Sentences with phrase «climate change program provided»

The U.S. National Science Foundation's Paleo Perspectives on Climate Change program provided funding for recent further developments of the RegEM algorithm.

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These include: C$ 4.5 billion to support research, training, and infrastructure at universities and colleges; a Strategic Innovation Fund that will provide C$ 1.26 billion for business innovation in the aerospace and automotive sector; a Connect to Innovate Program that will invest C$ 500 million to bring high - speed Internet to remote and rural communities by 2021; and, C$ 70 million over six years to support agriculture innovation with a focus on climate change, and soil and water conservation.

We provide support for municipalities through the Massachusetts Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) program, which assists communities in addressing the challenges of climate change and prioritizing actions to create a safer and more resilient future.

Mass Audubon provides support for municipalities through the Massachusetts Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) program, which assists communities in addressing the challenges of climate change and prioritizing actions to create a safer and more resilient future.

Providing education programs on sustainability, clean energy, and climate change at many Mass Audubon wildlife sanctuaries.

The program provides support for communities across the Commonwealth to address the challenges of climate change, and to prioritize actions to create a safer and more resilient future.

Workshop Goal: Provide Lake Erie / Niagara River region municipal leaders with training on severe weather and climate change impacts as well as some of the tools, resources, and programs that can be used to identify and address vulnerabilities and increase community resiliency to those impacts.

The idea is to provide dedicated funding to the U.S. Global Change Research Program to conduct such assessments, which would then form a base for government and the private sector to plan for the effects of climate cChange Research Program to conduct such assessments, which would then form a base for government and the private sector to plan for the effects of climate changechange.

-- The President shall establish an interagency United States Global Change Research Program to improve understanding of global change, to respond to the information needs of communities and decisionmakers, and to provide periodic assessments of the vulnerability of the United States and other regions to global and regional climate cChange Research Program to improve understanding of global change, to respond to the information needs of communities and decisionmakers, and to provide periodic assessments of the vulnerability of the United States and other regions to global and regional climate cchange, to respond to the information needs of communities and decisionmakers, and to provide periodic assessments of the vulnerability of the United States and other regions to global and regional climate changechange.

To provide information to stakeholders addressing these issues, the USGS Groundwater Resources Program made a detailed assessment of groundwater availability of the Central Valley aquifer system, that includes: (1) the present status of groundwater resources; (2) how these resources have changed over time; and (3) tools to assess system responses to stresses from future human uses and climate variability and change.

It was not a major focus for Democrats, but it would have been a small win had an amendment offered by Sen. Ed Markey (D - MA) providing for a competitive grant program to support the development of materials that would teach the scientific evidence of climate change, passed.

The garden, which will replace a surface - parking lot, will bring part of the museum's excellent collection and programming outside and provide memorable experiences of public art in a new environment of changing light, climate and seasons.

The U.S. Global Change Research Program provides federal funding through the key research agencies to support climate and global change research and observing syChange Research Program provides federal funding through the key research agencies to support climate and global change research and observing sychange research and observing systems.

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Requires the President to: (1) establish an interagency United States Global Change Research Program to improve understanding of global change, to respond to the information needs of communities and decision makers, and to provide periodic assessments of the vulnerability of the United States and other regions to global and regional climate change; (2) develop a National Global Change Research and Assessment Plan for Program implementation; and (3) submit to Congress an outline of the Plan within a year, a completed Plan within three years, and revised plans at least once every five years thereChange Research Program to improve understanding of global change, to respond to the information needs of communities and decision makers, and to provide periodic assessments of the vulnerability of the United States and other regions to global and regional climate change; (2) develop a National Global Change Research and Assessment Plan for Program implementation; and (3) submit to Congress an outline of the Plan within a year, a completed Plan within three years, and revised plans at least once every five years therechange, to respond to the information needs of communities and decision makers, and to provide periodic assessments of the vulnerability of the United States and other regions to global and regional climate change; (2) develop a National Global Change Research and Assessment Plan for Program implementation; and (3) submit to Congress an outline of the Plan within a year, a completed Plan within three years, and revised plans at least once every five years therechange; (2) develop a National Global Change Research and Assessment Plan for Program implementation; and (3) submit to Congress an outline of the Plan within a year, a completed Plan within three years, and revised plans at least once every five years thereChange Research and Assessment Plan for Program implementation; and (3) submit to Congress an outline of the Plan within a year, a completed Plan within three years, and revised plans at least once every five years thereafter.

