The inaugural project, now online, was created with Ouranos, a multidisciplinary Canadian research consortium that analyses
climate adaptation issues in the North American context.
«Increased Presidential engagement on
climate adaptation issues would both elevate the importance of adaptation activities within the government and raise the profile of the adaptation challenge with the nation as a whole.
Not exact matches
Prior to joining GFI, Charlie worked at the Georgetown
Climate Center, where he researched climate change adaptation strategies for local governments preparing for potential climate - related
Climate Center, where he researched
climate change adaptation strategies for local governments preparing for potential climate - related
climate change
adaptation strategies for local governments preparing for potential
climate - related
climate - related
issues.
We held interactive workshops to introduce local decision makers to the
issues behind
climate change and presented solutions for integrating
climate adaptation into local land use management, development, and restoration efforts.
«The Assembly and Senate deserve credit for their work on the critical
issue of
climate change and
adaptation,» said NYLCV President Marcia Bystryn.
The president will arrive Monday to headline a two - day conference convened by Secretary of State John Kerry dealing with Arctic
climate and
adaptation issues.
«The Mediterranean
climate reconstructed for the archaeological levels at Pakefield suggests that these pioneers were able to spread northward in familiar climactic conditions, using their existing
adaptations,» the team writes in the current
issue of Nature.
Dr Jochen Hinkel from Global
Climate Forum in Germany, who is a co-author of this paper and a Lead Author of the coastal chapter for the 2014 IPCC Assessment Report added: «The IPCC has done a great job in bringing together knowledge on climate change, sea - level rise and is potential impacts but now needs to complement this work with a solution - oriented perspective focusing on overcoming barriers to adaptation, mobilising resources, empowering people and discovering opportunities for strengthening coastal resilience in the context of both climate change as well as existing coastal challenges and other issues.
Climate Forum in Germany, who is a co-author of this paper and a Lead Author of the coastal chapter for the 2014 IPCC Assessment Report added: «The IPCC has done a great job in bringing together knowledge on
climate change, sea - level rise and is potential impacts but now needs to complement this work with a solution - oriented perspective focusing on overcoming barriers to adaptation, mobilising resources, empowering people and discovering opportunities for strengthening coastal resilience in the context of both climate change as well as existing coastal challenges and other issues.
climate change, sea - level rise and is potential impacts but now needs to complement this work with a solution - oriented perspective focusing on overcoming barriers to
adaptation, mobilising resources, empowering people and discovering opportunities for strengthening coastal resilience in the context of both
climate change as well as existing coastal challenges and other issues.
climate change as well as existing coastal challenges and other
issues.»
This year, organizers
issued a
climate - related challenge: «Resolved:
Adaptation should be the most urgent response to
climate change.»
Data from its first national
climate change
adaptation strategy
issued last year show that extreme weather events have killed more than 2,000 people each year on average since the 1990s.
They have contributed to a stack of books on the
issue that could fill a library: all five of the reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC), the 2012 Global Energy Assessment, countless journal articles, and special reports on
issues such as
adaptation, renewable energy, and more.
The environmental state of the coastal sea,
adaptation to
climate change and alternatives to conventional fuels — the current
issue delves into important topics concerning the future.
A number of technical and implementation
issues related to the existing arrangements on technology,
adaptation, action for
climate empowerment and capacity building were also successfully concluded.
Municipal issuers have a key role to play in terms of: • Low - carbon technologies • Pollution control •
Climate adaptation, such as disaster prevention and recovery We will seek to avoid purchasing the relatively few government -
issued bonds that are explicitly
issued to finance the development of projects, such as nuclear power plants or casinos, which are fundamentally misaligned with our investment objectives Sovereign Debt National governments around the world
issue bonds (debt) to finance a wide variety of public goods including education, infrastructure, national defense, the judiciary and social welfare.
Today, the President will be giving a speech at Georgetown University on
climate change
issues, with announcements of initiatives that will be taken leveraging the powers of the Administrative Branch because the Congress is unable (and, to a large extent, unwilling) to take meaningful action to address
climate change: whether mitigation or
adaptation.
To cover modules from introduction to
climate change
adaptation, agriculture and food security, to international legal frameworks, impacts and risks assessments, action prioritization and addressing
issues of governance and finance, the MOOC team leveraged knowledge from more than 40 experts and practitioners in this field.
