Sentences with phrase «change adaptation policies»

This briefing note illustrates the role and logic of Cost - Benefit Analysis (CBA) in the evaluation of climate change adaptation policies and projects in the agriculture sectors and describes the main analytical steps for conducting it, providing practical examples.

The document also recommends ways to integrate gender into climate change adaptation policies and activities.

We already have most, if not all, of the necessary technology and economic policy options, but we lack sufficient public and political will to implement them — as well as helpful climate change adaptation policies — fast enough.

Robert R.M. Verchick, a Loyola University law professor who worked on climate change adaptation policy at the Environmental Protection Agency under Obama, said federal leadership is essential.

This analytical report focuses on the links between gender and climate change adaptation and highlights strategies the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)'s Africa Adaptation Programme (AAP) used to mainstream gender into climate change adaptation policy and increase women's engagement in decision - making.

(1) complete an adaptation plan for that department or agency, respectively, implementing the Natural Resources Climate Change Adaptation Strategy under section 476 and consistent with the Natural Resources Climate Change Adaptation Policy under section 472, detailing the department's or agency's current and projected efforts to address the potential impacts of climate change and ocean acidification on natural resources within the department's or agency's jurisdiction and necessary additional actions, including a timeline for implementation of those actions;

Robert R.M. Verchick, a Loyola University law professor who worked on climate change adaptation policy at the Environmental Protection Agency under Obama, said federal leadership is essential.

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but a t some point he lost it, and is not because of his stinginess to buy players, our core is good and has been for sometime now, his biggest problem was adaptation, change to the new EPL, his philosophy dating back 20 years does not work anymore and he knows it, because of this his biggest flaw all others came out to light, lack of rotation of his players favoring some over others, stubbornness that applies to his transfer policy buying for the future just as he had 20 more years ahead, players playing out of their natural positions, ARSENAL FLOPS who knows under other Managers they could have been great, for some reason they were signed in the first place, they must had some talent, best example is Campbell....

Mass Audubon strongly advocates that Massachusetts should have statutorily required policy and planning requirements on the adaptation side of the climate change equation.

Is «foreign policy change» a mere adaptation to changes taking place in the domestic arena, as argued by most IR liberals?

Other Tories view her adaptation of Conservative policy as a sign of the party changing with the times, in a similar manner to David Cameron's current project with the Conservative brand.

Dow is also a lead author on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fifth Assessment's Chapter on Adaptation Opportunities, Constraints and Limits, and the Summary for Policy Makers (2014).

«The historical long - term perspective reveals that we are at a watershed moment in human history right now: adaptation — to climate change or increasing / stronger extreme events such as hurricanes — has turned from a contingent and drawn out historical process into an imperative, a prescriptive policy, almost,» said Prof. Rohland.

Next year's school, «Adaptation and Mitigation: Responses to Climate Change,» will explore topics such as greenhouse gas emission scenarios, the economics of climate change, adaptation and mitigation measures, and climateAdaptation and Mitigation: Responses to Climate Change,» will explore topics such as greenhouse gas emission scenarios, the economics of climate change, adaptation and mitigation measures, and climate polChange,» will explore topics such as greenhouse gas emission scenarios, the economics of climate change, adaptation and mitigation measures, and climate polchange, adaptation and mitigation measures, and climateadaptation and mitigation measures, and climate policies.

Given the predicted changes to dryland habitats globally, the outcome of this research is essential for developing strategies for adaptation by policy makers.»

Richard Munang and Jessica Andrews, authors of «Harnessing Ecosystem - Based Adaptation: To Address the Social Dimensions of Climate Change,» published in Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, think that we can.

If the world is focused on adaptation, Third World countries will suffer the catastrophes caused by climate change while «rich countries will muddle through with dikes, crops redesigned to survive drought, more air conditioning and the like,» Peter Passell wrote in the news magazine Foreign Policy.

But for the regions that are faced with increasingly stressful weather patterns, «there's a great deal that could be done to offset the impacts of climate change through adaptation, farming with new technology and government policies that are conducive to promoting small - holder agriculture,» he said.

In the example of climate change, Pielke Jr says, many researchers have taken one of two sides: backing either mitigation policies to reduce greenhouse - gas emissions, or adaptation policies to deal with climate change as it occurs.

