Paper 1 · People, Development and Environment
UGC NET June 2024 Re-Exam (22.08.2024) Shift-II
'Indigenous Knowledge and Resource Management System' can at best be considered as:
AMitigation response
BAdaptation response ✓ Correct
CDecarbonization response
DEthical response
Correct answer: (B) Adaptation response — Indigenous knowledge systems are best seen as an adaptation response, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★Indigenous knowledge systems are best seen as an adaptation response, so that is the answer.
★Adaptation means adjusting to the impacts of a changing climate.
★Indigenous knowledge and resource management help communities cope with local conditions.
★So they support adjustment to environmental change.
★That makes them an adaptation response.
★Mitigation reduces emissions and decarbonization removes carbon, which is not their main role.
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