Difference between mitigation and adaptation

Posted By: Sm Adminon: December 18, 2015In: Miscellaneous

Mitigation:
Mitigation refers to any strategy or action taken to remove the GHGs released into the atmosphere, or to reduce their amount.
Adaptation:
Adaptation refers to the ability of a system to adjust to climate change in order to reduce its vulnerability, and enhance the resilience to observe and anticipated impacts of climate change.
Difference:

Basis	Mitigation	Adaptation
Definition (www.oxforddictionaries.com)	The action of reducing the severity, seriousness, or painfulness of something	The action or process of adapting or being adapted
Synonyms	Relief, relaxation, easing, lessening, softening, allowance, reduction	Variation, conversion, correspondence, arrangement, modulation, interpretation
Antonyms	Encumber, inflate, proliferation, enhancing, encumber, escalating	Challenge, contrast, division, fester, fighting, look, combat
Types		The types of adaptation are: Structural adaptation Physiological adaptation Behavioral adaptation
History		Adaptation is a fact of life that has been accepted by many of the great thinkers who have tackled the world of living organisms.
Word origin	It was originated from Late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin mitigatio(n-), from the verb mitigare ‘alleviate’.	It was originated in Early 17th century: from French, from late Latin adaptatio(n-), from Latin adaptare.
Involve	Mitigation involves reducing the magnitude of climate change subdivided into two alternative strategies: emissions reductions and geoengineering.	Adaptation involves efforts to limit our vulnerability to climate change impacts through various measures not necessarily dealing with the underlying cause of those impacts.
Addresses	Mitigation addresses the cause of climatic change.	Adaptation addresses the impacts of climatic change.
Implements	It implements policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and enhance sinks.	It initiatives and measures to reduce the vulnerability of natural and human systems against actual or expected climatic change effects.
Pronunciation	Eng (UK): /mɪtɪˈɡeɪʃ(ə)n/ Eng (US): /ˌmidəˈɡāSH(ə)n/	Eng (UK): /adəpˈteɪʃ(ə)n/ Eng (US): /ˌadapˈtāSH(ə)n/
Example in Sentence	The mitigation process of the court may reduce some charges of the criminal. As a means of mitigation, the man put on a seatbelt of a car.	The environmental adaptation is a must to exist in a competitive market. The organ shows an adaptation to its functions.