collocation · academic
climate resilience measures
UK/ˈklaɪmət rɪˈzɪliəns ˈmɛʒəz/US/ˈklaɪmət rɪˈzɪliəns ˈmɛʒərz/CLI·mate re·SIL·ience MEAS·ures
actions designed to help people and systems cope with and recover from climate impacts
Examples
“The city invested in climate resilience measures like better drainage and elevated roads.”
“Farmers were trained in climate resilience measures to reduce crop losses after droughts.”
“International aid now focuses both on mitigation and on climate resilience measures for vulnerable communities.”
Band 8 sentence
“To protect coastal towns from future storms, governments should fund both mitigation and targeted climate resilience measures that prioritise vulnerable neighbourhoods.”
Collocations
- implement climate resilience measures
- invest in climate resilience measures
- adaptation and climate resilience measures
Word family
Common mistakes
climate resistant measures→climate resilience measures
measures for climate→climate resilience measures
Say it for a higher band
5measures against climate→6adaptation measures→7+climate resilience measures
Synonyms
resilience measures
Easily confused
climate mitigation measures
“Solar subsidies are climate mitigation measures aimed at lowering greenhouse gas emissions.”
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