EQ3 Flashcards
1
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causality
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the causes of changes to the water and carbon cycles brought about by human activities
2
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systems
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the ways in which ecosystems respond to change
3
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resilience
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the impacts of human activities on the resilience of natural systems.
4
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adaption
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Adopt new ways of doing things in order to live with the likely outcomes of climate change
5
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mitigation
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re-balance the carbon cycle and reduce any impacts of climate change
6
Q
adaption strategies
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- water conservation and management
- Land use planning and flood risk management
- resilient agricultural systems
- solar radiation management
7
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mitigation strategies
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- carbon taxation
- energy efficiency
- afforestation and reforestation
- renewable switching
- carbon capture storage
- decentralisation of power supplies
- carbon credits
8
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the Paris Agreement 2015
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At the UN’s Paris Climate Conference (COP21) in December 2015, 195 countries adopted the first universally legally binding global climate deal.
It set out an action plan to:
- Limit average global temperature increase to 1.5oC above pre-industrial levels
- Report on the implementation of individual national plans to reduce emissions
- Strengthen the ability to adapt to and be resilient in dealing with the impacts of CC.
- Provide adaptation support for developing countries
- Continue to support initiatives in developing countries aimed at reducing emissions.
