Managing Climate Change
- Created by: Latisha.S
- Created on: 20-05-19 22:16
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- Managing Climate Change
- Mitigation
- carbon capture
- reduces carbon emissions by capturing CO2 and storing it safely (usually underground)
- uncertain of long term ipacts of burying carbon
- planting trees
- increases amount of CO2 absorbed from atmosphere
- takes up space which increases house prices
- alternative energy production
- reduces greenhouses gases being emitted
- UK encouraging people to install solar power in their homes
- are expensive
- can look ugly
- international agreements
- examples: Kyoto Protocal, Paris Climate Change Agreement
- reduces greenhouse gases being emitted
- hard to hold countries to account
- countries like the US have withdrawn
- carbon capture
- Adaptation
- changing agriculture systems
- continue to have variety of food
- expensive, lack of knowledge, change in world trade
- managing water supply
- examples: water meters & collecting rainwater
- reduces frequency of droughts
- not many people have it because it can be expensive & as people get richer they don't mind small increase in water bill
- reducing risk of rising sea levels
- physical defences like flood barriers installed
- building houses on earth embankments or on stilts
- expensive which means less money on education and health care
- changing agriculture systems
- Mitigation
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