Sentences with phrase «change mitigation approach»

The report underscores that integrating crops can be an effective climate change mitigation approach.

In this sense, relationships between climate - change impacts and sustainable development (IPCC Working Group II) are linked with discussions of climate - change mitigation approaches (IPCC Working Group III).

Not exact matches

Massachusetts, along with other states and nations, has a two - part approach to combating the effects of human - induced rapid climate change: emissions reduction (mitigation) and adaptation.

This approach is characteristic of many technocratic natural - science framings of climate - change mitigation which ignore historical, social and economic forces behind the emergence of unsustainable practices.

Last November the U.S. Government Accountability Office warned that carbon offsets «may not be a reliable long - term approach to climate change mitigation.»

James A. Edmonds • Member, IPCC Steering Committee on «New Integrated Scenarios» (2006 - present) • Lead Author, Working Group III, «Framing Issues,» IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (2007) • Lead Author, Working Group III, «Global, Regional, and National Costs and Ancillary Benefits of Mitigation,» IPCC Third Assessment Report (2001) • Lead Author, Working Group III, «Decision - Making Frameworks,» IPCC Third Assessment Report (2001) • Lead Author, Working Group III, Summary for Policy Makers, IPCC Third Assessment Report (2001) • Lead Author, Working Group II, «Energy Supply Mitigation Options,» IPCC Second Assessment Report (1996) • Lead Author, Working Group II, «Mitigation: Cross-Sectoral and Other Issues,» IPCC Second Assessment Report (1996) • Lead Author, Working Group III, «Estimating the Costs of Mitigating Greenhouse Gases,» IPCC Second Assessment Report (1996) • Lead Author, Working Group III, «A Review of Mitigation Cost Studies,» IPCC Second Assessment Report (1996) • Lead Author, Working Group III, «Integrated Assessment of Climate Change: An Overview and Comparison of Approaches and Results,» IPCC Second Assessment Report (1996) • Lead Author, IPCC Special Report, Climate Change 1994: Radiative Forcing of Climate Change and An Evaluation of the IPCC IS92 Emission Scenarios (1994) • Lead Author, IPCC Special Report, Climate Change 1992: The Supplementary Report to the IPCC Scientific Assessment (1992) • Major contributor, IPCC First Assessment Report, Working Group III, Response Strategies Working Group (1991).

His work has shown that limiting cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide may be a more robust approach to climate change mitigation policy than attempting to define a «safe» stabilization level for atmospheric greenhouse gases.

A large ensemble of Earth system model simulations, constrained by geological and historical observations of past climate change, demonstrates our self ‐ adjusting mitigation approach for a range of climate stabilization targets ranging from 1.5 to 4.5 °C, and generates AMP scenarios up to year 2300 for surface warming, carbon emissions, atmospheric CO2, global mean sea level, and surface ocean acidification.

We are providing a 21st century approach to its observance not just by recharging memory, but through an artistic reflection with a balanced affirmation of Hispanic heritage and indigenous traditions for collaborative new routes of expression from ancestral roots focused on the concerns of UNESCO: Cultural Rapprochement, Biodiversity, Ocean Care and Seafaring, Climate Change mitigation through sustainable energy, reforestation, gender equity and health issues.

GBM's approach empowers communities to take action against climate change, the impacts of which are already being witnessed across Africa, through food security and water harvesting activities (adaptation) and planting the appropriate trees in appropriate places (mitigation).

~ ~ [1] I also want to thank CFR's Michael Levi and Andy Revkin at the New York Times for helping me understand the importance of an inclusive approach to climate change mitigation that embraces both innovation and deployment.

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?»

There is an urgent need to scale up financial flows, particularly financial support to developing countries; to create positive incentives for actions; to finance the incremental costs of cleaner and low - carbon technologies; to make more efficient use of funds directed toward climate change; to realize the full potential of appropriate market mechanisms that can provide pricing signals and economic incentives to the private sector; to promote public sector investment; to create enabling environments that promote private investment that is commercially viable; to develop innovative approaches; and to lower costs by creating appropriate incentives for and reducing and eliminating obstacles to technology transfer relevant to both mitigation and adaptation.

Given that our best bet of climate sensitivity has remained the same (1.5 — 4.5 C) for over 30 years with all new information «pretty much cancelling out», at one point do we begin to focus this investment more on mitigation or another approaches to climate change in general?

It in, the scientists stress an often overlooked point that «a transparent and balanced approach is necessary» when considering carbon removal and traditional mitigation solutions to climate change.

(2007) • Contribution of Renewables to Energy Security (2007) • Modelling Investment Risks and Uncertainties with Real Options Approach (2007) • Financing Energy Efficient Homes Existing Policy Responses to Financial Barriers (2007) • CO2 Allowance and Electricity Price Interaction - Impact on Industry's Electricity Purchasing Strategies in Europe (2007) • CO2 Capture Ready Plants (2007) • Fuel - Efficient Road Vehicle Non-Engine Components (2007) • Impact of Climate Change Policy Uncertainty on Power Generation Investments (2006) • Raising the Profile of Energy Efficiency in China — Case Study of Standby Power Efficiency (2006) • Barriers to the Diffusion of Solar Thermal Technologies (2006) • Barriers to Technology Diffusion: The Case of Compact Fluorescent Lamps (2006) • Certainty versus Ambition — Economic Efficiency in Mitigating Climate Change (2006) • Sectoral Crediting Mechanisms for Greenhouse Gas Mitigation: Institutional and Operational Issues (2006) • Sectoral Approaches to GHG Mitigation: Scenarios for Integration (2006) • Energy Efficiency in the Refurbishment of High - Rise Residential Buildings (2006) • Can Energy - Efficient Electrical Appliances Be Considered «Environmental Goods»?

