Climate change mitigation

Climate and energy

Human intervention to reduce greenhouse gas emissions or enhance the sinks that absorb them (IPCC definition). For a company, it covers cutting emissions across its three scopes and, as a complement, supporting removal projects. It differs from adaptation, which deals with the impacts of climate change.

See also: Climate change adaptation

Reference source: www.ipcc.ch

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