温暖化対策(おんだんかたいさく)

おんだんかたいさく
noun
global warming countermeasures; climate change measures
naturepolitics
1. 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(せいふ)は温暖化対策(おんだんかたいさく)を強化(きょうか)した。
The government strengthened its global warming countermeasures.
The spread of renewable energy is advancing as a climate change measure.
Both companies and individuals are expected to work on global warming countermeasures from their respective positions.

A compound of 温暖化(おんだんか) (warming, as in global warming) and 対策(たいさく) (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(ちきゅうおんだんかたいさく) (global warming countermeasures), but 温暖化対策(おんだんかたいさく) is the common shortened form.

Common collocations

  • 温暖化対策(おんだんかたいさく)に取(と)り組(く)む: to work on warming countermeasures
  • 温暖化対策(おんだんかたいさく)を推進(すいしん)する: to promote anti-warming initiatives
  • 温暖化対策(おんだんかたいさく)基本法(きほんほう): Basic Act on Global Warming Countermeasures
  • 温暖化対策(おんだんかたいさく)の一環(いっかん)として: as part of warming countermeasures

Similar words

  • 地球温暖化(ちきゅうおんだんか): global warming — the phenomenon itself
  • 気候変動対策(きこうへんどうたいさく): climate change measures — a broader term covering all climate-related actions
  • 環境対策(かんきょうたいさく): environmental measures — broader environmental protection efforts