Not exact matches
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez's suggestion to
focus our sea - level rise and climate
change mitigation efforts on building a more - resilient city are on point.
His research
focus is on climate
change mitigation and adaptation in fire - prone forests.
The new study builds on research conducted for the IIASA - coordinated Global Energy Assessment, and provides an analysis linking water, energy, and climate
change mitigation, a
focus of several new IIASA research projects.
«This mixture shows the role that agroforestry can play in addressing both climate
mitigation and adaptation in primarily food -
focused production systems of Africa» says Dr. Cheikh Mbow, Senior Scientist, Climate
Change and Development at the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) and lead author of the article.
«In order to sustain water and energy security in the next decades, the electricity
focus will need to increase their
focus on climate
change adaptation in addition to
mitigation.»
«The UC Carbon Neutrality Initiative should have a major
focus on climate
change mitigation via the food system,» he said.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) budget request reveals a strong
focus on planning for and mitigating the impacts of climate
change and extreme weather events, with money set aside for new weather satellites, climate
mitigation planning, and additional grants for coastal resilience studies.
Ed's research currently
focuses on public understanding of — and engagement in — climate
change, including its risks and
mitigation and adaptation options.
22 This report
focuses on climate
change impacts, not
mitigation.
Thomas» work
focuses primarily on the synergies between climate
change mitigation and the development agenda.
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.
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?
The theme and
focus of this year's forum was, «Climate
Change and Marine Environments in Asia: Seeking
Mitigation Strategies.»
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.
Another study, in the journal Nature Climate
Change in 2012, concluded that «communication should focus on how mitigation efforts can promote a better society» rather than «on the reality of climate change and averting its risks.&
Change in 2012, concluded that «communication should
focus on how
mitigation efforts can promote a better society» rather than «on the reality of climate
change and averting its risks.&
change and averting its risks.»
Primary areas of
focus include climate
change mitigation, technology capacity building, and municipal innovation.
Billions of dollars are committed each year to the international fight against climate
change, but the majority of these funds
focus on
mitigation initiatives, mainly renewable energy, which aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Source: S. Stoll - Kleemann, Tim O'Riordan, Carlo C. Jaeger, The psychology of denial concerning climate
mitigation measures: evidence from Swiss
focus groups, Global Environmental
Change, 11 (2001) 107 - 117
If they are to be effective, local plans for climate
change (both adaptation and
mitigation) require the involvement of a variety of stakeholders and a specific
focus on the most vulnerable groups.
Thus, a strategy with a dual
focus on both air quality and climate
change mitigation may present a unique opportunity to engage parties and nations not yet fully committed to climate
change mitigation for its own sake.
The climate related
focus of the EIP will likely be towards
mitigation activities in the energy sector of EU Neighbourhood countries, while existing initiatives such as the Global Climate
Change Alliance went completely under the radar of European Commission officials.
While the IPCC reports cover the physical science, impacts, and
mitigation efforts, CCR - II is strictly
focused on the physical science of climate
change.
On climate
change, the guidelines address both
mitigation and adaptation issues, with a
focus on identifying practices that could increase vulnerability to climate
change.
WG III
focuses on
mitigation of climate
change.
This analytical report
focuses on exploring an increasingly important question: how can developing countries effectively integrate Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) tools within climate
change adaptation and
mitigation strategies?
«The special issue of the International Journal of Global Warming
focuses on a crucial topic: «Loss and damage» which refers to adverse effects of climate variability and climate
change that occur despite
mitigation and adaptation efforts,» Editor - in - Chief Ibrahim Dincer of the University of Ontario Institute of Technology says.
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change its brief and
focus away from simply investigating human - induced climate
change and its impact, consequences plus possible
mitigation and adaptation measures to truly researching all aspects of our planet's climate and
In particular, it addresses the critical question of what policy options, and what type of REDD + funding mechanism, are most conducive towards effectively financing forest - based climate
change mitigation (with a
focus on Phase 3 of REDD + implementation).
Two new studies have warned that climate
change mitigation efforts will fail by merely
focusing on checking of carbon dioxide emissions.
With the completion of the review, the IPCC can now
focus fully on its mandate to assess in a comprehensive, objective, open and transparent basis the scientific, technical and socio - economic information relevant to understanding the scientific basis of the risks of climate
change, its potential impacts, and options for adaptation and
mitigation,» IPCC Chair Rajendra Pachauri said.
Amidst high - profile international climate negotiations that
focus largely on emissions
mitigation, the message that those who are least responsible for driving climate
change will suffer the greatest consequences is often lost.