The changing focus from urgent mitigation, an excuse to raise the price of energy by a factor of 5 - 10 or more, to adaptation and slower remediation approaches makes the whole thing useless to the socialist agenda, so they turn their attention to other excuses.

This activity report provides an overview of the approach taken in the Mitigation of Climate Change in Agriculture pilot projects (2011 - 2014) to support the implementation of climate - smart agriculture in Kenya and the United Republic of Tanzania.

They provide ideas on how positive changes can be attained as well as an understanding on how cities can generate solutions that have large, short and long - term positive benefits in terms of climate change mitigation and how this approach can be effectively embedded into local policy settings to contribute to cities» ability to generate co-benefits at local level.

The issues highlighted in the document include: reconnect science and policy, catalyze rapid and transformative changes in human behavior towards the environment, develop new insights on water - land interactions, accelerate the implementation of environmentally - friendly renewable energy, integrate biodiversity across the environmental and economic agendas, manage the unintended consequences of climate change mitigation and adaptation, and develop a new approach for minimizing risks of novel technologies and chemicals.

The report complements this analysis by offering concrete lessons learned and practical suggestions aimed at developing country decision makers and practitioners, thus fostering the adoption of novel, ICT - supported approaches to climate change adaptation and mitigation.

In conclusion, the report argues that urban areas have a pivotal role in both climate change mitigation and adaptation and identifies strategies and approaches for strengthening this role.

This is articulated in three statements of purpose: to support innovative approaches to helping smallholder producers — both women and men — build their resilience to climate change; to help smallholder farmers take advantage of available mitigation incentives and funding; and to inform a more coherent dialogue on climate change, rural development, agriculture and food security.

Roger replied that he favors incremental approaches to climate change (i.e., don't let failure to legislate adaptation stand in the way of getting started with mitigation) and does not support waiting for a grand comprehensive program, but that his testimony is simply a call to develop a larger vision with which to organize individual initiatives on sustainability («I am calling for a little bit broader vision than tuning the atmosphere to a specific ppm target.»)

This approach pays landholders or farmers for actions that preserve the services to public and environmental health provided by ecosystems on their property, including services that contribute to both climate change mitigation and adaptation.

«While the report demonstrates the importance of mitigation as an essential part of the nation's climate change strategy, it does not evaluate mitigation technologies or policies or undertake an analysis of the effectiveness of various approaches.»

Writing in Nature Climate Change, they say that the «pledge and review» approach that will form the basis of commitments made at the UN climate change negotiations in December, presents an opportunity to link mitigation goals explicitly to the evolving climate resChange, they say that the «pledge and review» approach that will form the basis of commitments made at the UN climate change negotiations in December, presents an opportunity to link mitigation goals explicitly to the evolving climate reschange negotiations in December, presents an opportunity to link mitigation goals explicitly to the evolving climate response.

China's scientists have been active in the global effort to understand climate change and are increasingly involved in developing technical approaches to both mitigation and adaptation.

Now, through Climate + Care we're taking a more joined up approach, doing climate change mitigation work in our own Fairtrade tea supply chain.

GBM's approach is a holistic watershed - based, community resilience approach that acknowledges the role of the environment in mitigation and adaptation of climate change.

«Carbon offsets involve fundamental tradeoffs and may not be a reliable long - term approach to climate change mitigation,» the report said, adding: «It is not possible to ensure that every credit represents a real, measurable and long - term reduction in emissions.»

The study «A wedge - based approach to estimating health co-benefits of climate change mitigation activities in the United States» was written by John M. Balbus (NIEH), Jeffery B. Greenblatt (Berkeley Lab), Ramya Chari (RAND Corp.), Dev Millstein (Berkeley Lab), and Kristie L. Ebi (University of Washington, School of Public Health).

The effective use of mitigation and adaption to reduce the risk to water resources, food, energy, human health and well - being, and ecosystem function from climate (including changes in the climate system) requires a multi-disciplinary, multi-faceted approach.

It outlines a set of strategies and approaches seeking to ensure that forest and other land - use climate change mitigation measures deliver sustainable development benefits in an equitable and cost - effective manner.

This analytical report analyses the gender dimension of climate change and the policies enacted to mitigate and adapt to its impacts with the aim of developing gender sensitive approaches with regards to mitigation measures, adaptation projects and national regimes.

Given the shared objective of carbon removal and mitigation approaches, research into carbon removal should proceed in conjunction with other climate change mitigation research — and with the same set of strong safeguards and governance that would apply to this research.

Fortunately, while RC wants to keep off the topic that explores «approaches to climate change mitigation.»

Blocking any meaningful agreement, ignoring their mitigation obligations, advocating for market based approaches - which are all false solutions, just as having the private sector lead the charge against climate change -, and blackmailing other less vocal delegations are just some of the actions that clearly indicate their priorities and whose interests these governments represent.