Summary CMA4801 ASSIGNMENT 2

Question 1 Climate change mitigation refers to the measures in place to reduce and stabilize the concentration of greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the earth’s atmosphere, and prevent the concentration of GHGs from increasing to a level that would pose a danger and interfere with the climate’s system (OECD, n.d.). It refers to the methods aimed at preventing the emission of gases and reduce the magnitude of global warming in the future while also removing GHGs from the earth’s atmosphere (BBC, 2014). These methods are human implemented interventions to limit the sources of greenhouse gases (IPCC, 2014), and this can be done by the introduction of new and energy efficient technologies, reducing the emission of greenhouse gases and changing the behavior of consumers and management practices. The goals of climate change mitigation is to prevent humans from interfering with the climate system and reduce the emission of greenhouse gases in the agricultural, energy and transport sectors by using