Sentences with phrase «change mitigation practices»

The add - on certification module promotes additional climate - smart adaptation and climate change mitigation practices.

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Introduce state - of - the - art climate - smart agricultural practices that will contribute to climate change mitigation.

• Revising how subsidies are allotted to producers, and how different practices are taxed across the value chain; • Influence the evolution of production standards so that they guide producers toward increasingly sustainable practices; • Refining public education regarding what are best practices of production systems (and accounting for them), and how to make them more widespread; • Studying the effects different practices and production systems have on society - wide challenges such as public health (and health insurance, whether it is publicly or privately provided), climate change mitigation, job creation and family income, etc..

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.

Themes: Aerosols, Arctic and Antarctic climate, Atmospheric Science, Climate modelling, Climate sensitivity, Extreme events, Global warming, Greenhouse gases, Mitigation of Climate Change, Present - day observations, Oceans, Paleo - climate, Responses to common contrarian arguments, The Practice of Science, Solar forcing, Projections of future climate, Climate in the media, Meeting Reports, Miscellaneous.

The report provides scientifically sound practical guidance for selecting SLM practices that help address DLDD, climate change adaptation and mitigation, and for creating an enabling environment for their large - scale implementation considering local realities.

She investigates how behavior and physiology of cattle change in response to farming practices that may affect animal welfare, such as painful procedures (e.g., tail docking, disbudding, branding), management decisions (e.g., stocking density), and environmental conditions (e.g., effects of weather and mitigation strategies; comfort of lying and standing surfaces).

[1] We also agree to encourage initiatives contributing to climate change mitigation including purchasing and investment policies and practices that promote and support the cleaner and more efficient products and services that can contribute to lower carbon emissions.

While the greenhouse gas footprint of the production of other foods, compared to sources such as livestock, is highly dependent on a number of factors, production of livestock currently accounts for about 30 % of the U.S. total emissions of methane.316, 320,325,326 This amount of methane can be reduced somewhat by recovery methods such as the use of biogas digesters, but future changes in dietary practices, including those motivated by considerations other than climate change mitigation, could also have an effect on the amount of methane emitted to the atmosphere.327

This guidance document synthesizes lessons learned from the FAO Mitigation of Climate Change in Agriculture programme's work with online communities of practice.

On climate change, the guidelines address both mitigation and adaptation issues, with a focus on identifying practices that could increase vulnerability to climate change.

This manual describes crop and livestock management technologies and practices that contribute to climate change mitigation while improving crop productivity, reducing reliance on synthetic fertilizers, and lowering water consumption.

This report categorises and assesses a diverse array of Sustainable Land Management (SLM) practices and identifies their potential to create synergies between combating Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought (DLDD), and achieving climate change mitigation and adaptation goals.

The conference included sessions of the UNFCCC Subsidiary Bodies, which between them look at the «what's and whys and how's» of climate change adaptation, mitigation, technology and finance that will eventually form the policies and practices of the climate change treaty.

Nature - based solutions for climate adaptation and mitigation: from policy to practice perspectives November 16, 13:15 - 14:45 — Meeting Room 9 The Paris agreement recognizes the role of nature - based solutions in mitigating and adapting to climate change.

E) Adaptation and mitigation strategies, such as those which develop large infrastructure or the resettle communities against their will to reduce exposure to climate change, carry risks of disrupted livelihoods, displaced populations, deterioration of valued cultural expressions and practices, and in some cases violent conflict.

In practice, any realistic assessment of how the world works, including the politics of climate change, must conclude that geoengineering research is virtually certain to reduce mitigation incentives.

This manual is designed to provide practical guidance and capacity building for climate change adaptation and mitigation practices in the tourism sector.

Among the many mitigation measures currently under development, some could provide new opportunities to hundreds of millions of smallholder farmers, pastoralists and forest dwellers, through their roles as sequesters of carbon, through the changes they can make in their land use and cultivation practices to reduce GHG emissions, and as small scale producers of clean energy.

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.

Mitigation of the effects of climate change are still important, but changes in industrial and social practices have to come first and fast.

Note that a new practice at the IPCC is the back - to - back holding of an expert meeting on scenarios with lead author meetings, to ensure coordination with the scientific community which is developing a new generation of socioeconomic scenarios for climate change impacts, adaptation and mitigation research.

Developing countries, especially in Africa, feared that changing farm practices to achieve climate mitigation goals would diminish crop yields and threaten livelihoods.

The lawyers in the group routinely counsel clients on addressing sustainable practices such as using renewable and alternative energy, recycling and conserving water and other resources, financing green initiatives, following LEED and green construction practices, implementing corporate sustainability programs, managing climate change risks through adaptation and mitigation, and establishing clean - tech ventures.

Early Loss Mitigation Supervisor (9/2008 — 4/2010) • Managed unit of approximately 8 to 15 collectors while ensuring the achievement of unit objectives and related standards • Compiled and analyzed statistical data relative to unit productivity, monitoring live calls while providing feedback to staff • Provide advice and question resolution concerning collection activities, reviewing the status of severely delinquent accounts and handling all loss mitigation efforts • Advised staff of any changes in policy and procedures, allocated critical resources, and developed work schedules • Train current and new staff members as well as conduct performance reviews, making recommendations as needed regarding corrective actions and suggested dismissals • Assist departmental manager with training course scheduling for entire department • Create and distribute various reports to staff and peers on a regular and ad - hoc basis • Traveled to Chatsworth, CA as supervisor, developing observations and recommendations which led to facility improvements • Acted as representative to the Washington Mutual conversion to early loss mitigation in Albion, NY, sharing best practices Mitigation Supervisor (9/2008 — 4/2010) • Managed unit of approximately 8 to 15 collectors while ensuring the achievement of unit objectives and related standards • Compiled and analyzed statistical data relative to unit productivity, monitoring live calls while providing feedback to staff • Provide advice and question resolution concerning collection activities, reviewing the status of severely delinquent accounts and handling all loss mitigation efforts • Advised staff of any changes in policy and procedures, allocated critical resources, and developed work schedules • Train current and new staff members as well as conduct performance reviews, making recommendations as needed regarding corrective actions and suggested dismissals • Assist departmental manager with training course scheduling for entire department • Create and distribute various reports to staff and peers on a regular and ad - hoc basis • Traveled to Chatsworth, CA as supervisor, developing observations and recommendations which led to facility improvements • Acted as representative to the Washington Mutual conversion to early loss mitigation in Albion, NY, sharing best practices mitigation efforts • Advised staff of any changes in policy and procedures, allocated critical resources, and developed work schedules • Train current and new staff members as well as conduct performance reviews, making recommendations as needed regarding corrective actions and suggested dismissals • Assist departmental manager with training course scheduling for entire department • Create and distribute various reports to staff and peers on a regular and ad - hoc basis • Traveled to Chatsworth, CA as supervisor, developing observations and recommendations which led to facility improvements • Acted as representative to the Washington Mutual conversion to early loss mitigation in Albion, NY, sharing best practices mitigation in Albion, NY, sharing best practices from Chase

This is despite significant potential for strategies to mitigate the effects of climate change creating or supporting economies for our peoples or alternatively, for our traditional practices to be severely impacted upon by mitigation strategies.