With few exceptions, even at this time, such organizations are at early stages of developing strategies by which to
adapt to climate change risks.
Not exact matches
Climate change amplifies existing
risks to our natural resources by forcing plants and animals
to adapt rapidly
to a
changing environment.
«This Agreement, in enhancing the implementation of the [2015 United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change], including its objective, aims to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change, in the context of sustainable development and efforts to eradicate poverty, including by: (a) Holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels, recognizing that this would significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change; (b) Increasing the ability to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change and foster climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development, in a manner that does not threaten food production; and (c) Making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate - resilient devel
Climate Change], including its objective, aims to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change, in the context of sustainable development and efforts to eradicate poverty, including by: (a) Holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels, recognizing that this would significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change; (b) Increasing the ability to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change and foster climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development, in a manner that does not threaten food production; and (c) Making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate - resilient develo
Change], including its objective, aims
to strengthen the global response
to the threat of
climate change, in the context of sustainable development and efforts to eradicate poverty, including by: (a) Holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels, recognizing that this would significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change; (b) Increasing the ability to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change and foster climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development, in a manner that does not threaten food production; and (c) Making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate - resilient devel
climate change, in the context of sustainable development and efforts to eradicate poverty, including by: (a) Holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels, recognizing that this would significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change; (b) Increasing the ability to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change and foster climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development, in a manner that does not threaten food production; and (c) Making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate - resilient develo
change, in the context of sustainable development and efforts
to eradicate poverty, including by: (a) Holding the increase in the global average temperature
to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts
to limit the temperature increase
to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels, recognizing that this would significantly reduce the
risks and impacts of
climate change; (b) Increasing the ability to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change and foster climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development, in a manner that does not threaten food production; and (c) Making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate - resilient devel
climate change; (b) Increasing the ability to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change and foster climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development, in a manner that does not threaten food production; and (c) Making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate - resilient develo
change; (b) Increasing the ability
to adapt to the adverse impacts of
climate change and foster climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development, in a manner that does not threaten food production; and (c) Making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate - resilient devel
climate change and foster climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development, in a manner that does not threaten food production; and (c) Making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate - resilient develo
change and foster
climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development, in a manner that does not threaten food production; and (c) Making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate - resilient devel
climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development, in a manner that does not threaten food production; and (c) Making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and
climate - resilient devel
climate - resilient development.
Although Bd poses less of a threat
to frogs in the lowlands, this study suggests that species at lower elevations are more susceptible
to climate changes, putting them at
risk if they are unable
to adapt or move
to higher altitudes.
For example, in the Maldives, many small, remote low - lying islands are at
risk from
climate change and will struggle
to adapt.
Failure
to adapt to climate change came fifth on the WEF report's list of
risks ranked by their potential impact on humankind.
However, if we choose a different path — if we act aggressively
to both
adapt to the
changing climate and
to mitigate future impacts by reducing carbon emissions — we can significantly reduce our exposure
to the worst economic
risks from
climate change, and also demonstrate global leadership on
climate.
As world leaders prepare
to gather for the UN Secretary General Ban Ki - moon's Global
Climate Change Summit, this evidence calls for action
to be taken
to reduce disaster
risk and
to help communities
adapt to changing and more unpredictable weather patterns, without which much more displacement will occur in the future.
* Met Office
climate change consultancy provides data and
risk - management services that are used by other government departments and agencies, the private sector and the public
to mitigate and
adapt to climate change.
It might be interesting
to some readers of this site
to know that Crichton's comparison of global
climate change theory
to eugenics in Appendix I of his novel was
adapted without attribution from an essay by Richard Lindzen, «Science and Politics: Global Warming and Eugenics,» which appeared in R.W. Hahn, Ed.,
Risks, Costs, and Lives Saved, (American Enterprise Institute, 1996).
«efforts
to address
climate change should continue
to focus most heavily on mitigating greenhouse gas emissions in combination with
adapting to the impacts of
climate change because these approaches do not present poorly defined and poorly quantified
risks and are at a greater state of technological readiness.»
Both would have significant implications for agriculture.Those most at
risk from
climate change are likely
to be those least able
to adapt.
