However in the rush to translate Dweck's ideas into actionable, real life practice, we have seen many mis - interpretations and mis -
adaptations of her work emerge.
Not exact matches
While several organizations like the World Bank, European agencies, nonprofit agencies and USAID have commissioned studies, experts yesterday acknowledged that no one has
emerged with a systematic approach to understanding local climate change
adaptation efforts or using them to inform the
work of the multibillion - dollar Green Climate Fund.
«I personally believe that once this is demonstrated to
work, some variations, fine - tuning and
adaptation of the idea will
emerge,» he says.
The incipient force
of this approach first
emerged in the painter's
adaptations of Andy Warhol in the early 1960s (modifications he
worked out concurrently with Sigmar Polke).
In particular, it presents four key messages, namely that: biodiversity is key to climate change
adaptation; a different set
of policy directions, changed incentive structures, reduced or phased - out perverse subsidies, and increased engagement
of business leaders is required to
work towards «holistic economics»; environmental limits need to be established to ensure society remains within them in order to achieve sustainability; and ecosystem - based
adaptation (EBA) is an
emerging approach that
works with nature to help vulnerable communities and build resilience to climate change.
The focus
of the symposium will largely be on knowledge and
adaptation, our understanding
of the issues, how we prepare for
emerging issues, including
working with our partners and what we can realistically focus on in our management activities.