Climate Change Mitigation

Climate change mitigation involves implementing strategies and actions aimed at reducing or preventing the emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs) into the atmosphere, thereby limiting the magnitude of future climate change. This encompasses a wide range of activities, including:

• Reducing Emissions at the Source: Implementing cleaner production processes, enhancing energy efficiency, and transitioning to renewable energy sources to decrease GHG emissions from sectors such as energy, industry, transportation, and agriculture.
• Enhancing Carbon Sinks: Protecting and expanding forests, wetlands, and other natural ecosystems that absorb and store CO₂ from the atmosphere.
• Developing Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Technologies: Capturing CO₂ emissions from industrial sources and storing them underground to prevent their release into the atmosphere.

Effective climate change mitigation requires coordinated efforts at local, national, and global levels, involving policy measures, technological innovation, and changes in individual behaviors to achieve significant reductions in GHG emissions and stabilize global temperatures.

Source(s):

• European Environment Agency (EEA). (2024). Climate change mitigation: Reducing emissions.
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). (2022). Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change.
• European Environment Agency (EEA). (n.d.). What is the difference between adaptation and mitigation?

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