Sentences with phrase «adaptation programmes of»

This technical document includes a summary of the status of preparation and implementation of national adaptation programmes of action (NAPAs).

The NAPs are supposed to build on the National Adaptation Programmes of Action for the urgent needs of Least Development Countries which are moving towards their implementation phase now.

This analytical report synthesizes the information provided by Parties and relevant organizations on the preparation and implementation of national adaptation programmes of action (NAPAs), including on accessing funds from the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF).

This analytical report builds on the first volume and communicates experiences of selected Least Developed Countries (LDCs) in addressing adaptation through National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPAs) and other adaptation initiatives.

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).

This manual aims to support least developed countries (LDCs) in designing the implementation of national adaptation programmes of action (NAPAs), and to guide country teams in accessing existing funding from the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) for implementing their NAPAs.

The LDCF plays a key role in addressing urgent and immediate adaptation needs of least developed countries, focusing on reducing the vulnerability of sectors and resources that are central to human and national development, such as water, agriculture and food security; and infrastructure, as identified and prioritized in their National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPAs).

The national action programmes (NAPs), national biodiversity strategies and action plans (NBSAPs) and national adaptation programmes of action (NAPAs) are the implementation tools.

The Adaptation programme of the UNFCCC secretariat supports the intergovernmental process.

Not exact matches

The three - year, # 110 million UK Department for International Development (DFID)- funded Building Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Extremes and Disasters (BRACED) 1 programme aims to build the resilience of up to 5 million vulnerable people against climate extremes and disasters.

It was a challenge to translate a full programme from English to Spanish and make cultural and local adaptations, but all efforts have been worthwhile as hearing from my students in Mexico brightens my days as I know they are making a difference in the lives of many families.

As one of the largest national research programmes on ocean acidification, BIOACID has contributed to quantifying the effects of ocean acidification on marine organisms and their habitats, unravelling the mechanisms underlying the observed responses, assessing the potential for evolutionary adaptation, and determining how these responses are modulated by other environmental drivers.

In this model, middle intensity work (like rugby training or matches) should be avoided for the majority of the programme because it has the double edged drawback of not being intense enough to optimally develop strength, speed or power, but too intense to facilitate recovery and adaptation.

Throughout, adaptations will be made to reflect both the locality — children are taught Mandarin from the early years — and by elements of the IB primary and middle years programmes.

The programme, under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), aims to assist countries that are party to the Convention, particularly developing countries, to improve their understanding and assessment of impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change, and to make informed decisions thereon.

The third provides an overview of financing and capacity building initiatives that could be accessed to fund adaptation and mitigation programmes and projects.

It also provides a synthesis of relevant additional examples of adaptation planning and practices undertaken in other countries, which were reported under the Nairobi work programme on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change.

In order to effectively mainstream gender within their health adaptation to climate change programmes, managers learn to conduct a gender analysis of health vulnerability and adverse health impacts of climate change, and to design gender - responsive adaptation programmes and actions, thanks to the practical and programmatic recommendations.

They will assist countries to develop clearly defined adaptation programmes that country - owned, country - driven, and that catalyze action beyond the implementation of adaptation projects.

This manul is targeted towards programme managers who work in climate change and health adaptation, and provides them with practical information and concrete guidance to mainstream gender throughout all four phases of the project cycle: identification, formulation and design, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation.

This publication has been developed under the Nairobi work programme on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change, and provides an introduction to a range of different assessment approaches and methodologies and shares best practices and lessons learned.

Adaptation negotiators face a heavy agenda: making the Adaptation Committee operational; solidifying the Loss and Damage work programme; preparing guidelines and modalities for National Adaptation Plans; and the next phase of the Nairobi Work Programme, amongst others.

This publication highlights the important contribution that the Nairobi work programme has made to advancing work related to the four components of climate change adaptation.

On adaptation, the report outlines three corruption risk areas: State capture and abuse of discretion; bribery, clientelism and cronyism leading to poorly designed programmes; and petty corruption in programme delivery.

This analytical report presents media coverage of the African Adaptation Programme (AAP) in 2010 and describes some of the on the ground experiences of the programme.

It also intends to inform Parties of the knowledge and resources being provided by Nairobi work programme partners through the wide variety of adaptation actions in these areas.

The Department of Energy and Climate Change is funding a programme of climate science and related research to inform Government policy on mitigation of, and adaptation to, climate change.

The government has joined hands with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) for the implementation of $ 37.6 - million «Adaptation for Smallholders in Hilly Areas» (ASHA) programme for a new six - year period (2015 - 2018).

