Sentences with phrase «climate change adaptation»

As a whole, these three activities represent a comprehensive approach to incorporate the best available science into planning activities for climate change adaptation planning.

Who is responsible for paying for the costs of climate change adaptation needs or damages in poor, vulnerable nations?

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.

Many of the experts in this book provide evidence of gender bias across social sectors — in education and academic research, politics, business, and even in climate change adaptation plans.

Both cities want the companies to pay for climate change adaptation programs, which would include the construction of sea walls and raising low - lying buildings exposed to rising tides.

The committees suggested setting up a national climate change adaptation program to empower communities by using local, indigenous knowledge to help decrease disaster risk and support recovery efforts.

Only 45 (11 %) of all labeled climate change adaptation projects really had climate change as a project driver and had an explicit adaptation component.

The document also recommends ways to integrate gender into climate change adaptation policies and activities.

Yet how do we even begin to address climate change adaptation in states that don't even acknowledge the issue of climate change itself?

Its principal objective is to enhance the knowledge base to support climate change adaptation and mitigation policies.

These include the development of new strategies and activities to promote climate change adaptation by building on our scientific research, strengthening internal capacity, and preparing producer - oriented tools for implementation.

Activities for the year ranged from climate change adaptation to a new global convention on mercury and beyond.

We aim for this unique research activity to bring immense actionable knowledge with a strong impact on environmental stewardship, climate change adaptation as well as sustainable and equitable nutrition.

Cities need to think about how these threats progress over time to prioritize climate change adaptation strategies, the study authors reported.

Local climate change adaptation: moving from adjustments to transformation?

It works by providing sustainable social benefits for a local community within climate change adaptation practices.

They explored the fields where they learnt about various food security and climate change adaptation initiatives including simple water harvesting and storage techniques.

There is money for climate change adaptation coming from different sources, flowing through different channels, and being used for different purposes.

The good news for us: the proposed bond includes several aspects of our priority climate change adaptation bill.

We had clearly arrived at a fitting time to discuss climate change adaptation.

Climate change adaptation refers to planning, designing, constructing, operating, or maintaining transportation infrastructure while incorporating consideration of climate change impacts.

The report argues that migration can be a «sensible climate change adaptation strategy» — if it is managed carefully and supported by good development policies and targeted investments.

The new department will handle climate change adaptation and mitigation; measuring, reporting and verification of progress; and forest fire control, according to the minister.

Does public policy support or undermine climate change adaptation?

The following outlines essential elements of effective coastal management plans and state climate change adaptation plans, highlighting key criteria to guide future coastal development and management practices.

Therefore, climate change adaptation strategies, such as assisted migration, have gained attention since 2007.

The country also lacks the political will to finance climate change adaptation.

African policymakers should prioritize climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies in the development agenda of 2014 and beyond in order to continue and sustain its current growth.

Policies and strategies therefore need to effectively address climate change adaptation within the agriculture sector, so as to achieve the millennium development goals and promote sufficient food for all.

As political leaders and journalists pay increasing attention to climate change adaptation initiatives, still overlooked is the role of the media and communication in this process.

Dr Nova Mieszkowska, Inaugural Visiting Fellow National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility

ACCC: The Adapting to Climate Change in China project is designed to develop and share internationally China's experience of integrating climate change adaptation into the development process, in order to reduce China and other countries» vulnerability to climate change.

The United States should establish an international climate change adaptation fund with new money over and above what is already dedicated to development assistance.

This activity report focuses on the NAP — Ag Programme, supporting countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America to identify and integrate climate change adaptation measures into relevant national planning and budgeting processes.