{"id":3930,"date":"2021-09-01T22:27:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T22:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/public-exchange.org\/usc\/?post_type=news&p=3930"},"modified":"2025-10-15T22:30:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T22:30:42","slug":"confounded-by-climate-terms-youre-not-alone-mitigation-adaptation-wth","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/public-exchange.org\/usc\/news\/confounded-by-climate-terms-youre-not-alone-mitigation-adaptation-wth\/","title":{"rendered":"Confounded by climate terms? You’re not alone. Mitigation, adaptation, WTH?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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News<\/span> | <\/span>USA TODAY<\/span> | <\/span>September 2021<\/span><\/p>\n\n

Confounded by climate terms? You’re not alone. Mitigation, adaptation, WTH?<\/h1>\n\n\n

Even if you’re concerned about a rapidly warming planet, it can be tough to decipher all the jargon. Take three\u00a0parts science-speak and two parts bureaucratic lingo, add a dash of pontificating economists, and you’re left scratching your head. You’re not alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new\u00a0study<\/a>\u00a0by the University of Southern California and the United Nations Foundation finds U.S. residents struggle to understand terms\u00a0used in international reports\u00a0to describe climate change, and think it could be done\u00a0a lot more simply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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