The causes, impacts and legacies of various strategies - including liberalisation policies, decades of structural adjustment programmes (SAP) and market conditions - can not be ignored in discussions on poverty alleviation and adaptation to stresses, including climate change.

Through this 2 year project the RUAF Foundation supports the integration of Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture and Forestry (UPAF) in the UN-HABITAT Cities and Climate Change Initiative, and in local and provincial city climate change mitigation and adaptation policies and programmes in Bobo Dioulasso (Burkina Faso), Kesbewa / Western Province (Sri Lanka) and Kathmandu (Nepal).

The RUAF Foundation supports the integration of urban and peri-urban agriculture and forestry in the UN-HABITAT Cities and Climate Change Initiative, and in local and provincial city climate change mitigation and adaptation policies and programmes in Bobo Dioulasso (Burkina Faso), Kesbewa / Western Province (Sri Lanka) and Kathmandu (Nepal).

The transportation sector has shown early signals of adaptation too, as automakers keep establishing ambitious plans for electrification of their future fleets and ten states so far have Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) programmes to encourage the deployment of electric vehicles.

The Daily Star: As the release of the UN climate change fund for vulnerable countries is being delayed, Bangladesh should implement adaptation programmes with assistances from its development partners through bilateral arrangements, according to experts.

Issues of public acceptability, grid connection and adaptation, and managing intermittency are common to a range of renewable energy technologies and need to be addressed in government RD&D programmes.

prioritise programmes and support to development and implementation of adaptation strategies for too much and too little water including strengthening the role of women

[Each Party][All Parties][recognizing the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities][shall][should][other] regularly [formulate][prepare], [communicate][submit], [maintain][update] and [shall][should][other][implement][fulfill][intended][nationally determined mitigation [commitments][contributions][actions]-RSB-[nationally determined mitigation commitments and / or contributions][a nationally determined contribution with a mitigation component], -LSB-, which can be in the form of co-benefits resulting from [its][the Party's] adaptation contributions and economic diversification plans][programmes containing measures to mitigate climate change](NDMC / NDMCC)

Produced by adaptation, Technology and science programme of the UNFCCC secretariat.

The MOOC is part of a work - programme of the Integrating Agriculture in National Adaptation Plans (NAP - Ag) Programme, a joint effort led by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to support countries to integrate and address climate change concerns as they affect agricultural sector - based livelihoods in national and sectoral planning and budgeting processes.

(b) «Formulate, implement, publish and regularly update national and, where appropriate, regional programmes containing measures to mitigate climate change by addressing anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of all greenhouse gases not controlled by the Montreal Protocol, and measures to facilitate adequate adaptation to climate change;» (c) «Promote and cooperate in the development, application and diffusion, including transfer, of technologies, practices and processes that control, reduce or prevent anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases...»

This activity report provides a summary of the expert meeting on socio - economic information, held under the Nairobi work programme on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change.

Prior to joining NCE, Daniele held a number of positions on climate change and food security at the UK Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, including as head of the UK government research programme on climate change adaptation.

This briefing note introduces evaluation methods that provide programme managers and policymakers with thorough evidence on the impact of adaptation interventions, allowing them to make informed policy choices on adaptation options.

It aims to provide national and local government decision makers and community leaders with information relevant to defining their adaptation priorities and plans, with the view of eventually integrating this into their regular programmes and budgets.

SDC / IHCAP: This report looks at the interventions that the Indian Himalayas Climate Adaptation programme can make in the policy sphere to advance the cause of adaptations to climate change effects and sustainable development in the Himalayas.

By engaging in detailed, evidence - based evaluation, policymakers and programme managers can address critical elements for the formulation and implementation of the National Adaptation Plans.

«Even in these difficult times, we can not afford to delay (mitigation and adaptation programmes warranted by climate change),» Ban said addressing a meeting of the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) in the Bangladesh capital, representing nations from Africa, the Asia - Pacific and the Americas.

We decide that the Copenhagen Climate Fund shall be established as an operating entity of the financial mechanism of the Convention to support projects, programmes, policies and other activities in developing cotmtries related to mitigation including REDD - plus, adaptation, capacity - building, technology development and transfer as set forth in decision - / CP.l 5.

We recognize the critical impacts of climate change and the potential impacts of response measures on countries particularly vulnerable to its adverse effects and stress the need to establish a comprehensive adaptation programme including international support.

Adaptation fund A fund for projects and programmes that help developing countries cope with the adverse effects of climate change.

However, here in the sad reality of the UNFCCC, where profits take priority over people and the market reigns supreme, soil sequestration could be the death of a meaningful adaptation programme for agriculture.