Requires the Climate Service Program to: (1) analyze the effects of weather and climate on communities; (2) carry out observations, data collection, and monitoring of atmospheric and oceanic conditions; (3) provide information and technical support to governmental efforts to assess and respond to climate variability and change; (4) develop systems for the management and dissemination of data; (5) conduct research to improve forecasting and understanding of weather and climate variability and change and its effects on communities; and (6) develop tools to facilitate the use of climate information by local and regional stakehClimate Service Program to: (1) analyze the effects of weather and climate on communities; (2) carry out observations, data collection, and monitoring of atmospheric and oceanic conditions; (3) provide information and technical support to governmental efforts to assess and respond to climate variability and change; (4) develop systems for the management and dissemination of data; (5) conduct research to improve forecasting and understanding of weather and climate variability and change and its effects on communities; and (6) develop tools to facilitate the use of climate information by local and regional stakehclimate on communities; (2) carry out observations, data collection, and monitoring of atmospheric and oceanic conditions; (3) provide information and technical support to governmental efforts to assess and respond to climate variability and change; (4) develop systems for the management and dissemination of data; (5) conduct research to improve forecasting and understanding of weather and climate variability and change and its effects on communities; and (6) develop tools to facilitate the use of climate information by local and regional stakehclimate variability and change; (4) develop systems for the management and dissemination of data; (5) conduct research to improve forecasting and understanding of weather and climate variability and change and its effects on communities; and (6) develop tools to facilitate the use of climate information by local and regional stakehclimate variability and change and its effects on communities; and (6) develop tools to facilitate the use of climate information by local and regional stakehclimate information by local and regional stakeholders.

This technical document presents the case for the need to better understand risks related to natural hazards and climate change in cities, proposes an integrated approach to practitioners for identifying areas, populations and assets most at risk from the effects of disasters and climate change, and provides preliminary suggestions for risk reduction through quantification of risk and implementation of preventative programs.

(Sec. 452) National Climate Service Act of 2009 - Requires the President to: (1) initiate a process through the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources of the National Science and Technology Council, led by the Director of OSTP, to evaluate alternative structures to support a collaborative, interagency research and operational program to meet the needs of decision makers for information related to climate variability and change; (2) provide a plan to establish such a program; and (3) within three years after enactment of this Act, establish a National Climate Service to accomplish the prograClimate Service Act of 2009 - Requires the President to: (1) initiate a process through the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources of the National Science and Technology Council, led by the Director of OSTP, to evaluate alternative structures to support a collaborative, interagency research and operational program to meet the needs of decision makers for information related to climate variability and change; (2) provide a plan to establish such a program; and (3) within three years after enactment of this Act, establish a National Climate Service to accomplish the prograclimate variability and change; (2) provide a plan to establish such a program; and (3) within three years after enactment of this Act, establish a National Climate Service to accomplish the prograClimate Service to accomplish the program goal.

(C) within 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act report to Congress under paragraph (3) the results of the evaluation described in subparagraph (A) and provide a plan to establish a collaborative, interagency research and operational program to deliver information related to climate variability and change to all users; and

(1) to provide new and additional assistance from the United States to the most vulnerable developing countries, including the most vulnerable communities and populations therein, in order to support the development and implementation of climate change adaptation programs and activities that reduce the vulnerability and increase the resilience of communities to climate change impacts, including impacts on water availability, agricultural productivity, flood risk, coastal resources, timing of seasons, biodiversity, economic livelihoods, health and diseases, and human migration; and

(2) provide financial support and incentives for programs, strategies, and activities that protect, restore, and conserve the Nation's natural resources in response to the threats of climate change and ocean acidification.

-- The President shall establish an interagency United States Global Change Research Program to improve understanding of global change, to respond to the information needs of communities and decisionmakers, and to provide periodic assessments of the vulnerability of the United States and other regions to global and regional climate cChange Research Program to improve understanding of global change, to respond to the information needs of communities and decisionmakers, and to provide periodic assessments of the vulnerability of the United States and other regions to global and regional climate cchange, to respond to the information needs of communities and decisionmakers, and to provide periodic assessments of the vulnerability of the United States and other regions to global and regional climate changechange.

The BBC is committed to providing programming on the subject of climate change which represents a full range of views but which also properly reflects the balance of scientific opinion.

Although «NewsHour» journalists did note there is a broad scientific consensus on climate change, «what was stunning to me as I watched this program is that the NewsHour... had picked Watts — who is a meteorologist and commentator — rather than a university - accredited scientist to provide «balance,»» ombudsman Michael Getler wrote on Friday.

• The Senate should include a program under which the federal government provides support for state - level climate change adaptation planning and implementation.

I also provided senior advisory and editorial support on a number of aspects of the development of the Strategic Plan for the U.S. Climate Change Science Program, issued in July 2003 and distributed to Congress and more widely in both print and electronic form.

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«Such a program could provide one of the most effective and efficient means to address climate change pollution in the United States.»

CDC's BRACE framework provides guidance to states and cities to develop strategies and programs to confront the health implications of climate change.

The program provides clean, emissions - free energy that will not contribute to climate change, while promoting development.

Cap and trade programs to reduce emissions do not inherently provide incentives to induce the private sector to develop innovative technologies to address climate change, according to a new study in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

The third minimum ethical criteria for judging any second commitment period under the UNFCCC is that it must provide adequate funding to support adaptation programs in developing countries given that some developing countries have done nothing to cause climate change and must take steps to avoid harsh impacts.

