«Effective climate policy aimed at reducing the risks of climate change to natural and human systems involves a portfolio of diverse
adaptation and mitigation actions (very high confidence).»
It recognizes that a portfolio of
adaptation and mitigation actions is required to reduce the risks of climate change.
The two institutions agreed to work together for the development, strengthening and consolidation of projects related to climate change in order to train the educational community on the impact of climate change and
adaptation and mitigation actions.
The evidence supports the need for considerable investment in
adaptation and mitigation actions toward a «climate - smart food system» that is more resilient to climate change influences on food security.
Not exact matches
IFOAM
and IATP presented effective, affordable, locally appropriate
mitigation and adaptation practices for integration into
action plans
and policies.
The Minister of Environment, Science, Technology
and Innovation, Mahama Ayariga, has said Ghana needs $ 22.6 billion in investments from domestic
and international public
and private sources to finance its 31 Programme of
Action on climate
mitigation and adaptation.
Establishing a single global standard for reporting greenhouse gas emissions will empower local governments to accelerate their
actions and access funding for
mitigation and adaptation projects,» said New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, chairman of C40.
It tracks progress on health
and climate change across 40 indicators divided into five categories: climate change impacts, exposures
and vulnerability;
adaptation planning
and resilience for health;
mitigation actions and health co-benefits; economics
and finance;
and public
and political engagement.
They scrutinized
adaptation plans which incorporate urban planning
and development
actions that lead to the abatement or reduction of vulnerability to climate change,
and mitigation plans that include
actions such as improved energy efficiency
and renewable energy generation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Partnerships are built around various drivers: for example supporting the Polar regions in a period of rapid change; educating the public about polar sciences
and climate; contributing to climate change awareness;
mitigation and adaptation; defining
and implementing CSR
action plan; implementing technology solutions for low carbon emissions.
Has many global challenges about that, including the development of
actions for
mitigation and adaptation to climate changes.
Most importantly, we are bringing together community members, parents, school principals
and vice principals, teachers, local authorities, officials responsible for emergency situations, media
and national authorities to discuss the importance of taking joint
and coordinated
action on disaster risk reduction, climate change
adaptation and mitigation,
and biodiversity conservation, in a comprehensive manner
and towards long - term solutions.
The framework will provide clarity on countries»
mitigation and adaptation actions, as well as the provision of support.
Mitigation — reducing emissions fast enough to achieve the temperature goal A transparency system
and global stock - take — accounting for climate
action Adaptation — strengthening ability of countries to deal with climate impacts Loss
and damage — strengthening ability to recover from climate impacts Support — including finance, for nations to build clean, resilient futures As well as setting a long - term direction, countries will peak their emissions as soon as possible
and continue to submit national climate
action plans that detail their future objectives to address climate change.
GBM's approach empowers communities to take
action against climate change, the impacts of which are already being witnessed across Africa, through food security
and water harvesting activities (
adaptation)
and planting the appropriate trees in appropriate places (
mitigation).
Delay in initiating effective
mitigation actions increases significantly the long - term social
and economic costs of both
adaptation and mitigation.
By committing to targets for emissions cuts
and financing for developing countries for
mitigation, forest protection
and adaptation, G8 countries can build trust
and confidence
and lead the way on global climate
action - both for the MEF as well as for the UN negotiations which will culminate in Copenhagen in December.
* Accelerate enhanced
action on technology development, transfer, financing,
and capacity building to support
mitigation and adaptation efforts;
There is an urgent need to scale up financial flows, particularly financial support to developing countries; to create positive incentives for
actions; to finance the incremental costs of cleaner
and low - carbon technologies; to make more efficient use of funds directed toward climate change; to realize the full potential of appropriate market mechanisms that can provide pricing signals
and economic incentives to the private sector; to promote public sector investment; to create enabling environments that promote private investment that is commercially viable; to develop innovative approaches;
and to lower costs by creating appropriate incentives for
and reducing
and eliminating obstacles to technology transfer relevant to both
mitigation and adaptation.
