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How does climate action help achieve sustainable development?
1. Climate action
a) adaptation and mitigation strategies are complementary responses
b) may create risks and benefits
2. Climate change is a threat multiplier
a) exacerbates other threats to natural and human systems
b) resulting in uneven climate-related effects
3. Climate change constrains development paths
a) uneven impacts of climate change globally
b) places additional burdens on disadvantaged communities and developing countries
Watch how the two teams battle against each other with strategies and solutions on the possible challenges of water shortage, energy shortage and food crises with climate change.
4.55 Water Resilience
16.30 Energy Resilience
30.00 Food Resilience
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/watch/resilience-quest/resources-critical-4202141
Climate action can be classified into 2 broad strategies:
Mitigation refers to actions that limit emissions of greenhouse gases from entering the atmosphere and to processes that reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere through sequestration (storage).
Biological carbon sequestration happens when CO2 is stored in the natural environment, in carbon sinks
Technical carbon sequestration refers to carbon capture and storage
Adaptation strategies help human populations adjust and cope with actual or expected climate change and its effects.
In human systems, the process of adjustment to actual or expected climate and its effects, in order to moderate harm or exploit beneficial opportunities.
In natural systems, adaptation is the process of adjustment to the actual climate and its effects; human intervention may facilitate adjustment to the expected climate and its effects
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