Sentences with phrase «climate related areas»

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The U.S. president is moving to roll back climate - change related regulations, but clean tech is an international growth area for ambitious Canadian firms

The Initiative and NGO meeting place gives this commitment a face, and projects related to politics, agriculture, «doing business differently», genetic engineering, animal welfare, fairness, using local suppliers, and consumer and climate protection will be presented in this area.

Those nine areas are focused on agriculture (carbon farming), increasing energy efficiency, reducing food waste, eliminating commodity - driven deforestation, reducing the climate impact of packaging, advocating for responsible policies, committing to 100 percent renewable power, reducing short - lived climate pollutant emissions and transportation - related emissions.

Those areas started to appear in August, if I recall correctly, and I can't say for sure if this is related to a particular climate change.

As in years past, Our Ocean 2016 will tackle key issues including marine protected areas, sustainable fisheries, marine pollution, and climate - related impacts on the ocean.

This could improve the resilience of agriculture to climate related shocks, which can improve food security in many areas across the globe», says Matias Heino, a doctoral candidate at Aalto University.

The conference will address issues such as marine protected areas, sustainable fisheries, marine pollution, and climate - related impacts on the oceans.

Transportation is an equally concerning issue after climate - change - related storms knock out power and damage roadways in an underserved area.

(C) mitigate the destructive impact of ocean - related climate change effects, including effects on bays, estuaries, populated barrier islands and other ocean - related features, through a variety of means and measures, including the construction of jetties, levies, and other coastal structures in densely populated coastal areas impacted by climate change.

During the fall and spring term of CCRI the research team will consist of NASA Principal Investigators whom will lead graduate level interns and high school educators to become immersed in a NASA science research area of study related to climate change.

The mission of the ALCC is to award time for special situations of interest to the Department with an emphasis on high - risk, high - payoff simulations in areas directly related to the Department's energy mission in areas such as advancing the clean energy agenda and understanding the Earth's climate, for national emergencies, or for broadening the community of researchers capable of using leadership computing resources.

The assessment concludes with an analysis of the major information gaps — and thus areas for future research — related to climate change and its impacts to the three sectors covered herein (Chapter 6).

Thus, predicting climate - related changes in teleconnections and the impact of those changes on local weather and climate are important areas of ongoing research.

Our key areas of work include environmental contaminants, biodiversity and climate related issues.

The Senior ECPA Fellows Program seeks to facilitate the transfer of knowledge between the U.S. and Latin America in innovative solutions and technologies related to the areas of clean energy, sustainable urban development, climate change adaptation, and reducing emission from deforestation.

The assessment concludes with an analysis of major knowledge gaps — and thus areas for future research — related to climate change and its impacts on the three sectors covered herein (Chapter 6).

He is a regular guest columnist for both the Huffington Post and The Washington Post, commenting on areas of school reform that relate to education, health, well - being, resilience, and school climate.

In its five - year tenure, SVT has organized students around issues related to college affordability, school climate, academic standards, student representation in school governance, and other areas consistent with Prichard Committee priorities.

Her current interests include teacher support and professional development, school climate and culture, research to practice, academic and social - emotional interventions, and systematic review writing in related areas.

I also note that SLR is not the only flood risk potentially related to climate change which could affect the Bay area.

With a complicated area like climate extremes and climate - related disasters, the challenge of communicating the science in a way that is not only balanced but also understandable is especially large.

While this area of climate science related research does not get a lot of press or attention, I think it is really important.

While I welcome the climate related features, other areas of the game have been significantly dumbed down, such as transportation and waste collection.

Areas of expertise cover every key sustainability - related area of climate change, including but not limited to: forests & land use, water, sustainable cities & buildings, as well as renewable energy and energy efficiency.

Every year thousands of people die of easily preventable water - related diseases, and as a result of climate change and unplanned shrimp farming the area experiences frequent natural disasters, erratic rainfall and a steady increase in the salinity of the water table.

It outlines a range of policy solutions to address climate impacts that are related to: assessing loss and damage to ecosystem services; avoiding and reducing loss and damage; risk reduction; and identifies areas for future research.

How does this relate to America's Pledge, the Talanoa Dialogue, and the Challenge Areas of the Global Climate Action Summit?

«I am convinced that one of the greatest challenges of our time is climate change... Today we declared that we want to work together in several key areas related to climate change and energy.

