How Does Adaptation and Mitigation | Climate Wisconsin Work?

Imagine you're wearing a coat on a cold day, that’s adaptation, and turning up the heat in your house is mitigation.

Adaptation is like learning to wear a bigger coat or getting a blanket when it gets colder. In Climate Wisconsin, this means people are preparing for changes in weather, like building higher walls around cities so floods don’t take over, or growing plants that can handle more heat.

Mitigation is like turning down the heater in your house, you're trying to make the room less hot by using less energy. In Climate Wisconsin, this means people are working to reduce how much carbon dioxide (a gas that makes Earth warmer) we put into the air, like using more bikes and buses instead of cars.

Together, adaptation and mitigation are like two friends helping you stay comfortable on a cold day, one helps you adjust, and the other helps make the day less chilly. Imagine you're wearing a coat on a cold day, that’s adaptation, and turning up the heat in your house is mitigation.

Adaptation is like learning to wear a bigger coat or getting a blanket when it gets colder. In Climate Wisconsin, this means people are preparing for changes in weather, like building higher walls around cities so floods don’t take over, or growing plants that can handle more heat.

Mitigation is like turning down the heater in your house, you're trying to make the room less hot by using less energy. In Climate Wisconsin, this means people are working to reduce how much carbon dioxide (a gas that makes Earth warmer) we put into the air, like using more bikes and buses instead of cars.

Together, adaptation and mitigation are like two friends helping you stay comfortable on a cold day, one helps you adjust, and the other helps make the day less chilly.