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Chapter 12 Sustainable Development and Mitigation EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The concept of sustainable development was adopted by the World Commission on Environment and Development, and there is agreement that sustainable development involves a comprehensive and integrated approach to economic, social, and environmental processes.
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Mitigation eforts require measures to address the underlying problem by slowing or stopping the rise in fossil fuel emissions, which could irreversibly and catastrophically raise the Earth’s temperature. Adaptation is needed to help people and govern-ments withstand and minimize the ravages of climate change that are already here.
Jun 23, 2023 · change in global ecosystems and strategies that have been developed for. climate change adaptation and mitigation. First, a brief account of the drivers. of climate change is presented, focusing ...
Environmental degradation is a consequence of socio-economical, technological, and institutional activities. It can take place in several ways. Pollutions of soil, water, and air are undoubtedly the leading causes (Chopra et al. 2016). Environmental degradation is caused due to anthropogenic and natural activities.
Sep 1, 2022 · Mitigation initiative: A public or private standard, policy, or program, community agreement, social movement effort, or other activity undertaken to reduce anthropogenic damage to environmental systems [6]. Mitigation potential: The reduction in the drivers of an environmental change or the associated damage “that would result if a ...
Tol, R.S.J. 2005 Adaptation and mitigation: trade-offs in substance and methods. Environmental Science and Policy 8(6): 572-578. Adaptation and mitigation August 2011 Forests and mitigation How do forests relate to mitigation? Forests contribute to mitigation because of their capacity of remove carbon from the atmosphere and to store it.
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Climate change mitigation behavior, or proenvironmental behavior, has been defined as the “commission of acts that benefit the natural environment (e.g., recycling) and the omission of acts that harm it (e.g., avoid air travel)” ( 10, p. 92). Based on this definition, we included studies in the second-order meta-analysis that reported ...
