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Hi, this series is a bit like the ABCD of climate change and today I'm explaining A, R and M.

These three words, climate adaptation, climate resilience and climate mitigation are everywhere.

They are crucial to climate discussions but they can also be a bit of a jargon.

So in this episode of The Climate Explainers,

I, Anubha Bhusle and Pallavi Prasad are simplifying climate adaptation, resilience and mitigation.

So let's get started.

Imagine you're on a boat.

It has a big leak.

You've got to act so that water stops gushing in, causing the boat to sink.

Now, the first thing you might do is grab a bucket

and start taking out water as it gushes into the hull or the main part of the boat.

This response is adaptation, that is addressing the immediate effect that is water in the boat.

Now in the context of climate change,

adaptation is the process of adjusting to actual or expected effects of climate change.

It's doing what we can to live with

and minimize the negative impacts of climate change that are already happening as well as prepare for the future.

Now, this can look like building seawalls and other flood defences.

It can look like moving people and economic activities away from areas that are prone to flooding,

planting trees in cities to reduce extreme heat, setting up early warning systems for cyclones,

switching to drought -resistant crops, strengthening our electric grids, our roads and bridges with better materials

and design so that they can withstand extreme weather events like storms.

It can also look like redesigning communication systems, business operations and government policies.

Now if adaptation is about bailing water from our sinking boat,

think of resilience as reinforcing the parts of the boat that haven't yet been breached or weakened because of the water.

So that if or when the water gushing in hits those parts, the impact is reduced and we can recover faster.

In the context of climate change, this refers to innovations and planning so that communities can bounce back quickly from disruptions when they are hit.

Resilience can look like mass flood insurance, allocating resources to disaster preparedness such as emergency response training,

stockpiling essential supplies and establishing temporary shelters,

building strong community networks that can provide assistance during and after climate related events,

diversifying livelihoods to be less dependent on a single sector or activity that may be hit by climate change,

or protecting and restoring natural ecosystems like forests and wetlands that can provide natural buffers.

So in one line, climate resilience means better, more durable, climate -proof systems. Of course,

adaptation and resilience need to go hand -in -hand with mitigation to tackle the root cause of climate change

that is our global heat -trapping emissions,

which is to say that if we want our boat to stop taking on more water sooner rather than later, we'll have to patch those leaks.

Now, in the context of climate change, mitigation means reducing or slowing down the release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.

We can do this by shutting down coal and gas plants, using renewable energy sources like solar and wind power,

being much more efficient with energy and using less oil,

using public transportation and planting more trees to remove carbon from the air.

All things we have talked about in previous episodes of The Climate Explainers.

But there's an important nuance here that I want to point out.

Effects of mitigation take time to show.

So even if we take very strong action to reduce emissions today,

the greenhouse gases that are already in the atmosphere will continue to cause global warming

and climate change for many years to come, which is why climate adaptation and resilience are as vital,

particularly for the global south.

I'm going to urge you to see this episode that's flashing on your screens right now.

If you haven't, it actually explains why the global south is impacted disproportionately.

I'm going to stop here for today.

I hope the ABCD of climate change is becoming clearer.

as we are progressing in this series.

Remember, you can give us a shout out, share this video, and let's all talk about it.

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Deze spreekles is gebaseerd op de video “What is Climate Adaptation, Mitigation & Resilience?”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: climate, resilience, adaptation, boat, mitigation. Deze video bevat 52 zinnen en 708 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 5:11. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 136 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. Slechts 80% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is pittig.

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

15 woorden uit de video die het leren waard zijn, met uitspraak en betekenis:

Woord	Uitspraak	Betekenis
resilience zelfstandig naamwoord	/ɹɪˈzɪl.ɪ.əns/	veerkracht, herstellingsvermogen
flood zelfstandig naamwoord	/flʌd/	overstroming, vloed
atmosphere zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈætməsˌfɪɹ/	atmosfeer, dampkring
sink werkwoord	/ˈsɪŋk/	zinken, onderdompelen
leak zelfstandig naamwoord	/liːk/	lek
greenhouse zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈɡɹːnˌ(h)aʊs/	kas, serre
emission zelfstandig naamwoord	/ɪˈmɪʃ.ən/	uitstoot, emissie
temporary bijvoeglijk naamwoord	/ˈtɛmp(əˌɹ)ɛɹi/	tijdelijk
establish werkwoord	/ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ/	oprichten, stichten
refer werkwoord	/ɹɪˈfɜː/	verwijzen, doorverwijzen
efficient bijvoeglijk naamwoord	/ɪˈfɪʃənt/	efficiënt
disaster zelfstandig naamwoord	/dɪˈzɑːs.təː/	ramp, onheil
resource zelfstandig naamwoord	/ɹɪˈzɔːs/	bron, hulpbron
vital bijvoeglijk naamwoord	/ˈvaɪtəl/	levens-
trap zelfstandig naamwoord	/tɹæp/	val

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

Woord	Uitspraak	Betekenis
point out werkwoord		aanwijzen, aanduiden
set up werkwoord	/ˌsɛt ˈʌp/	bereiden, voorbereiden
shut down werkwoord		afsluiten, uitzetten
slow down werkwoord		afremmen

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 8 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, haven't, we'll. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

De “th”-klanken: strengthen /ˈstɹɛŋ(k)θən/, withstand /wɪðˈstænd/
De klanken “sh” en “zh”: adaptation /ˌæd.æpˈteɪ.ʃən/, emission /ɪˈmɪʃ.ən/, establish /ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ/, flash /flæʃ/, efficient /ɪˈfɪʃənt/
Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: adaptation /ˌæd.æpˈteɪ.ʃən/, resilience /ɹɪˈzɪl.ɪ.əns/, temporary /ˈtɛmp(əˌɹ)ɛɹi/, innovation /ˌɪn.əˈveɪ.ʃən/, ecosystem /ˈikoʊˌsɪstəm/

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: flood /flʌd/, grid /ɡɹɪd/, urge /ɜːd͡ʒ/, minimize /ˈmɪn.ɪˌmaɪz/, withstand /wɪðˈstænd/
/æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: adaptation /ˌæd.æpˈteɪ.ʃən/, atmosphere /ˈætməsˌfɪɹ/, establish /ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ/, flash /flæʃ/, trap /tɹæp/
/g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: greenhouse /ˈɡɹːnˌ(h)aʊs/, grid /ɡɹɪd/, mitigation /mɪtɪˈɡeɪʃən/, gush /ˈɡʌʃ/, jargon /ˈdʒɑː.ɡən/

Zo oefen je met deze video

Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
Spreek zin voor zin na op normale snelheid en herhaal elke zin tot je ritme gelijk is aan dat van de spreker.
Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als resilience, flood, atmosphere.

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