Mitigation and adaptation for climate change Flashcards
What does it mean to mitigate?
to prevent something i.e., rebalance the carbon cycle and reduce any impacts of climate change
How might climate change be mitigated?
Afforestation
Recycling
Renewables
CCS
Efficient tech
Carbon tax
How does afforestation mitigate climate change?
Increase the carbon store
How does recycling mitigate climate change?
Paper= fewer trees deforested
Cans= less mining/ reduced deforestation
Plastic= less oil used/ reduction in GHGs
How will using renewables mitigate climate change?
Reduction in GHGs
How much carbon will be saved per year by reducing house temp by 1*C?
1/3 of a tonne
How does CCS prevent climate change?
Prevents CO2 entering atmospheric store
How can efficiency help mitigate climate change?
efficient appliances reduces GHGs
What is adaptation? (Climate change)
passive, adopt new ways of doing things in order to live with the likely outcomes of climate change
What does the IPCC say are the main 2 ways of dealing with climate change?
Adaptation
Mitigation
What are some adaptation examples?
Land use planning
Solar radiation management
Water conservation and management
Resilient agricultural systems
What are the players in mitigating climate change?
Government
Business
Individual
How are the government a player in mitigating climate change?
Sign up to agreements
Join IGO’s
Make decisions (Trump and Bush pulled out of agreements)
Taxation on pollution (clean air zones)
What is an example of a business mitigating its climate impact?
How do google mitigate climate change?
electric cars for staff (solar charged)
Biodiesel shuttles
Campus covered in 9200 panels of solar (30% of load)
Encourage cycling (charity credits)
How can the individual help mitigate climate change?
Vote for governments with greener policies
Lobby governments
Subscribe to charities (Donate)
Veto businesses who aren’t green
What is the role of charities and environmental groups to mitigate climate chnage?
Greenpeace
Lobby/ pressure government into making change
Not very powerful unless combined
When was the Kyoto protocol signed?
December 11th 1997