Mitigation and Adpatation Climate Change Flashcards
Name the three ways we can mitigate against climate change?
Carbon capture and planting trees, alternative energy and international agreements
What is carbon capture?
Trapping Co2 when it is released burning fossil fuels
How does planting trees help?
Trees take Co2 out of the atmosphere
What is alternative energy?
Clean, renewable energy e.g. solar and wind
What are international agreements ?
Countries agree to cur emissions e.g. Durban 2011
Name three ways we can adapt to climate change?
Manage water supplies, change agriculture and reduced the risk from sea level rise
What is happening to sea levels?
They are rising
How are we going to reduce the risk from sea level rise?
Build more coastal defences. UK abandon areas at risk from coastal flooding
Name two reasons why water is becoming scarcer.
Population increase, agriculture demands and water pollution
Name two ways we are managing water to adapt to climate change.
Desalination, reservoirs, water saving machines
Name two ways we are changing agricultural to adapt to climate change.
Altering the species farmed
Using genetically modified crops
Name a human and natural cause of climate change.
Human - burning fossil fuels
Natural - volcanic activity