Sentences with phrase «regional climate effort»

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A project of the Tompkins County Climate Protection Initiative, the Ithaca 2030 District is part of a larger effort in Tompkins County to reduce our regional greenhouse gas emissions 80 % by 2050.

The resolution states that the House will «create and support economically viable, and broadly supported private and public solutions to study and address the causes and effects of measured changes to our global and regional climates, including mitigation efforts and efforts to balance human activities that have been found to have an impact.»

The U.S. government is launching a $ 50 - million effort to enable supercomputer - powered climate models to deliver regional impacts

Efforts to combat deforestation there have been the focus of worldwide interest, in large part because of the region's rich biodiversity and the forest's role in shaping regional climate.

«This model is a major step forward in our effort to improve the prediction of regional climate change, particularly involving water resources.»

Efforts to reform the single - sector approach to marine spatial management should incorporate expected climate - induced changes in temperature, oxygenation, pH, and POC flux to the seabed in the development of regional and international management scenarios.

Here in Wisconsin, we have a great effort unfolding which could serve as a high standard for regional / state - wide efforts in down - scaling climate projections and communicating the information in a way that is useful for farmers, policy makers, natural resource managers, public health officials, etc..

For those who want to follow the news about regional climate modelling efforts, there is a live streaming at the conference website, and through twitter with hash tag «#CORDEX2013 `, you can take part in the discussions (please indicate to whom you address your questions).

Resolved, That the House of Representatives commits to working constructively, using our tradition of American ingenuity, innovation, and exceptionalism, to create and support economically viable, and broadly supported private and public solutions to study and address the causes and effects of measured changes to our global and regional climates, including mitigation efforts and efforts to balance human activities that have been found to have an impact.

«[The] House of Representatives commits to working constructively, using our tradition of American ingenuity, innovation, and exceptionalism, to create and support economically viable, and broadly supported private and public solutions to study and address the causes and effects of measured changes to our global and regional climates, including mitigation efforts and efforts to balance human activities that have been found to have an impact.»

In an approach that many believe is more realistic and sustainable than the top - down methods pursued by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the regional efforts are evolving with regional realities in mind.

This working paper reports on a series of three regional workshops in which participants from governments in Latin America, Africa and Asia reflected on the main technical, policy, and capacity challenges to monitoring climate finance, and exchanged experiences on efforts that are under way in...

The NAI Newsletter is designed to focus on national, regional and international efforts to support Non-Annex I Parties in the implementation of the UN Convention on Climate Change.

However, grassroots and NGO efforts to establish voluntary greenhouse gas registries for Chinese businesses and organizations (similar to the Climate Registry in the U.S.) could pave the way for eventual regional or national registries that could ground - truth information the Chinese government provides in its national communications.

The overarching goal of this WCRP research effort, led by WCRP's Core Project «Climate and Ocean Variability, Predictability and Change» (CLIVAR) as a Research Focus, is to establish a quantitative understanding of the natural and anthropogenic mechanisms of regional to local sea level variability; to promote advances in observing systems required for an integrated sea level monitoring; and to foster the development of sea level predictions and projections that are of increasing benefit for coastal zone management.

establishment of regional action plans with WMO Regional Climate Centers, and in coordination with WCRP efforts to promote and sustain regional sea level activities with developing countries;

The summit brought together Heads of States and Government, businesses, financial actors and institutions, cities, civil society, local and regional authorities as well as celebrities to discuss and share efforts towards scaled up climate action.

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.

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.

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.

(A) ensure that relevant research, assessment, and outreach activities of the National Climate Program, established by the National Climate Program Act (15 U.S.C. 2901 et seq.), are considered in developing national global and regional climate change research and assessment efforClimate Program, established by the National Climate Program Act (15 U.S.C. 2901 et seq.), are considered in developing national global and regional climate change research and assessment efforClimate Program Act (15 U.S.C. 2901 et seq.), are considered in developing national global and regional climate change research and assessment efforclimate change research and assessment efforts; and

(iii) provide information and technical support for Federal, regional, State, tribal, and local government efforts to assess and respond to climate variability and change;

Judy Curry, for example, observed that climate change results in both «winners and losers», calling for much improved efforts to analyse regional change, while deploring the fact that «most of the effort undertaken seems to be attempting to sell spurious links between death and destruction from tornados, tsunamis, etc to climate change.»