When expanded
to consider the need
to adapt to a
changing climate, it is clear that business as usual with nitrogen and phosphorus will enhance our
risks and make adaptation
to climate change more difficult.
Determining which types of prevention
to invest in (such as monitoring, early warning systems, and land - use
changes that reduce the impact of heat and floods) depends on several factors, including health problems common
to that particular area, vulnerable populations, the preventive health systems already in place, and the expected impacts of
climate change.275 Local capacity
to adapt is very important; unfortunately the most vulnerable populations also frequently have limited resources for managing
climate - health
risks.
As Yohe sees it, a prudent
risk - management strategy dictates significant cuts in greenhouse gases and immediate planning
to adapt to rising sea levels and other effects of
climate change.
In a guest post for Carbon Brief last year, Miyuki Hino, a doctoral student at Stanford University, outlined how novel approaches
to adapting to climate risks, such as «managed retreat», may in some cases prove necessary or preferable
to infrastructure
changes as
climate impacts begin
to hit.
The three EU - funded sister projects on high - end
climate change, HELIX, IMPRESSIONS and RISES - AM have drawn upon their wide range of expertise from many disciplines across the natural and social sciences
to develop new understanding of the implications and
risks of exceeding 20C,
adapting to the
climate changes.
for Carbon Brief last year, Miyuki Hino, a doctoral student at Stanford University, outlined how novel approaches
to adapting to climate risks, such as «managed retreat», may in some cases prove necessary or preferable
to infrastructure
changes as
climate impacts begin
to hit.
One of the conclusions of that 2010 Workshop was that, as
climate change brings new uncertainties, adds new
risks and
changes already existing
risks, one of the most effective ways for agriculture
to adapt to climate change could be
to increase its resilience.
This analytical report presents the concerted action taken by the UN system
to assist people and communities in developing countries
to adapt to climate change through: (i)
risks, impacts and vulnerability assessment; (ii) adaptation planning, including creating an enabling environment; (iii) the implementation of adaptation measures, which includes UNISDR's work on
climate change related disaster
risk reduction and
risk sharing; (iv) awareness raising; and (v) knowledge sharing and facilitate learning.
That's why these Arctic animals are some of the wildlife at greatest
risk from
climate change: Living about as far north as the planet allows, they have few options for
adapting to rising temperatures and disappearing sea ice.
In the judgment of this report's authoring committee, the environmental, economic, and humanitarian
risks posed by
climate change indicate a pressing need for substantial action
to limit the magnitude of
climate change and
to prepare for
adapting to its impacts.
Several penguin species are at high
risk from
climate change, because they can not
adapt their rearing patterns
to the warmer conditions.
The
climate risk management strategy would then need
to adapt to accounting for either a greater range or
changed magnitude of
risk.
For example, many countries will face increased challenges for economic development, increased
risks from some diseases, or degraded ecosystems, but some countries will probably have increased opportunities for economic development, reduced instances of some diseases, or expanded arHow is
climate change affecting monsoons?As cities develop economically, do they become better
adapted to climate change?
All Headlines News: Bangladesh as the most at
risk due
to extreme levels of poverty and a high dependency on agriculture, while its government has the lowest capacity of all countries
to adapt to predicted
changes in the
climate.
For example, in managing water supplies
to adapt to a
changing climate, the implications of international treaties should be considered in the context of managing the Great Lakes, the Columbia River, and the Colorado River
to deal with increased drought
risk.
But now, researchers and practitioners are starting
to ask how they can help address L&D, and many are confused, particularly about how L&D mechanisms might be distinct from existing approaches
to adapt to climate change, and manage disaster
risk.
Communities are going
to be at the forefront of deciding how
to adapt to and manage
climate change risks.
The aim of
climate finance is
to promote low - carbon development and support in
adapting to local
risks caused by
climate change.
The
risks of continuing «business as usual» are greater than the
risks associated with strong efforts
to limit and
adapt to climate change.
Given the current socio - economic, political and environmental context, the countries with more
risks of losses and damages due
to extreme weather events and slow onset events are developing countries, those which have contributed the least
to climate change and those less capable of
adapting to its impacts.
The United States faces the potential for abrupt
climate change in the 21st century that could pose clear risks to society in terms of our ability to adapt, concludes a recently released U.S. Climate Change Science Program synthesis
climate change in the 21st century that could pose clear risks to society in terms of our ability to adapt, concludes a recently released U.S. Climate Change Science Program synthesis r
change in the 21st century that could pose clear
risks to society in terms of our ability
to adapt, concludes a recently released U.S.
