How People Interact with the Climate System

1. "Climate change" leads to "impacts of climate change".
2. "Impacts of climate change" lead to "responses to climate change".
3. "Responses to climate change" either leads back to
   • "impacts of climate change" (labeled as "Adaptation") or
   • it leads to "causes of climate change" (labeled mitigation).
4. Causes of climate change leads back to climate change.