Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction Quiz

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What is adaptation in the context of climate change?

The process of climate change identification and analysis
The adjustment in natural or human systems in response to actual or expected climatic stimuli or their effects (correct)
The process of generating profits from climate-related activities
The pursuit of governing power in response to climate change

What does 'capacity' refer to in the context of disaster risk reduction?

The pursuit of governing power to mitigate disaster effects
The adjustment in natural or human systems in response to climatic stimuli
A combination of all strengths and resources available within a community, society or organization to reduce risk (correct)
The mean and variability changes in climate properties

What are Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) primarily focused on?

Aims are neither to generate profits nor to seek governing power (correct)
Maximizing profits from disaster risk reduction initiatives
Identifying natural variability in climate change
Gaining governing power to influence climate change policies

How is climate change defined?

A change in climate identified by changes in the mean and/or variability of its properties persisting for an extended period (D) Signup and view all the answers

What does CBDRRM involve?

Engagement of at-risk communities in the identification, analysis, treatment, monitoring, and evaluation of disaster risk (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is disaster adaptation?

The adjustment in natural or human systems in response to actual or expected climatic stimuli or their effects (C) Signup and view all the answers

What does 'capacity' refer to in the context of disaster risk reduction?

The combination of all strengths and resources available within a community, society, or organization that can reduce the level of risk or effects of a disaster (B) Signup and view all the answers

What are Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) primarily focused on?

Aims that are neither to generate profits nor to seek governing power (C) Signup and view all the answers

What does CBDRRM involve?

A process of disaster risk reduction and management in which at-risk communities are actively engaged in identification, analysis, treatment, monitoring, and evaluation (C) Signup and view all the answers

How is climate change defined?

A change in climate that can be identified by changes in the mean and/or variability of its properties and that persists for an extended period typically decades or longer, whether due to natural variability or as a result of human activity (B) Signup and view all the answers