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Adaptive Capacity

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-000454

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.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-000454
FieldEnvironment
SubjectClimate change
ReferencesGlossary of Climate Change Terms
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-000454",
  "term": "Adaptive Capacity",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "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.",
  "subject": "Climate change",
  "references": [
    "Glossary of Climate Change Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/adaptive-capacity/"
}

Record 454 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.