{"id":7370,"date":"2023-10-24T21:04:46","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T21:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/course.fossdle.org\/baccc\/?page_id=7370"},"modified":"2023-10-24T21:04:46","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T21:04:46","slug":"ways-of-mitigating-climate-change-part-1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.fossdle.org\/baccc\/modules\/module-4-getting-to-zero-mitigating-climate-change-to-safeguard-the-future\/ways-of-mitigating-climate-change-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Ways of Mitigating Climate Change – Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Introduction<\/span><\/h2>\n

After introducing you to the definition of mitigation, this lesson will briefly suggest how climate change can be mitigated. This is to ensure that everybody is aware of how they contribute to safeguarding \u2013 or threatening \u2013 the future. Some of these mitigation strategies can also negatively impact the world\u2019s most vulnerable people.\n<\/p>\n

Climate change mitigation involves identifying ways to reduce heat-trapping gas emissions, as well as finding ways to remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. Humans have many choices to reduce carbon dioxide and other emissions. We can mitigate climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions in a variety of ways. These include promoting greater energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy, as well as building more sustainable urban transport. As land, forests and oceans absorb and store carbon, we also need to adopt smarter ways to preserve and restore these \u201ccarbon sinks.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

Climate change is already affecting weather patterns, water resources, crop yields and marine ecosystems. Adaptation (see more in Module 6) helps people cope with increased risks to their lives and livelihoods from the changing climate. However, the poor and other marginalised people who are least able to cope are the hardest hit (see more in Module 5). Increasingly, policymakers are recognising the need to integrate climate-resilient strategies into long-term development programmes.\n<\/p>\n

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Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to:\n<\/p>\n

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  • identify strategies that lead to efficient and effective mitigation of climate change;\n<\/li>\n
  • discuss the possible negative impacts of some mitigation strategies on the world\u2019s most vulnerable people; and\n<\/li>\n
  • recognise false solutions to climate change and why they are not expected to work.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    Terminology<\/span><\/h2>\n

    The following terms are important in understanding the science behind climate change. If you want to remember them, write their meanings in your learning journal as you encounter them in the course content.\n<\/p>\n

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    • adaptation\n<\/li>\n
    • carbon sinks\n<\/li>\n
    • climate-resilience\n<\/li>\n
    • marginalised\n<\/li>\n
    • mitigation\n<\/li>\n
    • vulnerable\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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      Before getting started, you may like to watch this short video on adaptation versus mitigation,\n<\/p>\n

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