Indicator: Mitigative capacity of climate change

Similarly to adaptive capacity, the ability of a society to mitigate emissions is depended on thecapacity of the society to respond. Climate change mitigation comprises of activities focusing ondecreasing net greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere, stressing the preventive natureof climate policy.

Theme(s): Environment and Energy - Society - weather modification - climate - Environment, Climate and Energy

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Introduction

Author
ESPON project
Contact(s)
None
Territorial information
Spatial Extent Nomenclature
name version level
EU28 NUTS 2006 3
Years
2005-2011
Completude
Year Tunit Area GDP Pop
2005 97 96 79

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Methodology

Weighted combination of economic capacity (weight 0.21), infrastructure capacity (0.16), technological capacity (0.23), knowledge and awareness (0.23) and institutional capacity (0.17). Weights are based on a Delphi survey of the ESPON Monitoring Committee.

Other attributes

Id
612
Status
Key indicator
Name
Mitigative capacity of climate change
Code
CLIM_MC_AGG
Is standard?
True
Is base indicator?
False
Type
Single
Data type
Float
Unit of measure - Numerator / Denominator Name
index
Unit of measure - Numerator / Denominator Scale
1
Is a ranking?
False
Main Theme
Environment and Energy - Society - weather modification - climate - Environment, Climate and Energy
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