In order to meet the scale of financial resources required -LCB-
and the commitments under Articles -LCB- 4.1 -RCB-, 4.3, 4.4
and 4.5 -RCB- to support enhanced
action on
adaptation and mitigation by developing country Parties
and for technology cooperation
and capacity - building, developed country Parties -LCB-
and Annex II Parties -RCB--LCB-
and other Parties according to agreed eligibility criteria, which shall be updated through a periodic review -RCB--LCB- shall -RCB- provide scaled - up, new
and additional, -LCB- over
and above -LCB- existing -RCB- ODA -RCB-, sustainable, adequate, predictable
and stable financial resources, in a measurable, reportable
and verifiable manner.
An International Tribunal of Climate Justice is hereby established to address cases of non-compliance with the commitments of developed country Parties on
mitigation,
adaptation, provision of finance, technology development
and transfer, capacity - building,
and transparency of
action and support, including through the development of an indicative list of consequences, taking into account the cause, type, degree
and frequency of non-compliance.]
Declare that, irrespective of the effectiveness of
mitigation actions, significant adverse changes in the global climate are now inevitable
and are already taking place,
and thus parties to the U.N.F.C.C.C. must also include, in the COP15 outcome document, an ambitious agreement on
adaptation finance which should prioritize the needs of the most vulnerable countries, especially in the near term,
Tell us why you think that virtually every nation, state, county, city, the military are developing
action plans
and policies for
adaptation &
mitigation based on the science that is pointing to us being responsible for the observed changes in our ecosystem.
Today, the President will be giving a speech at Georgetown University on climate change issues, with announcements of initiatives that will be taken leveraging the powers of the Administrative Branch because the Congress is unable (
and, to a large extent, unwilling) to take meaningful
action to address climate change: whether
mitigation or
adaptation.
Given the probability of sea level rises, «preparedness efforts,
adaptation actions and hazard
mitigation undertaken today» can help prevent damage along the coastline.
(Remember, there were five sections: shared vision for long - term cooperative
action,
mitigation,
adaptation, technology
and finance).
Ms Najira advised that climate information is being integrated into national policy frameworks such as the National Climate Change Management Policy, 2014 - 2018 investment plan, Nationally appropriate
mitigation actions (NAMA), National
Adaptation Programmes of
Action (NAPA)
and the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC).
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Parties also decided to accelerate activities under the workplan on enhancing
mitigation ambition in accordance with decision 1 / CP.17, paragraphs 7
and 8, by, inter alia, intensifying, as from 2014, the technical examination of opportunities for
actions with high
mitigation potential, including those with
adaptation and sustainable development co-benefits, with a focus on the implementation of policies, practices
and technologies that are substantial, scalable
and replicable, with a view to promoting voluntary cooperation on concrete
actions in relation to identified
mitigation opportunities in accordance with nationally defined development priorities.
As we recommended in the paper, systematic investment in these strategies along with other recommended initiatives are likely to increase substantive news attention to various health threats associated with climate change,
and thereby increase the capacity of communities to pursue
mitigation and adaptation actions.
The brief suggests that in order to foster policy coherence
and help ensure that climate change
mitigation and adaptation efforts are adequate, sufficiently ambitious, non-discriminatory
and otherwise compliant with human rights obligations, the following considerations should be reflected in all climate
action.
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Adaptation
At an intersessional meeting in Geneva in February 2015, provisions on human rights
and the rights of indigenous peoples were incorporated in the negotiating text, but ecosystem integrity was omitted in relation to
mitigation actions (with text inserted only in the
adaptation section).
For the third year in a row, Sustainia, C40,
and Realdania have collected the 100 best urban solutions to climate change from cities around the world,
and the 2017 edition of Cities100 presents some extraordinary cases of city climate
action within the categories of energy,
adaptation, transportation,
mitigation,
and waste.
Such
actions further motivate me to expose the scientific, policy,
and moral fallacies perpetrated by such climate «alarmists»: 1) in corrupting the scientific method, 2) in imposing «
mitigation» without fully evaluating
and debating «
adaptation»,
and 3) in coercively imposing tyrannical totalitarian government to worship «Mother Nature».
As a developing country, India is not bound to set a greenhouse gas emissions target, but Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh said India has adopted what he called an «ambitious» National
Action Plan on Climate Change with eight national missions covering both
mitigation and adaptation.
It also shows the role of these sectors in meeting national
mitigation and adaptation goals
and a basis on which to identify priorities for international support for climate
action in the agriculture sectors.