Organizations like the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the International Arctic Science Committee play a critical role in advancing the science related to polar areas.

The candidate will have existing or emerging research activities that are related to one or more of the School's application interest areas such as marine resources, water, conservation planning, climate, international development, and pollution prevention.

This technical document presents the case for the need to better understand risks related to natural hazards and climate change in cities, proposes an integrated approach to practitioners for identifying areas, populations and assets most at risk from the effects of disasters and climate change, and provides preliminary suggestions for risk reduction through quantification of risk and implementation of preventative programs.

Firstly, climate model biases are still substantial, and may well be systemically related to the use of deterministic bulk - formula closure - this is an area where a much better basic understanding is needed.

(C) mitigate the destructive impact of ocean - related climate change effects, including effects on bays, estuaries, populated barrier islands and other ocean - related features, through a variety of means and measures, including the construction of jetties, levies, and other coastal structures in densely populated coastal areas impacted by climate change.

I do continue to enjoy and find interest in those too few threads that involve analysis of published papers relating to climate science — such as we obtain from Nic Lewis — and to those general analyses of an area of climate science when well researched and presented by poster.

To address future challenges related to climate change and land use, it will be important to assess the local impacts of tree loss on climate, climatic and ecological consequences, as well as the mechanisms that drive ecological responses in remote teleconnected areas.

As climate change makes vulnerable parts of the world more susceptible to weather - related problems, people move from an afflicted region to neighboring areas, bringing them into conflict with the existing populations.

Work related to climate change and building energy use can be grouped into two major areas — weather data analysis and building energy consumption.

Increased tapping of water resources for crop irrigation in one region in response to water shortages related to climate change can increase risks to adjacent areas that share those water resources.

Senior Program Officer (Bangkok)-- The Center for People and Forests The Senior Program Officer works as a key member of the Capacity Building and Technical Services (CBTS) Unit, and will contribute to the development and implementation of activities of RECOFTC's People, Forest and Climate Change (PFCC) thematic area, particularly relating to community involvement in both climate change mitigation and adapClimate Change (PFCC) thematic area, particularly relating to community involvement in both climate change mitigation and adapclimate change mitigation and adaptation.

Impacts from recent climate - related extremes, such as heat waves, droughts, floods, cyclones, and wildfires, reveal significant vulnerability and exposure of some ecosystems and many human systems to current climate variability (very high confidence)-LSB-...] Risks are amplified for those lacking essential infrastructure and services or living in poor - quality housing and exposed areas

These additional datasets will also help individuals understand how the changing climate affects public health in their area, risk factors that make a person more vulnerable to climate - related health effects, and how to plan for uncertain future conditions.

Should be some interesting climate - related stories coming along soon; sea - ice minimum is coming soon, and will be at least the 3rd - lowest ever by extent, probably 2nd - lowest by area.

(a) state the country endorses the Framework for the Coalition (b) state the country endorses meaningful action to reduce short - lived climate pollutants (c) identify particular areas of interest related to short - lived climate pollutants and any specific actions taken or planned to address near term climate change, and (d) identify a primary point of contact, with name, title and email address for communication.

In tandem, frost and snow related land surface processes will be limited to high mountains, where the suitable climate conditions are likely to preserve longer than surrounding low - lying areas.

Translating the probable climate outlook in the region as predicted by ICPAC's climate outlook forum into a regional food security outlook in response to food security risk through: Development of climate related crop thresholds for arid and semi-arid areas and quantified skills of the food security outlook.

The incentives are the same as for other areas of science as well, so if they trust that science and related engineering (and they largely should, since it allows technological devices and systems to operate correctly) then they should trust the climate science also.

Another survey, by Farnsworth and Lichter (2009), found that 83 % of meteorologists surveyed were convinced human - induced climate change is occurring, again a smaller majority than among experts in related areas such as ocean sciences (91 %) and geophysics (88 %).

Two major weather issues that relate to climate change's effects on coastal areas, often with disastrous effects: El Niño and Superstorms.

Johan's key areas of interest relate to atmospheric issues, including air pollution and climate change.

This recent shift towards more intense and frequent El Niños is related to the recent increase in dry areas around the world.5 However, past observations and reconstructions of El Niño events from non-instrumental records such as corals show that El Niño events naturally fluctuate in magnitude and frequency over time, and this has been demonstrated in long climate model simulations of past and future climate as well.6