Why should adaptation and mitigation be adopted together?
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Correct answer: One reduces causes and the other handles impacts
Mitigation addresses the causes of climate change by reducing greenhouse-gas emissions or increasing carbon sinks. Adaptation addresses the consequences by reducing vulnerability and adjusting to unavoidable impacts such as heat, floods, drought, and sea-level rise. Using both approaches limits future warming while protecting people from impacts already occurring.
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One reduces causes and the other handles impacts
Why is this the correct answer?
Mitigation addresses the causes of climate change by reducing greenhouse-gas emissions or increasing carbon sinks. Adaptation addresses the consequences by reducing vulnerability and adjusting to unavoidable impacts such as heat, floods, drought, and sea-level rise. Using both approaches limits future warming while protecting people from impacts already occurring.
Which subject and chapter does this question cover?
This is a Class 12 Geography question. Chapter: World Climate and Climate Change.
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