GATE Mechanical 2020 Set 2 | GA Question: 6

Question

Climate change and resilience deal with two aspects – reduction of sources of non-renewable energy resources and reducing vulnerability of climate change aspects. The terms ‘mitigation’ and ‘adaptation’ are used to refer to these aspects, respectively.​​​​​​

Which of the following assertions is best supported by the above information?

• A. Mitigation deals with consequences of climate change
• B. Adaptation deals with causes of climate change
• C. Mitigation deals with actions taken to reduce the use of fossil fuels.
• D. Adaptation deals with actions taken to combat green-house gas emissions

Answer 1

reduction of sources of non-renewable energy resources and reducing vulnerability of climate change aspects. The terms ‘mitigation’ and ‘adaptation’ are used to refer to these aspects, respectively.​​​​​​

This means

1. mitigation: reduction of sources of non-renewable energy resources
2. adaptation: reducing vulnerability of climate change aspects

Lets see options.

• A. Mitigation deals with consequences of climate change
  False. Adaptation deals with consequences of climate change
• B. Adaptation deals with causes of climate change
  False. Mitigation deals with causes of climate change
• C. Mitigation deals with actions taken to reduce the use of fossil fuels.
  True.
• D. Adaptation deals with actions taken to combat green-house gas emissions
  False. This should be mitigation.

Correct option: C.