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Ecosystem services and climate change: Time to get it together on mitigation and adaptation

Monday, 24th April 2017
Ecosystem services and climate change: Time to get it together on mitigation and adaptation

A dialogue between Bruno Locatelli (CIRAD-CIFOR, OPERAs partner) and Yoly Gutierrez (CIFOR)

We can avoid climate change via mitigation, or cope with it via adaptation. Mitigation aims at reducing emissions sources or enhancing sinks, whereas adaptation aims at adjusting natural or human systems to moderate harm.