Mitigation
Main article: economics of climate change mitigation See also: climate change mitigation and low-carbon economyMitigation of climate change involves actions that are designed to limit the amount of long-term climate change (Fisher et al., 2007:225). Mitigation may be achieved through the reduction of GHG emissions or through the enhancement of sinks that absorb GHGs, e.g., forests.
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