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6.3 Climate change — mitigation and adaptationIB Environmental Systems and Societies HL: Flashcards

What these 14 flashcards ask

  • Why is global action needed?
  • What is decarbonisation?
  • Give three mitigation strategies.
  • Give an adaptation strategy used in the Mekong Delta.
  • What is a NAPA?
  • (HL) List four types of response to climate change.
  • (HL) What did the 2015 Paris Agreement aim for?
  • (HL) What are NDCs?
  • (HL) What do IPCC emissions scenarios show?
  • (HL) Name three challenges of implementing climate strategies.
  • (HL) What is geoengineering?
  • (HL) What is termination shock?
  • (HL) What is the tragedy of the commons?
  • (HL) How do stakeholders change perspectives?

Written by the Exaim team, led by Shaun Daswani (Head of Upper Secondary, Improve ME Institute; MSc Financial Mathematics, Imperial College London; BSc, UCL) and Jason Daswani (operational lead, Improve ME Institute; LSE).