Sentences with phrase «climate adaptation plan»

Additionally, the highly customizable tool will accelerate the pipeline from research to real - world impact, providing immediate information to guide climate adaptation planning and other decisions.

These included a statewide climate adaptation plan, mandates for renewable energy and programs to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

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This work is an outgrowth of the commitment by 190 countries at the U.N. Climate Conference in Paris in 2015 to take a multi-sectoral and stakeholder - driven approach to climate adaptation planning focused on identifying and mitigating climate risks that will undermine achievement of development goals.

Here are four steps that have been taken by USAID Mekong ARCC to help design community climate adaptation plans:

Obama Administration Releases First - Ever Climate Adaptation Plans With plans that incorporate efforts made by the Commerce, Agriculture, Energy, Transportation and Defense departments, among others, the administration's effort acknowledges that climate impacts are happening now and require action

But in the end, the city's climate adaptation plan says, it's «cheapest by far to establish the protection over a longer period, where sections can be protected in connection with other construction projects.»

Though they seem discouraging, results from the study will help Forest Service managers classify watersheds in response to human - produced stressors and develop regional climate adaptation plans.

This includes meeting the four goals established in the strategy, increasing water management flexibility, enhancing climate adaptation planning, improving infrastructure resiliency, and expanding information sharing.

Kresge Foundation grant for «Helping communities implement climate adaptation plans through effective use of fiscal and economic analysis tools»

The implications of these projected changes are briefly discussed for physical, social, economic, and ecological systems, and the ICLEI Canada climate adaptation planning methodology is described.

• Expanding NOAA's Coastal Zone Management Act and climate programs to directly support local climate adaptation planning and implementation

Sinnok said he'd also like to see Alaska adopt a more aggressive climate adaptation plan that includes local input as well as the best available science.

Discussions of the scientific and community climate stories lead to a shared understanding of the basis for climate adaptation plans.

Dow's recent outreach activities include the 2016 Carolinas Climate Resilience Conference, held September 12 - 14 in Charlotte, North Carolina, and local workshops that focus on climate adaptation planning.

No other content has been revised in the original 2014 Climate Adaptation Plan

The Texas legislature had multiple opportunities to create a «climate adaptation plan» that could have resulted in preparations, but the bills were killed every time.

Having a climate adaptation plan alone may not have protected the state from Hurricane Harvey, as Burnham acknowledged — but it's hard to imagine adequately preparing for Harvey without taking shifting climate into account.

Burnam proposed his climate adaptation plan bill in 2009, 2011 and 2013.

Tribes Were the First Climate Refugees — and the First to Build Resilience Plans: The Swinomish of Washington produced a climate adaptation plan two years before the state.

Most recently, according to Australian news reports, Kiribati has looked for help from the United Arab Emirates to construct artificial islands as part of its climate adaptation plan.

As a result of her research into the links between climate change and health, NRDC has partnered with a number of city and state governments to strengthen health preparedness in their climate adaptation plans.