The NRC recommendations highlight the need for a
change in orientation to an overarching strategic research
focus on adaptation,
mitigation, and human and societal vulnerability.
For me, it looks like the Stern report is rather a traditional optimisation computation
focused on some sort of worst case for damages from climate
change and best case for
mitigation cost, amalgamated with some alternative discounting methodology.
A 2012 research report from Yale University's Project on Climate
Change Communication found that placing the conversation within a public - health frame was more likely «to elicit emotional reactions consistent with support for climate change mitigation and adaptation» than a traditional environmental frame, or even one focused on national sec
Change Communication found that placing the conversation within a public - health frame was more likely «to elicit emotional reactions consistent with support for climate
change mitigation and adaptation» than a traditional environmental frame, or even one focused on national sec
change mitigation and adaptation» than a traditional environmental frame, or even one
focused on national security.
Alongside
mitigation, then, we also need policies
focused on adaptation, on making sensible adjustments to the unavoidable
changes that we now face.
Successful
mitigation of climate
change is not about finding «a solution,» but developing appropriate institutional and policy options for technological innovation — options that allow experimentation and progress on multiple fronts, tolerate risk, accept that there will be both successes and failures, and
focus on creating the initial conditions for progress.
The consequences of such doubts are important: elimination of the science is settled arguments; less money and talk on drastic climate
change mitigation measures; more
focus on alleviation of Third World poverty.
It would be very interesting to follow closely contract attributions both off and on campuses and how much a discount may be offered to Universities new buildings in relation with the number of municipal contracts linked to «climate
change»
mitigation... Local newspapers that are surviving mostly on real estates ads are very much willing propagandists of the worst kind: http://www.nsnews.com/north-vancouver-city-plans-for-climate-
change-floods-1.668838 «Although the city approved an ongoing strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in 2005, the
focus is now on dealing with existing climate
change, said Caroline Jackson, section manager of environmental sustainability at the City of North Vancouver.»
The project is one of nine groundbreaking climate
change initiatives selected and funded by the NRCS's 2011 Conservation Innovation Grant (CIG) program, and is
focused on greenhouse gas (GHG)
mitigation for one of the least protected and most imperiled ecosystems in the world.
Agreements related to climate
change, but not specifically
focused on GHG
mitigation, are less extensively analysed in the climate literature.
At the same time, Singh said issues of financing
mitigation actions to tackle climate
change have been a focus of intense discussion in negotiations under the auspices of the UN Framework Convention on Climate C
change have been a
focus of intense discussion in negotiations under the auspices of the UN Framework Convention on Climate
ChangeChange.
It is divided into three working groups,
focusing respectively on the physical science basis (WGI), impacts, adaptation and vulnerability (WGII), and
mitigation of climate
change (WGIII), each reviewing the existing literature in their fields.
Adrian's research
focuses on energy and climate
change policy, with emphasis on the role of urban areas in climate
change mitigation and on the economics of fossil fuel production and consumption.
Zaelke and the team at IGSD will continue to
focus on maximizing the climate -
change mitigation potential of the ozone treaty through the destruction of CFCs and HCFCs contained in old air conditioners and other equipment.
Watch the recording of the event here Time and venue: May 1st, 16.45 — 18.15, Bonn Climate
Change Conference / World Conference Center, Kaminzimmer This side event
focused on measures to uphold the rights of local stakeholders affected by climate
mitigation projects in the context of the negotiations on the Sustainable Development Mechanism (SDM), with considerations...
It stresses that generally attention has
focused on
mitigation - slowing the pace of climate
change - and adaptation - helping people cope with its effects.
International efforts to address climate
change have
focused on reducing the amount of warming greenhouse gases emitted into the atmosphere, or
mitigation.
The NAMA
focuses on a set of interventions and measures related to policy development, technical assistance, and access to finance that will be integrated within sustainable commercial oriented investment activities that contribute to enhanced agriculture productivity, climate
change mitigation and adaptation, improved food security, and increased incomes.
A total of 22 European Member States answered the questions
focusing on eight thematic areas or topics: governance, vulnerability, impact and adaptation assessments, national and subnational adaptation strategies, climate -
change mitigation, strengthening of health systems, awareness raising and capacity building, green health services and sharing best practices.
Achieving emissions reductions for environmental justice communities through climate
change mitigation policy by Nicky Sheats, PhD This paper
focuses on emissions reductions for EJ communities under the Clean Power Plan in particular as well as climate
change mitigation policy in general and argues that these reductions should be both mandatory and planned.