Sentences with phrase «cities respond to climate change»

How cities respond to climate change is important as they are responsible for 31 to 80 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions.

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The hourlong documentary examines how Arctic warming may be increasing storms» intensity and altering their paths, and how countries such as the Netherlands are creating climate - adaptive cities to respond to changing conditions

Colin Quinn (2011 - 13 Executive Branch Fellow at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and 2013 - 15 at US Agency for International Development) is helping a port city in Mozambique respond to the severe effects of climate change.

And if their crops fail — because of drought or plant diseases, which also respond to a changing climate — they may be forced to move to the city.

Evaluations of the impact of the Resolving Conflict Creatively Program (RCCP) in four multiracial, multiethnic school districts in New York City showed that 84 percent of teachers who responded to a survey reported positive changes in classroom climate, 71 percent reported moderate or significant decreases in physical violence in the classroom, and 66 percent observed less name - calling and few verbal insults.

The study looks at only three cities and climates — Newport Beach, Chicago and Baltimore — and does so without changing the design of the building to respond to these very different climates.

The Initiative supports cities responding to the negative impact of climate change that is already being felt worldwide, and to put in place appropriate mitigation measures.

To that end, it offers twelve key messages and a series of practical case studies showing how cities can respond to the challenge of climate change in a way that ultimately improves urban sustainabilitTo that end, it offers twelve key messages and a series of practical case studies showing how cities can respond to the challenge of climate change in a way that ultimately improves urban sustainabilitto the challenge of climate change in a way that ultimately improves urban sustainability.

Northeast cities have employed a variety of mechanisms to respond to climate change, including land - use planning, provisions to protect infrastructure, regulations related to the design and construction of buildings, and emergency preparation, response, and recovery.106 While significant progress has been made, local governments still face limitations of legal authority, geographic jurisdiction, and resource constraints that could be addressed through effective engagement and support from higher levels of government.

The decision also welcomes the efforts of all non-Party stakeholders to address and respond to climate change, including those of civil society, the private sector, financial institutions, cities and other subnational authorities.

The index ranked the vulnerability of the world's countries, and the 50 cities deemed most economically important, to the impacts of climate change, by evaluating their risk of exposure to extreme climate events, the sensitivity of their populations to that exposure and the adaptive capacity of governments to respond to the challenge.