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12:59 07/09/2010
Crop field, Kenya

Making sense of climate change – low carbon development

In my previous posts on climate change terminology, I wrote about mitigation and adaptation. Today’s post is about low carbon development.

Low carbon development involves social and economic development that does not add substantially to greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. It can involve similar activities as mitigation, such as investing in… Read more »

12:59 07/09/2010
Woman collecting water, Mesura, Lesotho

Making sense of climate change – adaptation

In my last post I wrote about mitigation. In this post, I’ll talk about adataption.

Adaptation is more complicated. It involves strategies, an ongoing process, to ensure that people are not as affected by the climate hazards they face. For example, in places that are getting hotter and drier, capturing rainwater for… Read more »

12:59 07/09/2010
Brick factory, India

Making sense of climate change – mitigation

Mitigation. Adaptation. Low carbon development….
These terms get thrown around by those who work on climate change as if everybody understood what they mean. But people who aren’t climate activists may not  understand these terms, and how they relate to each other.

As VSO prepares to increase our work related to climate change I’ll present… Read more »

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