mitigation action
11mitigation — mitigate ► VERB 1) make less severe, serious, or painful. 2) (mitigating) (of a fact or circumstance) lessening the gravity or culpability of an action. DERIVATIVES mitigation noun. USAGE The words mitigate and militate are often confused …
12mitigation of damages — Broadly, every fact tending to decrease the damages allowable in an action. 22 Am J2d Damg § 200. More precisely, those facts which tend to show that the conceded or assumed cause of action does not entitle the plaintiff to as large an amount of… …
13mitigation of damage — Minimizing the loss incurred by the person who suffered the loss and is claiming damages as a result of it. The injured party has a duty to take all reasonable steps to mitigate any loss and the courts will not, therefore, award damages to… …
14mitigation — noun 1. to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑extenuation, ↑palliation • Derivationally related forms: ↑palliate (for: ↑palliation), ↑mi …
15Climate change mitigation — Fossil fuel related CO2 emissions compared to five of IPCC s emissions scenarios. The dips are related to global recessions. Data from IPCC SRES scenarios; …
16Individual and political action on climate change — can take many forms, most of which have the ultimate goal of limiting and/or reducing the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, toward avoiding dangerous climate change. Contents 1 Political action 2 Protest movements 3 …
17Climate change mitigation scenarios — are possible futures in which global warming is reduced by deliberate actions, such as a comprehensive switch to energy sources other than fossil fuels. A typical mitigation scenario is constructed by selecting a long range target, such as a… …
18Landslide mitigation — Landslides can be triggered by many often concomitant causes. In addition to shallow erosion or reduction of shear strength caused by seasonal rainfall, causes triggered by anthropic activities such as adding excessive weight above the slope,… …
19Business action on climate change — includes a range of activities relating to combatting global warming, and to influencing political decisions on global warming related regulation, such as the Kyoto Protocol. Major multinationals have played and to some extent continue to play a… …
20Chicago Climate Action Plan — The Chicago Climate Action Plan (CCAP) is Chicago s climate change mitigation and adaptation strategy that was adopted in September 2008.[1] The CCAP has an overarching goal of reducing Chicago s greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent below 1990… …
