GGR314H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Endangerment, Procedural Justice, Precautionary Principle
13 Sep 2016
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Impacts of cc: impacts on billions of ppl, threatens: Human health, food security, water, etc: some impacts will happen no matter what, want few of these threats to take place as possible. Adaptation tackling consequences of climate change to minimize impacts on people. Mitigation efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions or enhance the storage of carbon in carbon sinks . Both are necessary, important to not lose focus on mitigation: if we do not mitigate earth will not be inhabitable. What makes peope vuln to cc: maternal mortality, civil liberties, etc, these kinds of interco factors tell us if someone is vuln to cc. Adaptive capacity: access to necessary resources in order to be able to adapt, depends on. Mechanisms that spread risk instead of concentrating (insurance) Public"s perception of who is responsible for adaptation action. Resilience ability of a system to return to a healthy state following a shock: coping range of a particular system, ex.
