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"mitigation"

in relation to—

(a) a disaster or disaster risk, means the lessening of the potential adverse impacts of physical hazards, including those that are human-induced, through actions that reduce hazard, exposure and vulnerability; or
(b) climate change, means a human intervention to reduce the sources or enhance the sinks of greenhouse gases;

[Definition substituted by section 1(g) of Act No. 16 of 2015]