Sentences with phrase «challenges of climate»

He says the announcement also means VREB can proceed with its own plans coming out of its 2008 Green Task Force to make local Realtors more aware of the challenges of climate change.

«We believe more and more home buyers are looking for homes that have been retrofitted for energy savings and these new provincial financial incentives will help people prepare their homes for that market reality and make a contribution to the challenges of climate change,» says Joe.

The Victorian Government values the contributions Indigenous groups, including Traditional Owners, make towards protecting land and biodiversity values, as we face the challenges of climate change together.

The fifth speech, entitled Caring for Culture, Caring for Country, discussed the role of our traditional lands and culture in achieving economic development for our communities as well as in contributing to the challenges of climate change and other environmental issues.

A new report grapples with the complex challenges of climate risk assessment, and urges governments to adopt a cross-disciplinary, holistic approach at the...

A greater appreciation for this body of research would allow for consideration of a broader base of policy options to respond to the challenges of climate change, as well as the composition of climate research portfolios more likely to contribute useful knowledge to decision makers.

The class is also influenced by Amitav Ghosh's 2016 book Great Derangement, which, according to the course description, «suggests that the world's collective failure to meet the challenges of climate change stems from an ongoing crisis of culture and, more fundamentally, of the imagination.»

http://www.bristol.ac.uk/cabot/documents/anderson-ppt.pdf (Tyndall Centre, U. of Manchester) «Real Clothes for the Emperor: facing the challenges of climate change»

So said U.S. President Barack Obama yesterday while addressing the United Nations, talking about the twin challenges of climate change and energy consumption.

It seems that more and more communities are getting together to take on the looming challenges of climate change and energy descent.

China needs to step forward in addressing the challenges of climate change, argues Caspar Henderson.

As more anthropological data is brought into these models, more clues and solutions can be found to help humans cope with the challenges of climate change.

Today, world leaders gathered at the United Nations in New York to address the challenges of climate change.

«So I just give you one example of how we can combine to meet the challenges of climate change and cut people's gas and electricity bills and create the opportunities for work and training for that work.»

The Powerdown Show is a 10 - part TV series that takes a fresh and engaging look at the community responses to the converging challenges of climate change and peak oil.

He argued that understanding this concept, that the self should be treated as a plural verb rather than an isolated «I», was essential to imparting the urgent need for empathy that might spur people to help one another overcome the challenges of climate change.

OraTaiao is part of a worldwide movement of health professionals and health organisations urgently focusing on the health challenges of climate change and the health opportunities of climate action.

One of the biggest challenges of climate change is the uncertainty and expense it is imposing on communities and businesses.

To commemorate the opening of the High Level Segment of the «African COP» in Durban, ECO invited African NGOs to submit thematic articles on the often urgent challenges of climate change and the compelling opportunities for response.

Finally it presents the report of a regional expert group of concerned partners which was formed to consider and regionalize the commitments made by the Rome Declaration of the High - Level Conference on World Food Security: the Challenges of Climate change and Bioenergy, 3 — 5 June 2008.

«This timely conference will provide valuable guidance to policymakers and practitioners on addressing the challenges of climate change».

«Restructuring Federal Climate Research to Meet the Challenges of Climate Change».

Working closely with farmers, we have seen the benefits of dealing with the challenges of climate change head on.

Nonetheless, this perspective brings a welcome clarity to the immediate challenges of climate policy.

The debate was developed in partnership with the British Council as part of their ZeroCarbonCity initiative — a two year global campaign to raise awareness and stimulate debate around the challenges of climate change.

Businesses are constantly reminded of the risks and challenges of climate change, most recently with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's fifth assessment report (AR5).

Such consequences affect the ability of people and governments to respond constructively to the challenges of climate change.

The widespread and continuing failure to respond to the challenges of climate change shows that our current set of political institutions is inadequate to the task of that collective deliberation.

As new dynamics settled in and emerging challenges of climate change moved in Kairo was compelled to think deeper.

Environmental groups have been scared to talk about costs and sacrifices because they think it will deter the public from addressing the challenges of climate change — and with good reason.

Based on Lester Brown's Plan B book series, this 90 - minute film — Plan B: Mobilizing to Save Civilization — airing on PBS Wednesday, March 30 in the United States (see listings for time in your area) follows Lester as he speaks in Beijing, Seoul, Tokyo, New Delhi, Rome, Istanbul, Ankara, and Washington, DC, and visits with world leaders to discuss ways to respond to the challenges of climate change.

A recent National Center for Public Policy Research poll found that — not surprisingly — Americans are not too interested in paying additional gasoline taxes in order to help address the challenges of climate change

Abdullah calls for consolidated efforts to address climate change Shaikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Foreign Minister, has highlighted the need to consolidate efforts and work as a team to address the challenges of climate change.

Necessity is the mother of invention, and the global necessity of facing the challenges of Climate Change has unleashed the inventive powers of architects around the world, many of whom are tackling the problem in original and highly creative ways.

Whether such adaptability is sufficient to address the challenges of climate change depends both on the speed of climate - induced changes and on the degree to which Native communities are supported rather than constrained in the adaptive measures they need to make.147

Both cases exemplify the challenges of climate research and the construction of projections for the future.

With this $ 1.8 billion initiative, New York continues to tackle the challenges of climate change and create the high - quality, good - paying careers of tomorrow.»

The National Research Council's 2009 report Restructuring Federal Climate Research to Meet the Challenges of Climate Change establishes six priorities for reorganizing the USGCRP around integrated scientific - societal issues and the strengthening of research on the human and societal dimensions of climate change adaptation, mitigation, and vulnerability.

Using input from the scientific community, the report identifies priority areas that advance the dual role of atmospheric chemistry: first to advance fundamental understanding of the Earth system; and second to advance research needed to address the societal challenges of climate change, human health, and ecosystem health.

Press Trust of India: India will work with global community to meet the challenges of climate change, Government today said and spelt out local action plans to tackle the warming.

The global challenges of climate change and energy security require urgent action.

This information brief stresses that, to meet the challenges of climate change and the increasing global demand for food, agriculture must become «climate - smart».

This manual is a guide on how facilitators, peer educators, project officers, teachers or youth workers can support young people in non-formal learning settings, both in and out of school, to take action in addressing the challenges of climate change.

This analytical report aims to catalyse thinking about the ways in which agriculture — which has a vital role in global food security, development and natural resources use — can and must be fully integrated into national strategies and a consensus - based multilateral framework to address the challenges of climate change.

In Australia and around the world, many businesses are adapting to the challenges of climate change and moving towards a low carbon economy.

This analytical report is concerned with strategies for the sustainable development of tourism in the face of the challenges of climate change.

Home - grown wine might provide some solace as Britons contemplate challenges of climate change

The plan seeks to implement the concept of using the campus as a kind of «living laboratory» to explore innovative and scalable ways of tackling the daunting challenges of climate change, and to use that living laboratory to enhance the educational experience of MIT's students and provide new hands - on teaching opportunities for its faculty.

The Fund has a role to play in helping its members address those challenges of climate change for which fiscal and macroeconomic policies are an important component of the appropriate policy response.

The Department will remain ready to operate in a changing environment amid the challenges of climate change and environmental damage.