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.
(Sec. 265) Authorizes the Secretary to establish a research program to: (1) identify the factors affecting consumer
actions to conserve energy
and make improvements in energy efficiency;
and (2) make grants to institutions of higher education to study the effects of consumer behavior on total energy use, the potential energy savings from changes in consumption habits, the ability to reduce GHG emissions through changes in energy consumption habits, increasing public awareness of federal climate
adaptation and mitigation programs,
and the potential for alterations in consumer behavior to further American energy independence.
This policy document provides guidance on what forest managers should consider in assessing vulnerability, risk,
mitigation options,
and actions for
adaptation,
mitigation and monitoring in response to climate change.
C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, 12 California, 7, 68, 102, 128, 169 - 170, 187, 196, 232 - 234, 245 California Energy Commission, 232 Cambridge Media Environment Programme (CMEP), 167 - 168 Cambridge University, 102 Cameron, David, 11, 24, 218 Cameroon, 25 Campbell, Philip, 165 Canada, 22, 32, 64, 111, 115, 130, 134, 137, 156 - 157, 166, 169, 177, 211, 222, 224 - 226, 230, 236, 243 Canadian Meteorological
and Oceanographic Society (CMOS), 15 Cap -
and - trade, 20, 28, 40 - 41, 44, 170, 175 allowances (permits), 41 - 42, 176, 243 Capitalism, 34 - 35, 45 Capps, Lois, 135 Car (see vehicle) Carbon, 98, 130 Carbon Capture
and Storage (CCS), 192 Carbon Capture
and Storage Association, 164 Carbon credits (offsets), 28 - 29, 42 - 43, 45 Carbon Cycle, 80 - 82 Carbon dioxide (CO2), 9, 18, 23, 49 - 51, 53, 55, 66 - 67, 72 - 89, 91, 98 - 99, 110, 112, 115, 118, 128 - 132, 137, 139, 141 - 144, 152, 240 emissions, 12, 18 - 25, 28 - 30, 32 - 33, 36 - 38, 41 - 44, 47, 49, 53, 55, 71 - 72, 74, 77 - 78, 81 - 82, 108 - 109, 115, 132, 139, 169, 186, 199 - 201, 203 - 204, 209 - 211, 214, 217, 219, 224, 230 - 231, 238, 241, 243 - 244 Carbon Dioxide Analysis Center, 19 Carbon Expo, 42 Carbon, footprint, 3, 13, 29, 35, 41, 45, 110, 132 tax, 20, 44, 170 trading, 13, 20, 40, 43, 44, 176, 182 Carbon monoxide (CO), 120 Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC), 44 Carlin, George, 17 Carter, Bob, 63 Carter, Jimmy, 186, 188 Cato Institute, 179 CBS, 141, 146 Center for Disease Control, 174 Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide
and Global Change, 62, 139 Centre for Policy Studies, 219 CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research), 96 Chavez, Hugo, 34 Chicago Tribune, 146 China, 29, 32 - 33, 60 - 62, 120, 169, 176, 187 - 188, 211, 216, 225 - 226, 242 - 243 China's National Population
and Planning Commission, 33 Chinese Academy of Sciences, 60 Chirac, Jacques, 36 Chlorofluorocarbons, 42 - 43, 50 Choi, Yong - Sang, 88 Christy, John, 105 Churchill, Winston, 214, 220 Chu, Steven, 187 Citibank (Citigroup), 40, 176 Clean Air Act, 85, 128 - 129 Clean Development Mechanism, 42 Climate
Action Partnership, 14 Climate alarm, 4, 13, 21, 32, 35, 38, 56, 102 - 103, 115 - 117, 120, 137, 156, 168, 173, 182 Climate Audit, 66 Climate change,
adaptation, 39, 110, 112
mitigation, 16, 39, 110 Climate Change
and the Failure of Democracy, 34 Climate Change: Picturing the Science, 121 Climate Change Reconsidered, 242 Climate conference, 38 Cancun, 18, 29, 36 - 37, 124 - 125, 242 Copenhagen, 33, 36, 109, 125, 156, 158, 175, 241 - 242 Durban, 13, 36 - 37, 166, 242 - 243 Climategate, 2, 67, 152, 158 - 170, 180, 182, 242 Climate Protection Agreement, 12 Climate Research Unit (CRU), 48, 67, 120, 147, 152 - 153, 158 - 160, 162 - 163, 165 - 167, 169 Climate Science Register, 142 Climatism, definition, 2, 7 Clinton, Bill, 176, 178 Clinton Global Initiative, 176 CLOUD project, 96 Club of Rome, 21, 186 CO2Science, 59, 61 - 62, 66, 131 Coal, 19 - 20, 39 - 41, 80, 126, 128 - 129, 175, 185 - 186, 188 - 190, 192 - 196, 199 - 201, 209, 214, 217, 219, 222, 229 Coase, Ronald, 145 Coca - Cola, 138 Cogley, Graham, 156 Cohen, David, 220 Colorado State University, 117, 181 Columbia University, 7 Columbus, Christopher, 58 Computer models, 16, 51 - 53, 56, 67, 72, 74,77 - 79, 82, 87, 89 - 91, 94, 105, 110 - 111, 120, 124, 138 - 140, 168, 171,173, 181, 238, 240, 246 Conference on the Changing Atmosphere, 15 Consensus, scientific, 12 Copenhagen Business School, 134 Coral, 53 Corporate Average Fuel Economy, 22 - 23 Cosmic Rays, 72, 93 - 99, 180 Credit Suisse, 176 Crow, Cheryl, 30 Crowley, Tom, 167 Cuadrilla Resources, 224 - 225 Curry, Judith, 164, 167 Cycles, natural, 3, 16, 57, 62 - 63, 66 - 69, 72, 80, 99, 103, 138, 238, 240 Milankovich, 62, 67, 80 Cyprus, 134 Czech Republic, 12, 37
