Compensating reality

[Ramil]

* Energy Shocks *

Yet less visible, and every bit as important as the
risks, is a compensating reality. New sources of
oil and gas, and technological advances both for
energy production and for consumption – and
the lessons learned and the institutional
development that has come with those lessons –
give policymakers the capability to manage
“energy shocks” and to weather disasters,
whether natural or man-made, that may lie
ahead.

What does compensating reality mean here?

[kinsman]

М.б. компенсирующие коррективы реальности

[kinsman]

или лучше просто: коррективы реальности/ реальной жизни - имхо

[Slonik-22]

Однако, может быть и не столь заметно, но реальность вносит свои коррективы, которые подчас имеют не меньшее значение, чем риски.

Though I may be wrong...