What is mitigation of climate change?
Mitigation of climate change refers to social, technological and economical changes and substitutions that reduce atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases (GWGs). Atmospheric concentrations can be reduced by decreasing emissions directly or by increasing the “sinks” that absorb greenhouse gases. Natural sinks of greenhouse gases include soil, the oceans and other bodies of water, and vegetation and other biological systems. Two strategies to increase carbon storage in terrestrial ecosystems are reforestation and avoiding further forestation. Carbon capture and storage reduces emissions by capturing and storing carbon dioxide instead of releasing it into the atmosphere. Capture from large point sources such as fossil fuel power plants is technically feasible though energetically costly. There is also ongoing research on air capture. After capture, carbon dioxide can be stored in geological formations, in the deep ocean, beneath the seabed, or it can be transformed to inert mineral