As Section Chief, she oversaw
and managed the comprehensive revision of Colorado's 2010 Drought
Mitigation and Response Plan,
and authored the Water
Adaptation section of Colorado's first Climate
Action Plan in 2007.
The elements of the agreement that are scheduled to be discussed are
mitigation,
adaptation, technology development
and transfer, finance, capacity building,
and transparency of
action and support.
Short - term
adaptation and mitigation includes predicting extreme events, while long - term
actions include modelling the impact of air quality or ozone layer on human health.
«(6) under the Bali
Action Plan, developed country parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, including the United States, committed to «enhanced action on the provision of financial resources and investment to support action on mitigation and adaptation and technology cooperation,» including, inter alia, consideration of «improved access to adequate, predictable, and sustainable financial resources and financial and technical support, and the provision of new and additional resources, including official and concessional funding for developing country parties&r
Action Plan, developed country parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, including the United States, committed to «enhanced
action on the provision of financial resources and investment to support action on mitigation and adaptation and technology cooperation,» including, inter alia, consideration of «improved access to adequate, predictable, and sustainable financial resources and financial and technical support, and the provision of new and additional resources, including official and concessional funding for developing country parties&r
action on the provision of financial resources
and investment to support
action on mitigation and adaptation and technology cooperation,» including, inter alia, consideration of «improved access to adequate, predictable, and sustainable financial resources and financial and technical support, and the provision of new and additional resources, including official and concessional funding for developing country parties&r
action on
mitigation and adaptation and technology cooperation,» including, inter alia, consideration of «improved access to adequate, predictable,
and sustainable financial resources
and financial
and technical support,
and the provision of new
and additional resources, including official
and concessional funding for developing country parties».
The Bali
Action Plan from 2007 included five building blocks, which were shared vision,
adaptation,
mitigation, tech transfer
and finance.
The plan links the City's strategic plan for climate change
mitigation and adaptation with its inequality agenda to create an integrated programme for inclusive growth
and climate
action.
In 2009, the City launched its Climate Change
Action Plan 2010 - 2030
and embarked on a long - term
adaptation and mitigation effort.
This approach pays landholders or farmers for
actions that preserve the services to public
and environmental health provided by ecosystems on their property, including services that contribute to both climate change
mitigation and adaptation.
We must forget the obsession with global anthropogenic greenhouse warming alone plus the implementation of draconian global
mitigation actions and shift our attention to local
and regional climate
and weather - related issues
and any actionable
adaptation measures that can be planned
and implemented in order to avoid potential problems.