Sentences with phrase «climate adaptation options»

A multi-billion-dollar seawall is among climate adaptation options under consideration for the iconic coastal city.

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Key topics discussed are: • Climate change impact on food production • Options for adaptation to a new climate • Options for mitigation in response to key drivers; e.g. water use efficiency and / or carbon sequestClimate change impact on food production • Options for adaptation to a new climate • Options for mitigation in response to key drivers; e.g. water use efficiency and / or carbon sequestclimate • Options for mitigation in response to key drivers; e.g. water use efficiency and / or carbon sequestration.

This climate assessment is significantly longer than the previous one and includes a number of new chapters, such as two on adaptation and mitigation options.

IPCC has been established to assess scientific, technical and socio - economic information relevant for the understanding of climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation.

Learning about climate change and adaptation options.

«A key premise of this commitment is that adaptation planning needs to be informed by a continuing scientific, sound assessment of the impacts of a changing climate and the effectiveness of preparations and response options,» Abbott said.

Ed's research currently focuses on public understanding of — and engagement in — climate change, including its risks and mitigation and adaptation options.

Several guidebooks exist for developing adaptation options on forested lands; these include Responding to Climate Change on National Forests (Peterson et al. 2011), Climate Change in Forests of the Future (Millar et al. 2007), and Forest Adaptation Resources (Swanston et adaptation options on forested lands; these include Responding to Climate Change on National Forests (Peterson et al. 2011), Climate Change in Forests of the Future (Millar et al. 2007), and Forest Adaptation Resources (Swanston et Adaptation Resources (Swanston et al. 2016).

research priorities and management recommendations for climate change, blue carbon, ocean acidification, and developing and applying frameworks to assess community vulnerability to climate change and adaptation options

Vose et al. (2012) suggest four general types of adaptation options in managing forests for the potential impacts of climate change:

The report provides transportation professionals with an overview of the scientific consensus on current and future climate changes of particular relevance to U.S. transportation, including the limitations of present scientific understanding as to their precise timing, magnitude, and geographic location; identifies potential impacts on U.S. transportation and adaptation options; and, offers recommendations for both research and actions that can be taken to prepare for climate change.

The largest international science conference before the Paris COP21, with close to 2,000 participants from almost 100 countries, CFCC15 explores current understanding of all dimensions of the climate change challenge plus the full range of mitigation and adaptation options that can lead to sustainable, equitable solutions across all nations and regions.

I videotaped a short interview with Saleemul Huq, a longtime analyst of climate change adaptation needs and options at the International Institute for Environment and Development, that reflects this emphasis.

An interesting piece on climate change, storm surge and New York City's adaptation options by Matthew Herper at Forbes.com led me to this prescient 2009 video report by my friend Robert Lee Hotz of The Wall Street Journal (here's the related print column):

If you have not heard, IPCC was established by the World Meteorological Organization and UNEP to assess scientific, technical and socio - economic information relevant for the understanding of climate change, the scientific basis of risk of human - induced climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation.

On Friday, one recipient of the letter, Edward R. Carr, an associate professor of geography at the University of South Carolina who will work on the assessment of climate impacts and adaptation options, complained about the letter in a post on his blog under the heading «Apparently we have learned nothing....»

... assess on a comprehensive, objective, open and transparent basis the scientific, technical and socio - economic information relevant to understanding the scientific basis of risk of human - induced climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation.

In fact, the NAS report highlights that it is very important to invest in developing CDR systems in addition to rapidly scaling up climate mitigation and adaptation solutions (given the importance of viable, sustainable, CDR options in the event we do not decarbonize as quickly as necessary to prevent climate change).

Yet they are «not a bullet - proof adaptation option since certain climate stresses can reduce their yields as well», the brief notes.

A finding of no significant human - induced climate change with dangerous potential impacts requiring options for adaptation and mitigationwould have meant no reason for IPCC to stay alive.

Impacts of climate change on agriculture and policy options for adaptation.

There are some climate impacts where adaptation and risk reduction efforts are no longer a feasible option.

As can be seen from its charter, it was not IPCC's brief to find out what causes climate to change, but rather to establish the risk of human - induced climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation

Adaptation options for the near term: climate change and the Canadian water sector.

Adaptation options in agriculture to climate change: a typology.

This UNFCCC fact sheet explains the importance and need for adaptation to climate change, outlining different adaptation options and highlighting current efforts undertaken under the Convention.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has been established to assess scientific, technical and socio - economic information relevant for the understanding of climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitiClimate Change (IPCC) has been established to assess scientific, technical and socio - economic information relevant for the understanding of climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and miticlimate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation.

