climate topic 3

Question 1

mitigation strategies

Answer 1

• efforts to reduce GHG emissions & enhance carbon sinks
• using clean energy sources
• forest regeneration

Question 2

adaptation strategies

Answer 2

• efforts to adjust to climate change; reduce harm to ppl, properties & env
• using tech in food production
• small adjustments: educating public to know how to respond to impacts of climate change
• large transformational changes: constructing large physical structures to reduce potential harm caused by impacts of CC

Question 3

short term events (cyclones & floods)

Answer 3

• brief & sudden, last for short duration of time (days to weeks)
• cause immediate climate risks, widespread destruction of properties, lobes & services
  eg tropical cyclone Seroja, April 2021
• torrential rainfall brought by flash floods in timor leste & eastern indonesia
• 59 deaths, 823 damaged houses & 563 displaced ppl

Question 4

long term events ( sea level rise & droughts)

Answer 4

• long period of time to develop (several months or years)
• 2006 - 2015, sea level rise about 3.6mm
• slower events -> communities have ample time to prepare & adapt to impacts of these hazards
  OR go unnoticed, locals unaware to implement any measures
  eg drought in western USA, 2000s
• 2 major reservoirs shrunk
• incr in forest fires over these 20 yrs

Question 5

[vulnerability]