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klimatomställning

English translation: climate adaptation

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Swedish term or phrase:klimatomställning
English translation:climate adaptation
Entered by: Jan Schauseil

08:18 May 18, 2010
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Science - Environment & Ecology
Swedish term or phrase: klimatomställning
Vår ambition att bidra till en global klimatomställning sker oförtrutet med olika insatser på det lokala planet.

Certainly not 'climate change', more something like changing the way we produce nergy in order to save the climate.
Jan Schauseil
Local time: 03:51
climate adaptation
Explanation:
We need to adapt to the climate change we are facing.
Selected response from:

Anna Herbst
Australia
Local time: 06:51
Grading comment
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +4climate adaptation
Anna Herbst
4(global) climate change adaptation
Sven Petersson
3 -1climate shift
kristibe43


  

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34 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
climate adaptation


Explanation:
We need to adapt to the climate change we are facing.


Example sentence(s):
  • Our goal is to equip Australia with practical and effective adaptation options to climate change and

    Reference: http://www.csiro.au/org/ClimateAdaptationFlagship.html
Anna Herbst
Australia
Local time: 06:51
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Christine Andersen
38 mins
  -> Tack Christine!
agree  Viachaslau
49 mins
  -> Tack Viachaslau!
agree  Christopher Schröder
6 hrs
  -> Tack Chris!
agree  Annabel Oldfield
23 hrs
  -> Tack Annabel!
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
climate shift


Explanation:
klimatomställning är en gradvis förändring av klimatet varför climate shift är en bättre översättning än climat change.

kristibe43
Sweden
Local time: 22:51
Native speaker of: Swedish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Anna Herbst: Klimatomställning innebär att vi anpassar oss till klimatförändringen. Climate change (shift) demands climate adaptation. http://www.mp.se/templates/Mct_177.aspx?number=198987
1 hr
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
(global) climate change adaptation


Explanation:
http://www.c-ciarn.uoguelph.ca/documents/World_Bank_Paper.pd...

http://www.uq.edu.au/u21/docs/papers/C Change Asees Framewor...

http://www.gcrio.org/CSP/pdf/russianfed_snap.pdf

Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 22:51
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 42

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Anna Herbst: See my answer above.
11 hrs
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