The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, more commonly known as RGGI — a multi-state program that since 2009 has helped cut carbon pollution from power plants in half in nine Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states — continues to provide a gold standard for tackling climate change.

These cuts spell a 46 percent decline in data about the Earth's conditions that these new satellites were designed to provide, and the Government Accountability Office report concluded that because of the trouble - plagued satellite program, «our nation's ability to understand climate change may be limited.»

Elisabeth Simelton, climate change scientist at the World Agroforestry Centre in Vietnam and project manager at the Consortium Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security (CCAFS), said the workshop provided an interesting platform where scientists and climate service providers from different countries were able to meet and exchange their experiences and ideas through interactive formats, so that everybody can take something new and useful back to their respective couclimate change scientist at the World Agroforestry Centre in Vietnam and project manager at the Consortium Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security (CCAFS), said the workshop provided an interesting platform where scientists and climate service providers from different countries were able to meet and exchange their experiences and ideas through interactive formats, so that everybody can take something new and useful back to their respective counchange scientist at the World Agroforestry Centre in Vietnam and project manager at the Consortium Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security (CCAFS), said the workshop provided an interesting platform where scientists and climate service providers from different countries were able to meet and exchange their experiences and ideas through interactive formats, so that everybody can take something new and useful back to their respective couClimate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security (CCAFS), said the workshop provided an interesting platform where scientists and climate service providers from different countries were able to meet and exchange their experiences and ideas through interactive formats, so that everybody can take something new and useful back to their respective counChange, Agriculture, and Food Security (CCAFS), said the workshop provided an interesting platform where scientists and climate service providers from different countries were able to meet and exchange their experiences and ideas through interactive formats, so that everybody can take something new and useful back to their respective couclimate service providers from different countries were able to meet and exchange their experiences and ideas through interactive formats, so that everybody can take something new and useful back to their respective countries.

Hydrologic modeling is performed by the variable infiltration capacity (VIC) model at a 1/8 ° resolution and the model is driven by climate scenarios provided by the North American Regional Climate Change Assessment Program (NARCCAP) including nine regional climate model (RCM) simulclimate scenarios provided by the North American Regional Climate Change Assessment Program (NARCCAP) including nine regional climate model (RCM) simulClimate Change Assessment Program (NARCCAP) including nine regional climate model (RCM) simulclimate model (RCM) simulations.

The program expands upon a project called Climate Matters, which provides localized materials to more than 500 weathercasters nationwide, but now broadens these trainings and materials to cover a wider range of climate change impacts and solutions, helping a wider array of media professionals with diverse reporting responsibiClimate Matters, which provides localized materials to more than 500 weathercasters nationwide, but now broadens these trainings and materials to cover a wider range of climate change impacts and solutions, helping a wider array of media professionals with diverse reporting responsibiclimate change impacts and solutions, helping a wider array of media professionals with diverse reporting responsibilities.

In this study multi-model ensemble analysis of extreme runoff is performed based on eight regional climate models (RCMs) provided by the North American Regional Climate Change Assessment Program (NAclimate models (RCMs) provided by the North American Regional Climate Change Assessment Program (NAClimate Change Assessment Program (NARCCAP).

In this three - hour interactive training, CO's founder George Marshall will provide key insights and practical advice on how to break beyond the usual suspects, engage new audiences in climate conversation and how to more effectively weave climate change into our current programming.

The program aims to provide the leadership and the policy framework necessary to minimize the risks that stem from global climate change and competition for resources.

At the end of 2016, Climate Access worked with the City of Boston to design an ambassadors program that provides individuals with the tools and training needed to amplify the need to prepare for the impacts of climate change, and engage Bostonians in creating more a vibrant and resilient comClimate Access worked with the City of Boston to design an ambassadors program that provides individuals with the tools and training needed to amplify the need to prepare for the impacts of climate change, and engage Bostonians in creating more a vibrant and resilient comclimate change, and engage Bostonians in creating more a vibrant and resilient community.

In the majority of cases, environmental groups provided specific information in their annual reports and tax documents on how much was spent on climate change and energy - related program activities.

What's required is for climate change to seep into the fabric of satirical and humourous TV programming, in the same way that other «current affairs» often provide the backdrop and context for creative output.

For example, the Pilot Program on Climate Change Resilience (part of the Climate Investment Funds) is providing $ 110 million in grants and loans.

China's National Climate Change Action Program, published in June 2007, provides for three major mitigation efforts that, in combination, reduce greenhouse gas emissions:

And it could provide a framework for a national program for combating climate change.

The results from the Canadian climate model were used in a U.S. Global Change Research Program report provided to the US Environmental Protection Agency to justify regulating CO2.

We need adaptation programs that will provide relief for the vulnerable communities and build resilience to climate change impacts.»

It provides them with a more complete picture of the true costs and benefits climate change mitigation programs, «says Greenblatt.

Programs like Journey North, which traces Monarch butterfly migrations, and Project Budburst, which notes how early plants and trees flower each year, provide a way for students to directly contribute to the ongoing body of climate change research.