising temperatures or extreme weather.
The city's climate change adaptation plan prioritizes flood management.
Distinguished from mitigation, which aims to reduce emissions causing climate change.
- habitat restorationReviving degraded natural environments
- sustainable agricultureFarming preserving long-term productivity
- disaster preparednessPlanning for potential crises
- coastal erosionLand loss at sea edges
- sea wallsBarriers protecting shores from waves
cultural preservation · agroforestry · community engagement · carbon sequestration · afforestation · dam · biodiversity hotspots · levees · early warning systems · fire breaks · public awareness campaigns · shelter · drought resistant · heatwave · heat island · green roofs · building codes · irrigation
climate change adaptationclimate change mitigation
Lessening greenhouse gas output
mitigation · emissions reduction · prevention · decarbonization · carbon reduction
climate change adaptationmaladaptation
Poorly suited inherited trait
climate denial · inaction · denial · denialism · fragility