According to Indonesia's INDC, the government will focus on mitigation actions such as ecosystem conservation and restoration, coastal zone protection, and reduction of forest degradation and deforestation.
They recognize that the amount spent on each type of policy will depend, among other things, on how much each country contributes to total emissions, and that developing countries may have a limited impact if they are focused on mitigation policies.
In a nod to the hostile political climate, the IPCC's latest report focuses on mitigation, or what our best options are for stopping this trainwreck, along with a sense of the costs.
These initiatives are typically focused on mitigation, or the reduction of greenhouse-gas emissions, rather than on building climate resilience in the face of risks such as cyclonic winds, heat waves, flooding and storm surge, and drought.
In the New York Times today, Dr. Keiji Fukuda, deputy director general of the World Health Organization, is quoted as saying on Monday, "Containment is no longer a feasible option... "The world should focus on mitigation.
Our findings suggest that for a majority of farmers, outreach that focuses on mitigation will not likely resonate.
Moreover, research has primarily focused on mitigation, rather than adaptation (see recent exceptions Hallegatte and Corfee-Morlot, 2011; Hunt and Watkiss, 2011; Romero-Lankao and Dodman, 2011; Romero Lankao, 2007; Satterthwaite et al., 2009).
There is the emergence of a two-speed world in sustainability, between those companies still reacting to external expectations and focusing on incremental mitigation, and those that see sustainability through a more expansive lens of growth.
In a letter addressed to senior IPCC chairs dated 17th April, Prof Robert Stavins - a lead author for the IPCC's Working Group 3 focusing on climate mitigation - complained of his "frustration" that the government approval process "built political credibility by sacrificing scientific integrity".