Climate policy has never been in a stronger position with the Paris Agreement and similar regional efforts, while renewables continue to fall in cost and emerging technologies such as energy storage and EVs are progressing faster than expected.

According to a DEWA statement, the signing of the MoU will support the Dubai utility's efforts to «build strategic partnerships that employ regional and international capabilities to drive sustainable development, tackle climate change, and enhance energy efficiency».

The goal of the Summit was «to inform federal, state, regional, and local climate adaptation efforts, including the planning of the federal Interagency Climate Change Adaptation Task Force and the U.S. Global Change Research Program.climate adaptation efforts, including the planning of the federal Interagency Climate Change Adaptation Task Force and the U.S. Global Change Research Program.Climate Change Adaptation Task Force and the U.S. Global Change Research Program.»

Such efforts are beginning at the federal, regional, state, tribal, and local levels, and in the corporate and non-governmental sectors, to build adaptive capacity and resilience to climate change impacts.

The countries of South Asia need to stand together in their efforts to push for more finance from the developed world to help them adapt to and mitigate the impacts of climate change, a prominent regional expert says.

Many observers of international global efforts to achieve a solution to climate change argue that there has been too much emphasis on the obligations of nations while obligations of individuals and regional governments have largely been ignored.

Blue - Action will through its concerted efforts therefore contribute to the improvement of climate models to represent Arctic warming realistically and address its impact on regional and global atmospheric and oceanic circulation.

Markus leads the effort at PCIC to quantify the direct and indirect effects of climate change and variability upon the various components of hydrologic cycle at the local and regional scale.

Diane Wittenberg, Chair of California's Plug - in Vehicle Collaborative, concluded the discussion by noting «some of the most important regional efforts on climate change» and how «they've moved the dialogue and the action along.»

And if you believe, as do many conservatives, that government intervention in markets and in social arrangements should be kept to a minimum, you can find factual support for your views in the long - term unpredictability of regional climate behavior, the significant economic and social costs associated with shifting to more expensive energy sources, and the historical failure of government efforts to steer large - scale social and economic change.

65 % of people agree that new technologies — for example, wind power, solar power, and electric vehicles — are showing that we can reduce climate change, but just 32 and 30 % agree that business and regional government respectively are leading the effort.

A major effort since the last report has been the use of climate models to predict changes at the regional level.

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Creating a new generation of climate services to promote public understanding, support mitigation and adaptation efforts, enable smart planning, and promote regional climate partnerships;

The report outlines the efforts of the UN CC: Learn partnership on upscaling a well established partnership for climate change learning, advancing global climate literacy, and promoting a strategic approach to climate change learning at the national and regional level.

His current research includes global ocean modeling and data assimilation efforts as part of Estimating the Circulation & Climate of the Ocean (ECCO) consortium, as well as using ensemble methods for regional ocean analysis and prediction.

UNISDR supports these efforts at the highest levels by developing specific policies at the international level on the linkages between reducing disaster risk and responding to climate change, guiding national and regional action to integrate policies and practices, and strengthening capacities to support the integration of disaster reduction and climate change by all actors.

Efforts of the Climate Action Reserve may also assist Ontario in considering various offset protocol types, including review, assessment, and adaptation of protocols, that could serve other purposes than Cap - and - Trade (offsetting emissions from governmental operation, etc.) but that would not be adopted into the linked compliance market under a regional additionality review.

The collaborative international project began in 1993 as an effort to address how Amazonia functions as a regional entity within the larger Earth system, and how changes in land use there might affect the region's biological, chemical, and physical functions and influence global climate.

The final resolution says that Congress should support «economically viable, and broadly supported private and public solutions to study and address the causes and effects of measured changes to our global and regional climates, including mitigation efforts and efforts to balance human activities that have been found to have an impact.»

Similarly, Dr. Robins at the Southern Regional Climate Center cited the importance of the proposed climate service in their efforts to «add a regional perspective tailored to climate and environmental issues, industries, and economic sector differences that occur at the regional level.Climate Center cited the importance of the proposed climate service in their efforts to «add a regional perspective tailored to climate and environmental issues, industries, and economic sector differences that occur at the regional level.climate service in their efforts to «add a regional perspective tailored to climate and environmental issues, industries, and economic sector differences that occur at the regional level.climate and environmental issues, industries, and economic sector differences that occur at the regional level.»

Dr. Klemens also will increase Scenic Hudson's participation in regional efforts to protect and restore biodiversity and respond to climate change.