This study has highlighted the need to treat
adaptation to
climate change as a primary development
issue for Pakistan.
With respect to
climate change, she handles a variety of matters, including advising on
climate change risk management, with a particular emphasis on the changing regulatory environment, and
climate change
adaptation issues.
regulars and those responding to this thread in particular may be interested in the class assignment I presently have underway: students are required to select an environmental
issue of interest to them and compare the blogging from three sites that reflect a stasist perspective (command and control, science certainty, centalised government, precautionary principle) with the blogging from three dynamist sites (libertarian, individual responsibility, free market,
adaptation over prevention, non-dogma): I expect that several of the students will use
climate change as a topic and would expect that
climate audit, real
climate and prometheus will be prominent in the analysis.
Through this training the local level officials and operational professionals were given orientation on the major
issues and themes of
climate change,
adaptation and its linkages with overall risk management through systematic
adaptation process.
The overall objectives of the training is to share and learn various
issues of
Climate Change related issues relating to adaptation approaches and climate forecast applications that would help better manage of the climatic risks in agriculture and allied sectors in the c
Climate Change related
issues relating to
adaptation approaches and
climate forecast applications that would help better manage of the climatic risks in agriculture and allied sectors in the c
climate forecast applications that would help better manage of the climatic risks in agriculture and allied sectors in the country.
It addresses particularly the
issue of finance and the creation of new
climate change funds following GEF's Strategic Priority on
Adaptation.
The Human Health chapter of
Climate Change Reconsidered II: Impacts,
Adaptation, and Vulnerabilities, expected to be released next March, will provide a thorough summary of the research and discussion of relevant
issues.
There are public health programs in some locations that address
climate - sensitive health
issues, and integrating such programs into the mainstream public health toolkit as
adaptation needs increase would improve public health resilience to
climate change.195, 296,297,298 Given that these programs have demonstrated efficacy against current threats that are expected to worsen with
climate change, it is prudent to invest in creating the strongest
climate - health preparedness programs possible.244 One survey highlighted opportunities to address
climate change preparedness activities and
climate - health research275 before needs become more widespread.
With 40 years» experience in engaging communities at the grassroots to address
issues of environmental degradation, community empowerment and advocacy, GBM is uniquely positioned to offer an integrated response to
climate change through mitigation,
adaptation and promotion of sustainable development.
This technical document aims to determine, when it comes to the
issue of a changing
climate, precisely what the types of information input are that financial institutions require to put their risk management expertise at the service of broader
adaptation and to provide a first assessment of the current provision to the sector with such information.
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.
On
climate finance, Harjeet Singh, global
climate lead at ActionAid International, said: «The
issue of finance underpins so many different parts of the
climate negotiations, because poor countries simply can't cover the triple costs of loss and damage,
adaptation and mitigation on their own.
On
climate change, the guidelines address both mitigation and
adaptation issues, with a focus on identifying practices that could increase vulnerability to
climate change.
new: scientific consensus on
climate issues does not exist - Novaya Gazeta, December 16, 2009 - Instead of articulating and prosecution of false targets political leaders gathered in Copenhagen should concentrate on the other - to develop policies that promote more effective human
adaptation to
climate change, economic growth, the development of free trade, protection of property rights, strengthen democracy.
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«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.
An open access special
issue of the International Journal of Global Warming brings together, for the first time, empirical evidence of loss and damage from the perspective of affected people in nine vulnerable countries...... «Loss and damage» refers to adverse effects of
climate variability and
climate change that occur despite mitigation and
adaptation efforts.
He has worked on human dimensions
issues related to subsistence,
climate change, and
adaptation in the Arctic and served on numerous boards and commissions such as the Gwich» in Council International, International Porcupine Caribou Board, and the Yukon River Panel.
Thus, heading into COP 19 in Warsaw, the centre stage of
climate finance will be the question of whether any
climate finance will be adequate, predictable and sustainable, new and additional, and will address
issues of mitigations and
adaptation equitably.
The
issues that have arisen through this research point to an even greater urgency for ambitious mitigation and
adaptation that are sufficient to manage
climate stressors.
This policy document represents a coordinated effort among several institutions and organizations in the Latin America and the Caribbean region to present the results of a joint reflection on the
issue of water - based
adaptation to
climate change as part of a Regional Policy Dialog process.
