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Adaptation and mitigation are two main ways to address climate change. Adaptation is the process of adjustment to actual or expected climate change and its effects. In human systems, adaptation seeks to moderate harm or exploit beneficial opportunities; in natural systems, human interventions may speed up adjustment to the expected climate change and its effects. Mitigation involves human interventions to reduce emission sources or enhance the sinks of greenhouse gases. The objective of mitigation is to limit the global average temperature increase to a certain target above pre-industrial levels so as to reduce climate change risks and impacts. There are both synergies and trade-offs between adaptation and mitigation measures; adaptation and mitigation actions should be advanced within the framework of sustainable development.
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Qin, D., Ding, Y., Zhai, P., Song, L., Luo, Y., Jiang, K. (2023). Adaptation and Mitigation: Measures, Actions and Effects. In: The Change of Climate and Ecological Environment in China 2021: Synthesis Report. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-4487-3_4
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