Sentences with phrase «adaptation efforts need»

«Adaptation efforts need to be scaled up rapidly.

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Further, while increased mitigation efforts will reduce climate impacts, even the most aggressive mitigation efforts will not eliminate the need for substantial adaptation.

One of the major limits to climate change adaptation is the context in which it needs to take place and efforts to slow or reverse negative impacts need to engage the long - term place based change in economy, nature, and society.

-- Keep global warming below 2oC, implying a peak in global CO2 emissions no later than 2015 and recognise that even a warming of 2oC carries a very high risk of serious impacts and the need for major adaptation efforts.

This UNFCCC fact sheet explains the importance and need for adaptation to climate change, outlining different adaptation options and highlighting current efforts undertaken under the Convention.

But his refutation of what he saw as sloppy logic certainly does not imply skepticism about climate change and the need to take mitigation and adaptation efforts seriously, he insists.

Thus it seeks a fair way of dividing up the effort — on both the mitigation and adaptation sides — needed to establish human civilization on a new path.

It is hoped that the publication will raise awareness of the specific needs of these countries regarding forests and climate change, in particular regarding climate change adaptation but also mitigation, and will provide a point of departure for identifying and catalyzing regional action to complement and enhance national efforts.

Kresge Foundation grant «To ensure that climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts include the needs of communities of color»

Building on lessons from earlier Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) efforts over the past decade, it offers a systematic approach for conducting assessments in order to identify, evaluate and prioritize technological means for both mitigation and adaptation.

Consequently, we need to focus efforts on the benefits / costs of «adaptation» compared to all other major global humanitarian projects.

These climate change adaptation decisions need to be made however, and in an effort to produce useful regional scale climate information that embodies the global climate change a number of «downscaling» techniques have been developed.

Lastly, the government's proposal to fund only state adaptation projects is blind - sighted to the need to encourage local mitigation efforts that offer strong development co-benefits like energy efficiency gains, energy security, and clean air.

These are key pieces to help the developing countries address their adaptation needs and strengthen their mitigation efforts and for them to move toward a sustainable development.

The framing of» the red team effort» may be needed to concern only adaptation to natural warming of climate and extreme weather events.

Sering said that in order to minimize the impacts of climate change, there is a need to identify «vulnerabilities and strategically plan adaptation efforts» and that financial resources are needed implement climate adaptation and mitigation measures.

Many areas in need of funding, especially adaptation efforts in the poorest countries, simply will not turn a profit.

Further, while increased mitigation efforts will reduce climate impacts, even the most aggressive mitigation efforts will not eliminate the need for substantial adaptation, particularly in developing countries which will be disproportionately affected.

All this seems to point to the fact that we need more and better climate adaptation efforts.

These are precisely the sort of agencies we need to start better understanding the impacts of climate change, and working with scientists and experts who can best advise adaptation efforts.

Robust models that project the future health risks of climate change are needed to inform adaptation efforts, reduce adverse health...

Christina Chan is the Director for the Climate Resilience Practice, which seeks to help national and sub-national decision - makers understand the drivers of climate vulnerability in their countries, engage vulnerable people in adaptation efforts, and access the information, tools, and resources they need to take account of climate change in planning and programs.

Going Beyond Trauma - informed Care (TIC) Training for Child Welfare Supervisors and Frontline Workers: The Need for System - wide Policy Changes Implementing TIC Practices in All Child Welfare Agencies (PDF - 179 KB) Heffernan & Viggiani (2015) The Advanced Generalist, 1 (3/4) Reviews current efforts to train child welfare workers in trauma - informed practices and argues that trauma - informed care adaptation and training must transcend case workers and supervisors in order for true systemic change to occur.