"Koch Industries: Still Fueling Climate Denial 2011 Update"
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Key Climate Change Definitions
IPCC definitions
Mitigation (of climate change)
A human intervention to reduce the sources or enhance the sinks of greenhouse gases.
Adaptation
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, the process of adjustment to actual
climate and its effects; human intervention may facilitate adjustment to expected climate.
Resilience
The ability of a system and its component parts to anticipate, absorb, accommodate, or recover from the effects of a hazardous event in a timely and efficient manner, including through ensuring the preservation,
restoration, or improvement of its essential basic structures and functions.
Mitigation (of climate change)
A human intervention to reduce the sources or enhance the sinks of greenhouse gases.
Adaptation
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, the process of adjustment to actual
climate and its effects; human intervention may facilitate adjustment to expected climate.
Resilience
The ability of a system and its component parts to anticipate, absorb, accommodate, or recover from the effects of a hazardous event in a timely and efficient manner, including through ensuring the preservation,
restoration, or improvement of its essential basic structures and functions.
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