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global warming countermeasures; climate change measures; anti-warming initiatives
Actions, policies, and technologies aimed at preventing or mitigating global warming. Encompasses both reducing greenhouse gas emissions and adapting to climate change impacts.
政府は温暖化対策を強化した。
The government strengthened its global warming countermeasures.
温暖化対策として再生可能エネルギーの普及が進んでいる。
The spread of renewable energy is advancing as a climate change measure.
企業も個人も、それぞれの立場で温暖化対策に取り組むことが求められている。
Both companies and individuals are expected to work on global warming countermeasures from their respective positions.
A compound of 温暖化 (warming, as in global warming) and 対策 (countermeasures, measures). This is the standard Japanese term used in policy documents, news, and everyday discussion about addressing climate change.
The full formal phrase is 地球温暖化対策 (global warming countermeasures), but 温暖化対策 is the common shortened form.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 温暖化対策に取り組む: to work on warming countermeasures
- 温暖化対策を推進する: to promote anti-warming initiatives
- 温暖化対策基本法: Basic Act on Global Warming Countermeasures
- 温暖化対策の一環として: as part of warming countermeasures
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 地球温暖化: global warming — the phenomenon itself
- 気候変動対策: climate change measures — a broader term covering all climate-related actions
- 環境対策: environmental measures — broader environmental protection efforts