Climate Change Mitigation

Mitigation Strategies ◽

Earth System ◽

Green House Gases ◽

Green House ◽

Climate change caused due to our careless activities towards our nature, ecosystem, and whole earth system. We are paying and will be paying in future for our irresponsible activities in past and present. Increased concentration of Green House Gases (GHG) has caused severe global warming which will cause melting of glacier and results in sea level rise. To avoid and reduce the intensity and severity of global warming and climate change, its mitigation is essential. In this chapter we have focused on various issues related with climate change and mitigation strategies.

Benefits of Climate-Change Mitigation for Reducing the Impacts of Sea-Level Rise in G-20 Countries

Journal of Coastal Research ◽

10.2112/jcoastres-d-16-00185.1 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 35 (4) ◽

pp. 884

Author(s):

Sally Brown ◽

Robert J. Nicholls ◽

Anne K. Pardaens ◽

Jason A. Lowe ◽

Richard S.J. Tol ◽

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Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Sea Level Rise ◽

Sea Level ◽

Relative outcomes of climate change mitigation related to global temperature versus sea-level rise

Nature Climate Change ◽

10.1038/nclimate1529 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 2 (8) ◽

pp. 576-580 ◽

Cited By ~ 59

Author(s):

Gerald A. Meehl ◽

Aixue Hu ◽

Claudia Tebaldi ◽

Julie M. Arblaster ◽

Warren M. Washington ◽

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Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Sea Level Rise ◽

Sea Level ◽

Global Temperature ◽

Promoting Renewable Energy to Cope with Climate Change—Policy Discourse in Israel

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13063170 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (6) ◽

pp. 3170

Author(s):

Avri Eitan

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Renewable Energy ◽

Greenhouse Gas Emissions ◽

Greenhouse Gas ◽

Renewable Energies ◽

Mitigation Strategies ◽

Policy Discourse ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Evidence shows that global climate change is increasing over time, and requires the adoption of a variety of coping methods. As an alternative for conventional electricity systems, renewable energies are considered to be an important policy tool for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and therefore, they play an important role in climate change mitigation strategies. Renewable energies, however, may also play a crucial role in climate change adaptation strategies because they can reduce the vulnerability of energy systems to extreme events. The paper examines whether policy-makers in Israel tend to focus on mitigation strategies or on adaptation strategies in renewable energy policy discourse. The results indicate that despite Israel’s minor impact on global greenhouse gas emissions, policy-makers focus more on promoting renewable energies as a climate change mitigation strategy rather than an adaptation strategy. These findings shed light on the important role of international influence—which tends to emphasize mitigation over adaptation—in motivating the domestic policy discourse on renewable energy as a coping method with climate change.

Consequential and attributional environmental assessment of biofuels: implications of modelling choices on climate change mitigation strategies

The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment ◽

10.1007/s11367-017-1355-2 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 22 (11) ◽

pp. 1644-1657 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Trakarn Prapaspongsa ◽

Shabbir H. Gheewala

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Environmental Assessment ◽

Mitigation Strategies ◽

The underappreciated potential of peatlands in global climate change mitigation strategies

Nature Communications ◽

10.1038/s41467-018-03406-6 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 101

Author(s):

J. Leifeld ◽

L. Menichetti

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Global Climate Change ◽

Global Climate ◽

Mitigation Strategies ◽

Model Cities for Resilience: Climate-led Initiatives

Contemporary Urban Affairs ◽

10.25034/ijcua.2021.v5n1-4 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 47-58

Author(s):

Didem Gunes Yilmaz ◽

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Global Warming ◽

Urban Areas ◽

Sustainable Cities ◽

Low Carbon ◽

Urban Water Management ◽

Model Cities ◽

Taking Action ◽

Paris Agreement of December 2015 was the last official initiative led by the United Nations (UN) as the driver of climate change mitigation. Climate change was hence linked with an increase in the occurrence of natural hazards. A variety of initiatives were consequently adopted under different themes such as sustainable cities, climate-friendly development and low-carbon cities. However, most of the initiatives targeted by global cities with urban areas being the focus in terms of taking action against global warming issues. This is due to the structural and environmental features of cities characterized by being populated, as such, they not only generate a large number of carbon emissions but also happens to be the biggest consumer of natural resources. In turn, they create a microclimate, which contributes to climate change. Masdar City, for example, was designed as the first fully sustainable urban area, which replaced fuel-based energy with the electric-based energy. China, as another example, introduced the Sponge Cities action, a method of urban water management to mitigate against flooding. Consequently, architects and urban planners are urged to conform to the proposals that would mitigate global warming. This paper, as a result, examines some of the models that have been internationally adopted and thereafter provide the recommendations that can be implemented in large urban areas in Turkey, primarily in Istanbul.

