Climate change adaptation and mitigation

Relocating people away from coasts to minimize harm to people and property due to sea level rise.

• adaptation
• mitigation

Planting crops at different times of the year so that they are more likely to thrive as the climate changes.

• adaptation
• mitigation

Building sea walls and levees to protect communities from flooding.

• adaptation
• mitigation

Switching from coal to nuclear electricity-generation to decrease production of greenhouse gases.

• adaptation
• mitigation

Mandating more fuel-efficient vehicles

• adaptation
• mitigation

Reducing overall energy use

• adaptation
• mitigation

Reforestation (planting trees in areas where trees have been cut down)

• adaptation
• mitigation

Reducing waste materials that go to landfills (landfills give off methane)

• Mitigation

• Adaptation

Using alternative energy instead of burning fossil fuels.

• Mitigation

• Adaptation

Florida has begun to raise their ground levels and is creating large sea walls to prevent flooding in the state.

• Adaptation

• Mitigation