Coping with climate change Flashcards

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Adaptive capacity

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The extent to which a system can cope with climate change. In human systems it depends on available human, physical and financial resources

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Climate vulnerability

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The degree to which a natural or human system lacks the ability to cope with climate change. Vulnerability is a result of the magnitude of the change, its speed of onset, the sensitivity of the system and its adaptive capacity

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Biofuels

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Fuel such as ethanol extracted from plants

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