The chapters assembled for this
issue of the State of the World's Forests highlight four key areas that warrant greater attention: regional trends on forest resources; the development of sustainable forest industries;
climate change mitigation and
adaptation; and the local value of forests.
The Initiative serves as a nexus for international
climate policy across WRI, drawing on the organization's expertise on a wide range of
issues including greenhouse gas reporting,
adaptation, finance, energy, forests, cities, and water.
«The
issue of
climate change should involve more contribution from the youth and women especially in the developing countries regarding the
adaptation measures to
climate variability and change.»
The event was held on 10 - 12 May 2016 in Geneva and focused on SDG 14 as well as on other Sustainable Development Goals and targets and considered, inter alia, a range of interconnected
issues related to sustainable transport, ship - source pollution prevention and control and
climate change
adaptation for ports and other critical transport infrastructure.
Have they articulated any position on
climate justice
issues that arise in setting ghg emissions policy or in regard to the
adaptation needs of vulnerable nations or people?
«(The message is) we go united to COP17, we don't scale down, and we put an emphasis on
adaptation,» Dia told Reuters on the sidelines of an African Union summit in Equatorial Guinea, where leaders discussed
climate change amongst other
issues such as Libya's conflict.
The National Research Council's 2009 report Restructuring Federal
Climate Research to Meet the Challenges of Climate Change establishes six priorities for reorganizing the USGCRP around integrated scientific - societal issues and the strengthening of research on the human and societal dimensions of climate change adaptation, mitigation, and vulnera
Climate Research to Meet the Challenges of
Climate Change establishes six priorities for reorganizing the USGCRP around integrated scientific - societal issues and the strengthening of research on the human and societal dimensions of climate change adaptation, mitigation, and vulnera
Climate Change establishes six priorities for reorganizing the USGCRP around integrated scientific - societal
issues and the strengthening of research on the human and societal dimensions of
climate change adaptation, mitigation, and vulnera
climate change
adaptation, mitigation, and vulnerability.
The CoNGO Committee for Sustainable Development is pleased to present the attached
Climate Change Paper, containing recommendations to Governments on four critical issues: (1) the dangers of unmitigated climate change impacts; (2) reaching accord on climate change at COP15; (3) risk - management mitigation and adaptation strategies; and (4) assistance to developing cou
Climate Change Paper, containing recommendations to Governments on four critical
issues: (1) the dangers of unmitigated
climate change impacts; (2) reaching accord on climate change at COP15; (3) risk - management mitigation and adaptation strategies; and (4) assistance to developing cou
climate change impacts; (2) reaching accord on
climate change at COP15; (3) risk - management mitigation and adaptation strategies; and (4) assistance to developing cou
climate change at COP15; (3) risk - management mitigation and
adaptation strategies; and (4) assistance to developing countries.
The report is based on five studies in
climate change
issues, physical and biochemical systems, ecosystems and biodiversity, effects on people and society, and
adaptation to
climate change.
Climate Science Watch participated in the Summit, which brought together more than 180 invited users and providers of climate adaptation information to explore issues of how to make the U.S. more resilient to climate
Climate Science Watch participated in the Summit, which brought together more than 180 invited users and providers of
climate adaptation information to explore issues of how to make the U.S. more resilient to climate
climate adaptation information to explore
issues of how to make the U.S. more resilient to
climate climate change.
We must forget the obsession with global anthropogenic greenhouse warming alone plus the implementation of draconian global mitigation actions and shift our attention to local and regional
climate and weather - related
issues and any actionable
adaptation measures that can be planned and implemented in order to avoid potential problems.
We have facilitated the development of five case studies on successful
adaptation projects as well as documenting our research findings on transboundary and governance
issues on
climate adaptation in the LMB.
Climate Science for Serving Society: Research, Modeling and Prediction Priorities fosters a more effective dialogue between the climate information and knowledge developers — the research community — and decision makers who must respond to difficult adaptation, mitigation and risk management
Climate Science for Serving Society: Research, Modeling and Prediction Priorities fosters a more effective dialogue between the
climate information and knowledge developers — the research community — and decision makers who must respond to difficult adaptation, mitigation and risk management
climate information and knowledge developers — the research community — and decision makers who must respond to difficult
adaptation, mitigation and risk management
issues.