The Bangladesh government's Perspective Plan for 2041, which factors in climate change as a driver of future migration, already recognises migration as a potential adaptation option for people living in the most vulnerable areas.

So, each IPCC Report can be — and should be — understood to be presentation of evidence, arguments, and justification for that presumption of a «risk of human - induced climate change» (i.e. a risk of AGW) and the need for «options for adaptation and mitigation».

And the above statement from the IPCC's Constitution presumes that there is a «risk of human - induced climate change» (i.e. a risk of AGW) that has «potential impacts» which require «options for adaptation and mitigation».

America's Climate Choices: Adapting to the Impacts of Climate Choices (Table 3.5) provides examples of health adaptation options.297

, which factors in climate change as a driver of future migration, already recognises migration as a potential adaptation option for people living in the most vulnerable areas.

African farmers have developed several adaptation options to cope with current climate variability, but such adaptations may not be sufficient for future changes of climate (high confidence).

It then analyzes the broad and more specific impacts of climate change in different regions of the world and looks at options for adaptation and mitigation in some detail.

The WGI contribution is the first in the series of four reports with the WGII assessment on impacts, adaptation and vulnerability scheduled for finalization in March 2014; the WGIII contribution on options for mitigating climate change to be finalized in April 2014, and the AR5 Synthesis Report to be completed in October 2014.

This slide presentation discusses options for financing climate change adaptation in the water sector.

This activity report examines climate impacts on livelihoods and is intended to be used as a tool to identify adaptation options for the most vulnerable livelihoods.

The other three are the WGII assessment on impacts, adaptation and vulnerability (scheduled for endorsement in March 2014), the WGIII contribution on options for mitigating climate change (April 2014), and the Synthesis Report (October 2014).

Kassie, B.T., S. Asseng, R.P. Rotter, H. Hengsdijk, A.C. Ruane, and M.K. Van Ittersum, 2015: Exploring climate change impacts and adaptation options for maize production in the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia using different climate change scenarios and crop models.

It consists of nine chapters, covering risk management; observed and projected changes in extreme weather and climate events; exposure and vulnerability to as well as losses resulting from such events; adaptation options from the local to the international scale; the role of sustainable development in modulating risks; and insights from specific case studies.

If they don't like any of the particular options that fit the best available evidence on sea level rise, or don't like the particular ones that they suspect a majority of their fellow citizens might, they can be expected to try to stigmatize the municipal and various private groups engaged in adaptation planning by falsely characterizing them and their ideas in terms that bind them to only one of the partisan cultural styles that is now (sadly and pointlessly, as a result of misadventure, strategic behavior, and ineptitude) associated with engagement with climate change science in national politics.

This policy document provides guidance on what forest managers should consider in assessing vulnerability, risk, mitigation options, and actions for adaptation, mitigation and monitoring in response to climate change.

According to its governing principles, the IPCC is ``... to assess on a comprehensive, objective, open and transparent basis the scientific, technical and socio - economic information relevant to understanding the scientific basis of risk of human - induced climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation.

Requires the President, within a year and at least every four years thereafter, to enter into a joint agreement with the National Academy of Public Administration and NAS to conduct a policy assessment of climate change mitigation and adaptation options.

The scope of this chapter, with a focus on food crops, pastures and livestock, industrial crops and biofuels, forestry (commercial forests), aquaculture and fisheries, and small - holder and subsistence agriculturalists and artisanal fishers, is to: examine current climate sensitivities / vulnerabilities; consider future trends in climate, global and regional food security, forestry and fisheries production; review key future impacts of climate change in food crops pasture and livestock production, industrial crops and biofuels, forestry, fisheries, and small - holder and subsistence agriculture; assess the effectiveness of adaptation in offsetting damages and identify adaptation options, including planned adaptation to climate change; examine the social and economic costs of climate change in those sectors; and, explore the implications of responding to climate change for sustainable development.

The IPCC says in its own words: «The role of the IPCC is to assess on a comprehensive, objective, open and transparent basis the scientific, technical and socio - economic information relevant to understanding the scientific basis of risk of human - induced climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation.»

- Many options exist for improving agricultural water management and adaptation to climate change.

In particular it focuses on climate change adaptation, both planning and financing, and covers the following themes: gender - differentiated impact of climate change in Africa; gender - differentiated impact of adaptation planning and financing; and need and options for the integration of gender perspectives in adaptation responses.

In South Africa, initial assessments of the costs of adaptation in the Berg River Basin also show that the costs of not adapting to climate change can be much greater than the costs of including flexible and efficient approaches to adapting to climate change into management options (see Stern, 2007).

Preliminary review of adaptation options for climate - sensitive ecosystems and resources [Brochure][2008]