Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change

Question 1

What is mitigation?

Answer 1

those activities which help to reduce or alleviate the impact of climate change

Question 2

What is adaptation(activities)?

Answer 2

activities are those which help us to cope with the effects of climate change

Question 3

MITIGATION ACTIVITIES (1)

Answer 3

Laws and legislation such as government policies:
The Environmental Management Authority Act

Question 4

MITIGATION ACTIVITIES (2)

Answer 4

Treaties which the government of T&T has signed and are attempting to ratify eg. The Kyoto Protocol, The Montreal Protocol and the Paris Agreement

Question 5

MITIGATION ACTIVITIES (3)

Answer 5

activities such as public education campaigns, switching to LED bulbs which use less electricity (fossil fuels), banning of CFC’S and appliances which use CFC’S

Question 6

MITIGATION ACTIVITIES (4)

Answer 6

reduced energy consumption

Question 7

MITIGATION ACTIVITIES (5)

Answer 7

forest protection

Question 8

ADAPTATION ACTIVITIES (1)

Answer 8

preparation of intense storms

Question 9

ADAPTATION ACTIVITIES (2)

Answer 9

moving homes or building homes at higher ground to avoid rising-sea levels, proper land use planning

Question 10

ADAPTATION ACTIVITIES (3)

Answer 10

diversification of crops which are able to better tolerate changes in climate

Question 11

ADAPTATION ACTIVITIES (4)

Answer 11

building and strengthening sea defenses. eg. Guyana, replanting mangrove swamps on the coast