Question

reducing climate change
choices
most scientists agree that the earths climate is changing and most scientists note that the earth
is getting warmer. many scientists point to rising greenhouse gas levels as the major reason for
the warming.
as earth warms, humans are presented with three choices:

1. mitigation: taking measures to reduce the pace and magnitude of changes in global

climate due to climate change being caused by human activities.

1. adaptation: taking measures to reduce the adverse impact on human well - being resulting

from the changes in climate that do occur.

1. suffering: experiencing the negative impacts of climate change if mitigation and

adaptation do not help.
the effort to reduce greenhouse gas production by creating global agreements like the kyoto
protocol is a form of mitigation. building buildings further away from coastlines due to rising
sea levels is a form of adaptation. farmers in areas that are seeing droughts and floods caused
by climate change is an example of suffering.
within these three choices, most environmental scientists agree that focusing on mitigation will
have the greatest impact on reducing climate change. successful mitigation will help reduce the
need for adaptation as well as avoid suffering.
which of these will occur if both mitigation and adaptation
are not effective against increasing climate change?
mitigation
propagation
adaptation
suffering

Explanation:

The text clearly states that "suffering" is experiencing the negative impacts of climate change if mitigation and adaptation do not help.

Answer:

suffering