Climate change and resilience involve reducing sources of nonrenewable energy use and reducing vulnerability to climate-change effects. The passage calls these mitigation and adaptation, respectively. Which assertion is best supported?
Mitigation deals with consequences of climate change.
Adaptation deals with causes of climate change.
Mitigation includes actions to reduce fossil-fuel use.
Adaptation includes actions to combat greenhouse-gas emissions.
Correct answer: (C) Mitigation includes actions to reduce fossil-fuel use.
Explanation
Mitigation addresses drivers of climate change, including fossil-fuel use and associated emissions. Adaptation reduces vulnerability to its impacts. Therefore C matches the definitions supplied; the other options interchange the two roles.
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