Sentences with phrase «adaptation plans»

The brief is set in the context of country efforts to implement their national adaptation plans, nationally determined contributions and the sustainable development goals.

These included a statewide climate adaptation plan, mandates for renewable energy and programs to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

Its climate change adaptation plan proposes more public education on heat waves and their effects, and mapping «hot spots» in the city of populations most vulnerable to these illnesses.

It is therefore necessary to define adaptation plans in more precise terms and develop specific baseline criteria by which to compare state plans.

For human systems, existing studies focus on frameworks and principles of adaptation planning, but examples of implemented adaptation actions and evaluation of outcomes are scarce.

Some lecture notes will also be folded into future knowledge products on adaptation planning.

The analysis also says the administration should develop a list of «best practices» to help guide local and state governments and business sectors in drawing up their own adaptation plans.

Specifically, they found support for general adaptation planning increased by one - tenth of 1 percent among people who had experienced severe weather during the previous month.

Local climate studies are critical for designing adaptation plans.

As with the data on local and state adaptation plans, the survey of businesses has its alarming side.

So creating effective, localized adaptation plans can create significant challenges for both scientists and planners.

Many of the experts in this book provide evidence of gender bias across social sectors — in education and academic research, politics, business, and even in climate change adaptation plans.

Additionally, the highly customizable tool will accelerate the pipeline from research to real - world impact, providing immediate information to guide climate adaptation planning and other decisions.

Getting community members involved empowers them to design their own adaptation plans.

The difference in time scales between medium and long - term adaptation plans and pressing short - term issues poses a significant problem for prioritizing adaptation.

The LDCF also supports the national adaptation planning process in coordination with others as a means to reduce medium - and long - term vulnerability to the impacts of climate change and facilitate the integration of climate change adaptation into relevant policies, programs and activities.

To create that balance, the USAID Mekong Adaptation and Resilience to Climate Change project develops adaptation plans with local communities and non-governmental organizations to help implement plans that benefit more than 28,000 people in rural areas of Thailand, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.

climate change does not impact everyone in a community or country in the same way; greater attention to the structural inequalities and gendered power relations that impact resilience and adaptation, particularly in the context of small - holder agriculture, pastoralism, fisheries and forestry is crucial for effective adaptation planning in the agriculture sectors.

Furthermore, guidelines for National Adaptation Plans for Least Developed Countries must be adopted, plus modalities on how other developing countries can take these up.

Obama Administration Releases First - Ever Climate Adaptation Plans With plans that incorporate efforts made by the Commerce, Agriculture, Energy, Transportation and Defense departments, among others, the administration's effort acknowledges that climate impacts are happening now and require action

At the end of last year, nations had submitted nine National Adaptation Plans under the UNFCCC, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

The UK Department for International Development and the European Union are supporting district and village institutions to develop and implement Local Adaptation Plans of Action to address the impacts of climate change.

Dr Mélinda Noblet, Climate Impact and Adaptation Expert Mélinda is based in Dakar, Senegal and works on climate vulnerability assessments for Senegal and the wider region as part of the Science - based adaptation planning in Sub-Saharan Africa project.

Long - term monitoring efforts that supported this discovery are vital as we continue to monitor changes in the Arctic and develop tools to support adaptation planning for both wildlife and people.»

For example, there are 22 Queensland government agencies responsible for carrying out the actions outlined in the State's ClimateSmart Adaptation plan over the next 5 years.

Kresge Foundation grant for «Helping communities implement climate adaptation plans through effective use of fiscal and economic analysis tools»

Plan for climate change related risk: Recognizing the threat that climate change poses to Federal facilities, operations and programs, the E.O. builds on the first - ever set of Federal agency adaptation plans released earlier this year and directs Federal agencies to develop and implement strategies to evaluate and address their most significant climate change related risks.

This guidance document gives an outline of the joint UNDP and UN Environment National Adaptation Plan Global Support Programme (NAP - GSP).

Furthermore, UTZ works on the landscape - based adaptation planning project with Malawian tea smallholder farmers which will not only address the effects of climate change on tea, but also tackle such environmental impacts as land degradation, deforestation and availability of clean water.

«A key premise of this commitment is that adaptation planning needs to be informed by a continuing scientific, sound assessment of the impacts of a changing climate and the effectiveness of preparations and response options,» Abbott said.

In addition to New York's big new adaptation plan, the city has the ambitious mitigation goal of reducing emissions 30 % by 2030.

Developing community adaptation plans is challenging, and requires a team of committed scientists, project implementers and community members who are willing to work together to understand the local impacts of climate change.

With these maps and information, Scenic Hudson is supporting communities» efforts to develop adaptation plans by helping them to:

The Massachusetts Climate Change Adaptation Report (September 2011) sets the stage for developing a statewide, comprehensive, quantifiable adaptation plan that protects the health, welfare and nature of Massachusetts.

Hellmann has co-authored several climate assessment and adaptation planning efforts, including the biodiversity and ecosystem portions of the Chicago Climate Action Plan and the 2014 National Climate Assessment.

But in the end, the city's climate adaptation plan says, it's «cheapest by far to establish the protection over a longer period, where sections can be protected in connection with other construction projects.»

They found that one in every three European cities has no plans on the table to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, while seven in every ten urban areas have no formal adaptation plans in place.