Verb (used with object) : to mitigate a punishment. From Dictionary.com.
Particularly regarding my adaptive and mitigative capacity. From Wordnik.com. [ProWomanProLife » Women and climate change] Reference
The form can also be used to help identify mitigative measures that will eliminate these environmental impacts. From Wordnik.com. [1.1 The role and purpose of irrigation] Reference
Despite contrary views from a small group, there is now a large body of scientific knowledge that makes it very clear that global warming is real and that mitigative action is necessary. From Wordnik.com. [Canada's Minister of the Environment on M&M « Climate Audit] Reference
The results of the recent climate negotiations in Copenhagen and Cancun give no sign that policymakers are going to take real mitigative action anytime soon, so executives need to ask what a post-Holocene climate means for their businesses. From Wordnik.com. [Gregory Unruh: Business in a Post-Holocene World] Reference
The most important output from this analysis should be a documentation of potential impacts and the development of mitigative measures that will be implemented as part of the project to guarantee that any potential environmental problems will be avoided or minimized. From Wordnik.com. [1.1 The role and purpose of irrigation] Reference
Examples of mitigative measures include such actions as ensuring that the vegetation along streams is protected or restored; stocking Gambusia or other larvae-feeding fish in storage ponds to minimize the incidents of mosquito-borne diseases; and building terraces and drains in irrigated fields to minimize waterlogging and soil loss. From Wordnik.com. [1.1 The role and purpose of irrigation] Reference
These include approaches that elicit preferences directly (such as through contingent valuation methods) as well as those that use indirect methods to infer preferences from actions to purchase related services (for example, through production functions, dose-response relationships, travel costs, replacement costs, or mitigative or avertive expenditures). From Wordnik.com. [Ecosystems and Human Well-being~ Wetlands and Water~ Wetlands and Water~ Ecosystems and Human Well-being] Reference
Few mitigative measures that the general public can follow are mentioned below. From Wordnik.com. [Medindia Health News] Reference
As per NHAI estimates, it would cost another Rs 10 crore to implement mitigative measures. From Wordnik.com. [The Times of India] Reference
Since mitigative action seems sluggish and piecemeal, perhaps we should focus on adaptation. From Wordnik.com. Reference
In fact the evidence suggests that we have a very limited time in which we might be able to take much mitigative action. From Wordnik.com. [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference
Because they are mitigative, the ponds need to have some water in them, he said, first and foremost to keep the aquatic plants alive. From Wordnik.com. Reference
This area has been previously assessed to identify any mitigative measures that may be required in relation to exploration activity on these parcels. From Wordnik.com. [Liblogs.ca latest blog entries] Reference
In addition to further clarifying the hydrogeologic assessment requirements, it eliminates mitigative measures such as removal of vegetation (innovative, huh?). From Wordnik.com. [4&20 blackbirds] Reference
Large reductions in greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels and deforestation are needed to ensure that forests retain their mitigative and adaptive capacities. close. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
This greatly effects the ways scientists currently advise how humans (corporations, governments) should live on this planet essentially in a variety of mitigative and adaptive survival modes. From Wordnik.com. [Streetsblog New York City] Reference
Attempts to inject humor aside, and considering the above regarding methane, how much motivated reasoning lies behind the "logic" of a lot of liberals/progressives who feel ACES is a meaningful first step for achieving a significant mitigative response to AGW?. From Wordnik.com. [Big Dogs House] Reference
"risk-assessed each of the activities and identified mitigative measures to reduce any risk to safe operations.". From Wordnik.com. [WHAT REALLY HAPPENED] Reference
It is interesting to note that in the USA, tank regulations and rules generally focus on mitigative rather than preventive aspects; for example leaks and spills are mitigated by secondary containment rather than prevented by design and inspection ... "(note that this appears to be written largely in" Engineering "rather than English, so if anyone reading this actually GETS IT, please enlighten me.). From Wordnik.com. [How does this work?] Reference
“That the Committee examine: (a) the climate change impacts on women, and their adaptive and mitigative capacity; (b) the manner in which a gender perspective should be included in the design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of national environmental policies, in particular strategies related to the impact of climate change on women and the allocation of resources with respect to sustainable development; (c) whether a gender-based analysis of Canada’s policies concerning climate change and sustainable development has been conducted, and if so, its conclusions; and (d) Canada’s role in ensuring that a gender perspective is included as part of the international community’s response to global climate change.”. From Wordnik.com. [ProWomanProLife » Women and climate change] Reference
"in terms of conservation, anthropogenic patch dynamics appear as a force to be reckoned with when plans are made for even highly circumscribed and ostensibly mitigative Arctic is currently very limited. From Wordnik.com. [Featured Articles - Encyclopedia of Earth] Reference
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