climate change mitigation
Curbing global warming
Climate change mitigation refers to efforts to reduce or prevent the emission of greenhouse gases, or to remove them from the atmosphere.
This includes transitioning to renewable energy, improving efficiency, protecting forests, and developing carbon capture technologies.
Mitigation addresses the causes of climate change, as distinct from adaptation, which addresses its effects: The treaty commits signatories to aggressive mitigation targets.
Eliminating fossil fuel emissions
- sequestrationAct of setting apart
- afforestationIntroducing woods to treeless land
- reforestationReplanting depleted woodlands
- electrificationConversion to powered systems
Market-based pollution control
- subsidiesFinancial aid from government
- regulationsEnforced rules and standards
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- IPCCUN climate science authority
Of the star
- windAir current outdoors
- geothermalRelating to underground heat
- hydroelectricGenerated by flowing water
- bioenergyPower from organic sources
nuclear · insulation · biochar
decarbonization
Eliminating fossil fuel emissions
- sequestrationAct of setting apart
- afforestationIntroducing woods to treeless land
- reforestationReplanting depleted woodlands
resilience
Capacity to recover quickly
cap-and-trade
Market-based pollution control
- subsidiesFinancial aid from government
- regulationsEnforced rules and standards
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
IPCC · phase-out · divestment
solar
Of the star
- windAir current outdoors
- geothermalRelating to underground heat
- hydroelectricGenerated by flowing water
bioenergy · nuclear · insulation · biochar
energy
Power to do work
- transportationMoving people or goods
- agricultureCultivation of land, livestock
- industryEconomic production sector
buildings · forestry · shipping · aviation · cement · steel · livestock · land-use · cooling · heating
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Adjusting to altered conditions
climate adaptation · climate resilience · disaster response · coping strategies
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Rejecting scientific consensus on warming
business as usual · doing nothing · willful ignorance · delaying action · climate skepticism
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Large-scale woodland elimination
environmental degradation · industrial pollution · carbonization · ecocide · industrialization
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