SPECIAL ISSUE ON 'CHALLENGES IN INTEGRATING MITIGATION ANDADAPTATION AS RESPONSES TO CLIMATE CHANGE'
This special issue of Mitigation and Adaptation Strategiesfor Global Change (MITI) reflects a growing recognition that the globalresponse to possible impacts of climate change will include bothmitigation and adaptation (M&A). On the one hand, impacts are alreadyemerging and mitigation efforts are not progressing as rapidly as hadonce been hoped. Further, even if greenhouse gas emissions were to stopabruptly, climate change will continue because of historically committedemissions. As a result, adaptation cannot be avoided. It will beessential, and in some cases it is essential now. On the other hand, ifclimate change is significant, impacts may exceed the capacity of manydeveloping countries, natural ecosystems, and high-impact sites to adapt,which means that mitigation is equally essential.
- Research Organization:
- COLLABORATION - Oak Ridge NationalLaboratory
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC02-05CH11231
- OSTI ID:
- 919271
- Report Number(s):
- LBNL-63529; MASCFV; R&D Project: ED0201; TRN: US200822%%207
- Journal Information:
- Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for GlobalChange, Vol. 12, Issue 5; Related Information: Journal Publication Date: 05/25/2007; ISSN 1381-2386
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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