Sentences with phrase «adaptation assessment»

This activity report presents the result of a vulnerability and adaptation assessment for Lami town, Republic of Fiji.

• North America — Governments are engaging in incremental adaptation assessment and planning, particularly at the municipal level.

Regional Climate Models (RCM) and Empirical Statistical Downscaling (ESD), applied over a limited area and driven by GCMs can provide information on much smaller scales supporting more detailed impact and adaptation assessment and planning, which is vital in many vulnerable regions of the world.

Regional Climate Models (RCM) and Empirical Statistical Downscaling (ESD), applied over a limited area and driven by global models can provide information on much smaller scales supporting more detailed impact and adaptation assessment and planning, which is vital in many vulnerable regions.

His research focuses on the implications of global environmental change, specifically scenarios, impacts and adaptation assessment, and uncertainty characterization.

Progress report on the work of the Consultative Group of Experts on National Communications from Parties not included in Annex I to the Convention: report on the regional training workshops on vulnerability and adaptation assessment.

13 See also literature contrasting «bottom - up» and «top - down» approaches to climate vulnerability and adaptation assessment (e.g. Wilby and Dessai 2010, Pielke et al 2012) and decision support (e.g. Weaver et al 2013).

The purpose of this training of trainers workshop is to build or strengthen the capacity of the participants and their respective institutions in the domain of climate change vulnerability and adaptation assessments.

This manual consists of a background publication that presents tools, methods and definitions to use when carrying out vulnerability and adaptation assessments.

Adaptation assessment - The practice of identifying options to adapt to climate change and evaluating them in terms of criteria such as availability, benefits, costs, effectiveness, efficiency and feasibility.

This activity report presents the result of a vulnerability and adaptation assessment for the city of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.

The vulnerability and adaptation assessment will also provide guidance in identifying where and what critical actions are needed to effectively manage the unavoidable impacts of climate change.

ACCLIM II «Climate change survey and expert service for adaptation assessment» within the ISTO programme, project leader, 2008 — 2011

ACCLIM «Climate extremes in present - day climate and state - of - the - art projections of climate change for adaptation assessment», within the ISTO programme, project leader, 2006 — 2008

One aspect of remedying this problem, which is consistent with a human rights based response to climate change, is recognising and utilising traditional environmental knowledge, which has already been identified by natural scientists as an under - used resource for climate impact and adaptation assessment.