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Question 1

What are some uncertainties of the future?

Answer 1

• level of ghg
• degree of climate change
• rate of population growth

Question 2

What are the courses of action?

Answer 2

Adaptation, living with problem
Mitigation, solving problem

Question 3

What are the adaptation strategies?

Answer 3

Water conservation and management
+ few resources used
- cant meet demands

Resilient agriculture systems
+ low tech generate healthier soils
+ helps carbon sequestration
- expensive
- high energy costs

land use planning
+ soft engineering
- needs strong governance enforcement

flood risk management
+ hard engineering
- constant maintenance

solar radiation management
+ cheap compared to mitigation
- untried and untested

Question 4

What are the mitigation strategies?

Answer 4

Carbon taxation
- companies have to pay if release co2 emissions
Renewable switching
- from FF to renewable energy
Energy Effeciency
- efficient boilers and lighting in houses to reduce energy use
Afforestation
- increasing trees to take in more carbon
CCS
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Question 5

What are some aggreements regarding emissions?

Answer 5

Paris Agreement- keep rise in global temp less than 2c
- china India and USA withdrew