Somorin, Olufunso A.Peach Brown, H. CarolynVisseren-Hamakers, Ingrid J.Sonwa, Denis J.Arts, BasNkem, Johnson2011-08-312011-08-312011Somorin, O. A., Brown, H. C. P., Visseren-Hamakers, I. J., Sonwa, D. J., Arts, B. & Nkem, J. (2012). The Congo Basin forests in a changing climate: Policy discourses on adaptation and mitigation (REDD+). Global Environmental Change, 22(1), 288–298. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2011.08.001http://hdl.handle.net/10625/47008Article in pressDue to copyright restrictions, this item cannot be sharedAlthough adaptation and mitigation responses share the same purpose of reducing impacts of climate change, there are different implications for policy formation: mitigation, being an action targeted at the longer term, attaches value to the interests of future generations and to some extent can be considered ‘altruistic’ and proactive. Conversely, the impacts of climate change are uncontrolled and felt immediately, and therefore adaptation can be viewed as reactive, everyday ‘self-interest.’ However, formation of appropriate adaptation policy may be more urgent than mitigation attempts, as extreme impacts of climate change will fall disproportionately on the most vulnerable people in the poorest regions.1 digital file (11 p.)application/pdfenFORESTSCLIMATE CHANGEADAPTATIONDISCOURSE ANALYSISCONGO BASINREDD+CONGOCLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATIONDEFORESTATIONFOREST DEGRADATIONCAMEROONCENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLICJournal Article (peer-reviewed)