Climate Mitigation, Adaptation, and Resilience

Mitigation – reducing climate change – involves reducing the flow of heat-trapping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, either by reducing sources of these gases or enhancing the sinks that accumulate and store these gases. The goal of mitigation is to avoid significant human interference with the climate system and stabilize greenhouse gas levels in a timeframe sufficient to allow ecosystems to adapt naturally to climate change. The need for urgent action becomes more apparent as incidents involving extreme weather conditions increase and lead to an annual loss in ecosystems that supports wildlife habitats, agricultural livelihoods, and human life at large. Read on