Climate ChangeMitigation

Climate mitigation refers to efforts aimed at reducing or preventing the emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs) into the atmosphere to slow down or prevent climate change. Its importance cannot be overstated because it addresses the root cause of climate change and works towards stabilizing global temperatures.
 

Global GHG emissions from fossil fuels reached a record high in 2024 and there is no sign of the emissions peaking. Total carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are projected to be 41.6 billion tonnes in 2024, up from 40.6 billion tonnes in 2023. This includes fossil CO2 emissions of 37.4 billion, and the rest from land-use change (deforestation).
 

Climate mitigation is critical to limiting global temperature rise, reducing extreme weather events, protecting ecosystems and biodiversity, ensuring food and water security, promoting sustainable economic growth, improving public health, avoiding climate risks, reducing inequality and protecting infrastructure and coastal areas along with many other outcomes.
 

In this climate landscape, greater efforts of climate mitigation are needed if we are to limit global temperature rise to below 2°C. We at AIT RRC.AP Climate Change, support policy and research initiatives to drive the adoption of low carbon technologies and strategies. We do this through targeted capacity building efforts where we engage government and private sector stakeholders on lowering emission and building a low carbon economy that would contribute to NDCs and the Paris Agreement objectives of countries in Asia and the Pacific.

Global Carbon Budget, Fossil fuel CO2 emissions increase again in 2024.