Mains Paper II · 4 Environment & Ecology · 4.7 Climate change science

4.7.6 Adaptation, black carbon and geoengineering

Adaptation means preparing for the climate change we cannot avoid; black carbon is a short-lived soot pollutant that warms the climate and melts ice; geoengineering is deliberate, large-scale intervention in the climate system.

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Key terms

  • adaptation
  • resilience
  • vulnerability
  • National Adaptation Plan
  • Global Goal on Adaptation
  • black carbon
  • short-lived climate pollutants
  • SLCP
  • albedo
  • geoengineering
  • solar radiation management
  • carbon dioxide removal
  • ocean iron fertilisation

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