Climate action (or climate change action) refers to a range of activities, mechanisms, policy instruments, and so forth that aim at
reducing the severity of human-induced
climate change
Present-day climate change includes both global warming—the ongoing increase in Global surface temperature, global average temperature—and its wider effects on Earth's climate system. Climate variability and change, Climate change in ...
and its
impacts. "More climate action" is a central demand of the
climate movement
The climate movement is a global social movement focused on pressuring governments and industry to take action (also called ''climate action'') addressing the causes and Effects of climate change, impacts of climate change. Citizens and environme ...
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Climate inaction is the absence of climate action.
Examples
Some examples of climate action include:
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Business action on climate change
Business action on climate change is a topic which since 2000 includes a range of activities relating to climate change, and to influencing political decisions on climate change-related regulation, such as the Kyoto Protocol. Major multinational ...
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* Climate change mitigation
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* Climate change mitigation
* Climate finance
* Climate movement – actions by non-governmental organizations
* Individual action on climate change
* Politics of climate change