Climate Change Science Program synthesis
Climate Change Science Program synthesis r
Change Science Program synthesis report.
Management actions, such as maintenance of genetic diversity, assisted species migration and dispersal, manipulation of disturbance regimes (e.g., fires, floods), and reduction of other stressors, can reduce, but not eliminate,
risks of impacts
to terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems due
to climate change, as well as increase the inherent capacity of ecosystems and their species
to adapt to a
changing climate (high confidence).
Despite a half century of
climate change that has significantly affected temperature and precipitation patterns and has already had widespread ecological and hydrological impacts, and despite a near certainty that the United States will experience at least as much
climate change in the coming decades, just as a result of the current atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases, those organizations in the public and private sectors that are most at
risk, that are making long - term investments and commitments, and that have the planning, forecasting and institutional capacity
to adapt, have not yet done so.
«Without an effective plan
to prepare for the
risks from
climate change the country may sleepwalk into disaster,» said John Krebs, chairman of a group that advises Britain's government on
adapting to climate change.
The species that face the greatest extinction
risks might not be limited
to those that disperse less than
climate change absolutely requires, but also apply
to those that disperse poorly relative
to their warm -
adapted competitors.»
Adapting core principles of
risk assessment
to climate: To date, the approach of climate change assessments has primarily been rooted in communicating relative scientific certainty and uncertainty around anticipated changes in the physical climate system, along with some basic biophysical impacts that would seem to be generally implied by those climate changes: based, for example, on general understanding of associations such as those between impacts and weather extreme
to climate:
To date, the approach of climate change assessments has primarily been rooted in communicating relative scientific certainty and uncertainty around anticipated changes in the physical climate system, along with some basic biophysical impacts that would seem to be generally implied by those climate changes: based, for example, on general understanding of associations such as those between impacts and weather extreme
To date, the approach of
climate change assessments has primarily been rooted in communicating relative scientific certainty and uncertainty around anticipated
changes in the physical
climate system, along with some basic biophysical impacts that would seem
to be generally implied by those climate changes: based, for example, on general understanding of associations such as those between impacts and weather extreme
to be generally implied by those
climate changes: based, for example, on general understanding of associations such as those between impacts and weather extremes.
Finally, a robust infrastructure program will allow Massachusetts
to build more resilient transportation facilities,
adapting to the
risks of
climate change such as heavy storms and sea level rise.
Our forthcoming e-book, «
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Tol said the IPCC emphasised the
risks of
climate change far more than the opportunities
to adapt.
The way that human evolution has historically
adapted to climate change and the prevailing environment and the way that modern humans persistently modify their environment and ignore the consequences of
changes to the global
climate, thus
risking the future existance of the human race.
For instance, evolution can decrease extinction
risks by allowing populations
to adapt to changing climates, whereas anthropogenic landscape barriers can increase
risks by limiting dispersal into newly suitable habitats.
Climate change will further exacerbate the
risks facing agriculture in Africa, which is dominated by small farms with few assets and limited capacities
to adapt.
All weather events should now be considered in the context of
climate change and general
climate projections are sufficiently alarming
to justify the need for governments
to prepare for, and
adapt to, new
risks these pose
to our health.
These mining CEOs aim
to account for
climate risks in planning, and
adapt operations and communities
to climate change realities.
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To address this critical need, ACME is designed to accelerate our progress towards actionable climate projections to help the nation anticipate, adapt to, and ultimately mitigate the potential risks of global climate change,» Collins add
To address this critical need, ACME is designed
to accelerate our progress towards actionable climate projections to help the nation anticipate, adapt to, and ultimately mitigate the potential risks of global climate change,» Collins add
to accelerate our progress towards actionable
climate projections
to help the nation anticipate, adapt to, and ultimately mitigate the potential risks of global climate change,» Collins add
to help the nation anticipate,
adapt to, and ultimately mitigate the potential risks of global climate change,» Collins add
to, and ultimately mitigate the potential
risks of global
climate change,» Collins adds.
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risk and practice management tools
to help lawyers
adapt to the
changing practice
climate, and incorporate technology into their law practices.