Sentences with phrase «adaptation programs»

The committees suggested setting up a national climate change adaptation program to empower communities by using local, indigenous knowledge to help decrease disaster risk and support recovery efforts.

They were the intensity and frequency of calls for: (a) global justice, and (b) increased funding for adaptation programs in vulnerable developing countries.

Both cities want the companies to pay for climate change adaptation programs, which would include the construction of sea walls and raising low - lying buildings exposed to rising tides.

This has included developing the BC Agriculture & Climate Change Action Plan, leading a project to evaluate the agriculture sector's risks and opportunities in relation to climate change and the managing, development and delivery of current adaptation programming for the sector in B.C.. From 2004 to 2008, Emily was a Program Manager with the Investment Agriculture Foundation.

The EPA last night sent employees a list of eight approved talking points on climate change from its Office of Public Affairs — guidelines that promote a message of uncertainty about climate science and gloss over proposed cuts to key adaptation programs.

He runs the drought adaptation program for the Senegalese Agricultural Research Agency (ISRA).

I'm working to build the organization's Climate Change Adaptation Program across the Americas and helping manage The Climate Adaptation Fund, which supports on - the - ground adaptation efforts.

Since 2001, the GEF — through the LDCF and the Special Climate Change Fund and the Strategic Priority on Adaptation program — has provided $ 1.3 USD billion in grant financing and mobilized $ 7 USD billion from other sources for 320 adaptation projects in 129 countries, including all Least Developed Countries and 33 Small Island Developing States.

Developing countries typically don't have the resources to support these large projects, so putting the information in several easily understood tables can greatly aid researchers and government officials in developing countries to not only understand future climate projects but also deveop adequate adaptation programs.

The independent nature of creating and implementing adaptation plans also tends to create disconnects between states, making it difficult to adequately evaluate and compare individual adaptation programs.

«Climate adaptation programs such as aquaculture development may be seen as a solution,» said William Cheung, associate professor at UBC's Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries and a co-author of the study.

We need adaptation programs that will provide relief for the vulnerable communities and build resilience to climate change impacts.»

My Republica: Despite having been identified as one of the most vulnerable countries in the world, Nepal was not among the first group of countries to write a National Adaptation Program of Action (NAPA)-- a prerequisite for accessing international support for climate intervention.

Steve Winkelman, director of transportation and adaptation programs with the Center for Clean Air Policy in Washington, D.C., says the report «will help federal agencies, states, communities, and citizens understand how climate change will impact their day - to - day activities.»

The mission of VA's Housing Adaptation programs is to adapt and / or modify a veteran's / servicemember's residence to accommodate their disability or disabilities.

Governments in the developing world are also now pooling their resources into sovereign insurance funds that make payouts for climate adaptation programs, said Fatima Kassam of the African Risk Capacity Insurance Co., a specialized agency of the African Union.

The research was being carried out within the framework of the Indian Himalayas Climate Adaptation Program (IHCAP), a partnership led jointly by the Indian and Swiss authorities with strong scientific input from UNIGE.

This would create the requisite market forces to drive energy innovation, foster the proliferation of alternative energy infrastructure currently «too costly» to compete with fossil fuels, and generate revenue for adaptation programs to deal with the effects we are already experiencing.

Focusing on five countries in the region (Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka), this review captures examples of good practice in climate change adaptation programming, in order to inform Oxfam's learning, enabling it and other organizations to replicate some of these good practices in their own programs and to advocate their adequate financing and governance.

«These are important places that have a lot of people, property, and local economies that are going to struggle,» said Jessica Grannis, the adaptation program manager at Georgetown's Climate Center, at a recent Wilson Center event on the role of subnational decision - makers in achieving international goals.

The Summit report identifies seven priorities for near - term action, starting with the need to develop «an overarching national strategy to guide federal climate climate change adaptation programs.

It is what Jessica Hellmann, associate professor and leader of Notre Dame's climate change adaptation program, called an «enormous climate challenge.»

She now works as a Technical Adviser for GIZ, the German Agency for International Cooperation, on a climate change adaptation program.

And then, last week, the EPA closed down its climate change adaptation program — a program designed to help coastal communities adapt to the impacts of climate change, such as sea level rise.

The city asked the court to require the companies to abate the nuisance by funding a climate adaptation program to build sea walls and other infrastructure necessary to protect public and private property from sea level rise and other climate impacts.»

«San Francisco Asked State Court to Require Oil and Gas Companies to Fund Climate Adaptation Program.

«Oakland Asked State Court to Require Oil and Gas Companies to Fund Climate Adaptation Program.

Intact's commitment to improving the Insurance situation in Canada is evident initiatives such as the Hail Suppression Program and Climate Change Adaptation Program.