An innovative environmental citizen behavior model: Recycling intention as climate change mitigation strategies

Journal of Environmental Management ◽

10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.06.101 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 247 ◽

pp. 499-508 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Tai-Kuei Yu ◽

Feng-Yi Lin ◽

Kai-Yun Kao ◽

Cheng-Min Chao ◽

Tai-Yi Yu

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Mitigation Strategies ◽

Behavior Model ◽

Projecting Climate Change Potential of Harvested Wood Products under Different Scenarios of Wood Production and Utilization: Study of Slovakia

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12062510 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (6) ◽

pp. 2510

Author(s):

Hubert Paluš ◽

Ján Parobek ◽

Martin Moravčík ◽

Miroslav Kovalčík ◽

Michal Dzian ◽

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Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Age Distribution ◽

Wood Products ◽

Mitigation Strategies ◽

Tree Species Composition ◽

Mitigation Potential ◽

Harvested Wood Products ◽

Wood Utilization ◽

The forestry and forest-based sector play a significant role in climate change mitigation strategies and can contribute to the achievement of a climate-neutral economy. In this context, the ability of harvested wood products (HWP) to sequester carbon is of significant importance. The objective of this work is to make a projection of climate change mitigation potential of HWP, under different scenarios of wood utilization in Slovakia. This study builds on the comparison of different scenarios of industrial wood utilization till 2035 and presents the resulting impacts on the national carbon balance. The results suggest that the development of timber supplies after 2020 in Slovakia will be influenced, in particular, by the future changes in the age distribution and tree species composition as well as the extent of future accidental felling. Consequently, a predicted structure and availability of wood resources in Slovakia will be reflected in a higher share of the production of products with shorter life cycle and thus will negatively affect the carbon pool in HWP. By comparing the results of the four designed scenarios, it follows that the scenario with the greatest mitigation potential, is the one assuming the optimal use of wood assortments and limitation of industrial roundwood foreign trade.

Spatiotemporal Prediction of Increasing Winter Perceived Temperature across a Sub-Tropical City for Sustainable Planning and Climate Change Mitigation

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph16030497 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 16 (3) ◽

pp. 497 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Hung Ho ◽

Sawaid Abbas ◽

Jinxin Yang ◽

Rui Zhu ◽

Man Wong

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Hong Kong ◽

Heat Waves ◽

Mitigation Strategies ◽

Aerial Photographs ◽

Sustainable Planning ◽

Perceived Temperature ◽

The Impact ◽

Climate variability has been documented as being key to influencing human wellbeing across cities as it is linked to mortality and illness due to changes in the perceived weather cycle. Many studies have investigated the impact of summer temperature on human health and have proposed mitigation strategies for summer heat waves. However, sub-tropical cities are still experiencing winter temperature variations. Increasing winter perceived temperature through the decades may soon affect city wellbeing, due to a larger temperature change between normal winter days and extreme cold events, which may cause higher health risk due to lack of adaptation and self-preparedness. Therefore, winter perceived temperature should also be considered and integrated in urban sustainable planning. This study has integrated the increasing winter perceived temperature as a factor for developing spatiotemporal protocols for mitigating the adverse impact of climate change. Land surface temperature (LST) derived from satellite images and building data extracted from aerial photographs were used to simulate the adjusted wind chill equivalent temperature (AWCET) particularly for sub-tropical scenarios between 1990 and 2010 of the Kowloon Peninsula, Hong Kong. Compared with perceived temperature based on the representative station located at the headquarters of the Hong Kong Observatory, the temperature of half the study area in the Kowloon Peninsula has raised by 1.5 °C. The areas with less green space and less public open space in 2010 show higher relative temperatures. Socioeconomically deprived areas (e.g., areas with lower median monthly income) may suffer more from this scenario, but not all types of socioeconomic disparities are associated with poor sustainable planning. Based on our results and the “no-one left behind” guideline from the United Nations, climate change mitigation should be conducted by targeting socioeconomic neighborhoods more than just aging communities.