Meaning Adaptive capacity
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Adaptive capacity


The ability of a system to adjust to climate change (including climate variability and extremes) to moderate potential damages, to take advantage of opportunities, or to cope with the consequences.
Source: www3.epa.gov (offline)

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Adaptive capacity


The ability of a system to adjust to climate change (including climate variability and extremes) to moderate potential damages, to take advantage of opportunities, or to cope with the consequences.
Source: climatehotmap.org

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Adaptive capacity


The potential of a system to adjust to climate change (including climate variability and extremes) to moderate potential damages, take advantage of opportunities, and cope with the consequences.
Source: globalchange.gov

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Adaptive capacity


The ability to apply knowledge, resources and skills to different situations anad contexts for learning.
Source: ero.govt.nz

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Adaptive capacity


The ability of a system, process or object to change its characteristics to meet a drastic change in ‘normal’ conditions. At the crudest level, this is the SURE HOUSE’s storm shutters, which change th [..]
Source: surehouse.org

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Adaptive capacity


The ability of systems, institutions, humans, and other organisms to adjust to potential damage, to take advantage of opportunities, or to respond to consequences.
Source: ucanr.edu





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