Sentences with phrase «adaptation plans through»

-- Upon approval by the President, each department or agency that serves on the Natural Resources Climate Change Adaptation Panel shall implement its adaptation plan through existing and new plans, policies, programs, activities, and actions to the extent not inconsistent with existing authority.

Not exact matches

A veteran is committed to seeing a plan through until the end, motivated and determined to find victory even as potential loss lurks all around, through adaptation, change, and improvisation.

Snapology programs are designed to be inclusive of all children and learning abilities through creating adaptations to each lesson plan to accommodate children with special needs.

Initially, Simenon, dissatisfied with earlier screen adaptations of his novels, had wanted to direct La tête d'un homme himself, but his plans fell through, and Duvivier took over the project.

Brad Pitt is producing an adaptation of Solomon Northup's harrowing autobiography Twelve Years a Slave through his Plan B production...

Brad Pitt was initially attached to star in the adaptation of David Grann's acclaimed book, though he's now strictly producing the film through his Plan B banner along with Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner and Anthony Katagas.

With adaptations, as noted, you can literally use this lesson plan for grades K through 8.

After passing through various hands, it was acquired in 1996 by a private group, Grupo Plan, who immediately set about the restoration and adaptation of its buildings and 37 hectares of gardens.

Thirdly, climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction can be best addressed and sustained over time through integration with existing urban planning and management practices.

The goal of the Framework is to enable better management of the risks of climate variability and change and adaptation to climate change at all levels, through development and incorporation of science ‐ based climate information and prediction into planning, policy and practice.

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.

Parts 1 - 5 introduce training participants to the multiple facets of population dynamics and climate change adaptation, and part 6 presents opportunities for integration through an examination of international and national policy dialogues, adaptation planning and programs, and planning in other sectors.

Some of the objectives of the project are to identify spatial vulnerability of populations during extreme heat events in selected areas; identify the impacts of extreme heat events on the health, work productivity and livelihoods of vulnerable population, to select appropriate, innovative and affordable climate adaptation measures for improving health and livelihood resilience for the urban population with consideration of gender - based implications, to strengthen the capacity of key stakeholders through training opportunities and to facilitate active use of information and evidence for policy - makers to drive the implementation of the Heat Stress Action Plans into municipal disaster strategies.

Through the INDC, South Africa is signaling that adaptation is a global responsibility with quantifiable costs, and that all countries bear a responsibility to respond with adequate planning, implementation and financial resources.

Is adaptation all about minimising damage or are their opportunities as well; can adaptation proceed only through deliberately planned actions focused specifically on adaptation to climate change; how much must be known about future climates to make decisions about adaptation?

• Asia — Adaptation is being facilitated in some areas through mainstreaming climate adaptation action into subnational development planning, early warning systems, integrated water resources management, agroforestry, and coastal reforestation of Adaptation is being facilitated in some areas through mainstreaming climate adaptation action into subnational development planning, early warning systems, integrated water resources management, agroforestry, and coastal reforestation of adaptation action into subnational development planning, early warning systems, integrated water resources management, agroforestry, and coastal reforestation of mangroves.

Other measures are aimed at the mitigation of «heat islands» through urban planning, the adaptation of housing design to local climate and expanding air conditioning, shifts in work patterns and mortality monitoring (Keatinge et al., 2000; Ballester et al., 2003; Johnson et al., 2005; Marttila et al., 2005; Penning - Rowsell et al., 2005).

This scientific understanding through powerful engagement and communication methods used by project implementers empowered those in Lao PDR to develop appropriate adaptation plans.

This policy document provides a set of suggested concrete actions in response to the Bali Action Plan's call for enhanced action on adaptation through consideration of disaster risk reduction strategies, risk management and risk transfer mechanisms.

The expected outputs range from integrating climate change risks into development planning and coastal zoning regulation to diversifying livelihoods to finding more secure sources of water in communities where saline intrusion is a problem (Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change through Coastal Afforestation).