BaCCC/Video Summaries/Climate Change 101 – Mitigation and Adaptation
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Climate Change 101 – Mitigation and Adaptation (3:17)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taskvP-XqR0
- Climate change mitigation refers to any effort to avoid or reduce greenhouse gas emissions, such as switching from coal to renewable energy and investing in urban nature.
- Climate change adaptation refers to responding to the anticipated effects of climate change, such as by altering our behaviour, systems and ways of life.
- Mitigation addresses the causes of climate change, whereas adaptation looks at how to reduce the negative effects of climate change.
- Some activities, such as planting trees, can have both mitigation and adaptation benefits.
