so far social dimensions of climate change have been more clearly linked to the concept of adaptation to climate change rather than to mitigating its effects adaptation is considered most effective when it offers development benefits in the relatively near term as well as reductions in vulnerability over the longer term at the more progressive and ecosocial end of the spectrum are approaches that address power relations and institutions to varying degrees what have been referred to as embedded liberalism and alterglobalization are alternative pathways to the predominant marketliberal approach chapter embedded liberalism focuses on strengthening institutions and rebuilding states regulatory capacity to correct social and environmental injustice from within the system for example via progressive taxation comprehensive social policy and business regulation