Let the Consumer
Design Local Adaptation — Before selecting a country, managers should conduct due diligence to understand the local consumer preferences.
Not exact matches
The results suggest that recent changes in global vegetation have had impacts on
local climates that should be considered in the
design of
local mitigation and
adaptation plans.
The Cooper Union's Service to Sustainability Awards recognize people and organizations that share the Institute's commitment to enhancing public understanding of sustainable environments and green building
design and construction, and work to promote the
adaptation of sustainability on
local and global levels.
This policy document aism to address and raise awareness of the social dimension of ecosystem - based
adaptation (EbA) to climate change, laying particular emphasis on: i) the social impacts of EbA on global national and regional level and
local communities and ii) social considerations in
designing and implementing EbA.
IIED: Accurate cost benefit analysis of climate change
adaptation actions is not only critical in
designing effective
local - level
adaptation strategies, but also for generating information that feeds into national and global climate policy agreements.
Staff of
local governments, research organisations and NGOs participating in the UN Habitat Cities and Climate Change Programme and in 2 CDKN - funded projects were trained on the potential impacts of urban agriculture and - forestry on climate change
adaptation and mitigation, and on practical methods for monitoring them; climate - smart urban agriculture technologies; and the
design and assessment of alternative strategies for the development of urban agriculture as part of city climate change strategies.
Other measures are aimed at the mitigation of «heat islands» through urban planning, the
adaptation of housing
design to
local climate and expanding air conditioning, shifts in work patterns and mortality monitoring (Keatinge et al., 2000; Ballester et al., 2003; Johnson et al., 2005; Marttila et al., 2005; Penning - Rowsell et al., 2005).
Local climate studies are critical for
designing adaptation plans.
RUAF Foundation brought together a group of international and
local scientists to jointly
design indicators and tools to measure the various impacts of urban agriculture and forestry on climate change
adaptation and mitigation and related developmental co-benefits.
The model emphasized a top - and - bottom process in which implementers played a central role in the innovation
design, and
adaptations were planned, tested, and refined based on
local school contexts.