«If efficacy of the mSMT pediatric adaptation is substantiated, there is not only the potential to drastically change the lives of children and adolescence with TBI, but clinical practice and policy as well,» remarked Dr. Chiaravalloti, director of neuropsychology, neuroscience and TBI research at Kessler Foundation, and director of the Northern New Jersey TBI Model System.

Towns and small cities are often less able to mainstream climate change adaptation into policies and practices than larger urban areas.

We have a climate change adaptation task force shared by the Office of Science and Technology Policy, Council on Environmental Quality, and the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.

Quantitative integrated assessment of climate change risks is not always possible, but it can play a key role in informing decisions both about local adaptation and about large - scale mitigation policy.

With change comes adaptation and bloggers know all about adapting to policy changes.

b by 2020, increase by x % the number of cities and human settlements adopting and implementing integrated policies and plans towards inclusion, resource efficiency, mitigation and adaptation to climate change, resilience to disasters, develop and implement in line with the forthcoming Hyogo Framework holistic disaster risk management at all levels

Trends toward accommodation, adaptation, and hybridization will likely increase as U.S. education policy seeks to catch up to the sweeping demographic, technological, and economic changes taking place.

Policies intended to «protect» districts weaken the incentives that should drive change and adaptation as enrollments fluctuate.

Policies intended to protect districts from the effects of shifting enrollments «weaken the incentives that should drive change and adaptation as enrollments fluctuate,» observe Roza and Fullerton.

To counter the slow - changing nature of policy and service delivery, we need to embrace risk - taking, catalyze creative thinking, promote short - cycle sharing, learn quickly from failure, support continuous adaptation, and reject uncritical loyalty to existing programs or strategies.

Such academics as Marguerite Roza and Jon Fullerton say that policies designed to help districts cope with the effects of shifting student enrollments «weaken the incentives that should drive change and adaptation.»

In FY 2013, the Department took significant strides forward by incorporating climate change adaptation and resiliency considerations into DOT policies and grant programs, especially those related to Hurricane Sandy.

In FY 2012, the Department took significant strides forward by incorporating climate change adaptation and resiliency considerations into DOT policies and grant programs and releasing its first ever Climate Change Adaptationchange adaptation and resiliency considerations into DOT policies and grant programs and releasing its first ever Climate Change Adaptaadaptation and resiliency considerations into DOT policies and grant programs and releasing its first ever Climate Change AdaptationChange AdaptationAdaptation Plan.

Through DOT's 2011 Climate Change Policy Statement, DOT has adopted the following guiding principles for addressing climate change adaptChange Policy Statement, DOT has adopted the following guiding principles for addressing climate change adaptchange adaptation:

I'll try to convey to the folks back home that any money that will come from the Cancun agreements is not only for specific climate change mitigation or adaptation projects but also providing us a chance to rethink and revise our national agricutural, energy, and land use policies.

This is extremely dangerous, because the same science also has to inform other policy areas, particular adaptation to climate change.

In light of those concerns, I suggest a suite of policies, focused largely on risk reduction and adaptation, to insulate the United States and countries of strategic concern from the worst effects of climate change.

The Stephen H. Schneider Symposium, being held in late August in Boulder, Colo., will reflect on his approach to the climate problem and culminate with a session on this question: «The challenge of climate change mitigation and adaptation: How do we translate sound climate science into sound policies?»

Climate change mitigation and adaptation policies discussions go way beyond discussing just CO2 atmospheric concentration numbers.

A first step towards planning adaptation policies of SLR would be the projection of SLR at the local level at different time scales and at its different scenarios, as devised by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

But she says adaptation policies for the Arctic must address the well - being of mainly indigenous peoples who live in areas directly impacted by climate change.

Tell us why you think that virtually every nation, state, county, city, the military are developing action plans and policies for adaptation & mitigation based on the science that is pointing to us being responsible for the observed changes in our ecosystem.

The prominence of climate risk and policy in the minds of business leaders is reflected in the World Economic Forum's Global Risks Report 2016, which found that the risk with the greatest potential impact is a failure of climate change mitigation and adaptation.

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