Sentences with phrase «integrating human risk»

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A widely used database of chemical safety, the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS), would get the bulk of a 14.7 % increase to the Human Health Risk Assessment program.

«Vacuum - based muscles have a lower risk of rupture, failure, and damage, and they don't expand when they're operating, so you can integrate them into closer - fitting robots on the human body.»

b by 2020, increase by x % the number of cities and human settlements adopting and implementing integrated policies and plans towards inclusion, resource efficiency, mitigation and adaptation to climate change, resilience to disasters, develop and implement in line with the forthcoming Hyogo Framework holistic disaster risk management at all levels

We demonstrate what these principles look like in practice in an integrated, interdisciplinary, problem and project based curriculum aligned with Human Rights, the Sustainable Development Goals and the Global Risk Assessment Framework developed by the World Economic Forum.

Last year in an earlier post on asteroid impacts, Mr. Schweickart mused on an issue at the heart of Dot Earth — how political systems, reflecting human nature, still seem to be having a hard time integrating scientific understanding, uncertainties and all, in ways that result in policies and investments that could blunt risks while fostering prosperity.

The issues highlighted in the document include: reconnect science and policy, catalyze rapid and transformative changes in human behavior towards the environment, develop new insights on water - land interactions, accelerate the implementation of environmentally - friendly renewable energy, integrate biodiversity across the environmental and economic agendas, manage the unintended consequences of climate change mitigation and adaptation, and develop a new approach for minimizing risks of novel technologies and chemicals.

Becoming embedded in planning processes, integrated within existing programs such as disaster risk management and water management, adaptation strategies are increasingly being adopted to mitigate the effect of global warming on humans.

This Perspective describes how integrating human behaviour and risk perception into flood - risk assessment models may improve identification of effective risk - management strategies.

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