Sentences with phrase «climate risk mitigation»

The expected or achieved CO2 reduction and / or climate risk mitigation of the project.

Not exact matches

Discussions covered future role of eco-labels and certification schemes, transparency in global supply chains, climate change mitigation and risks, use of sustainable ingredients, and tackling food waste.

CIF was established in 2008, as one of the largest fast - tracked climate financing instruments in the world, with $ 8.3 - billion funding to provide developing countries with grants, concessional loans, risk mitigation instruments, and equity that leverage significant financing from the private sector, Multinational Development Bank's (MDBs) and other sources.

«Compared to the imminent risk of irreversible climate change impacts, the risks of mitigation are manageable» said Sokona.

His main research interests are in the development and application of probabilistic concepts and methods to civil and marine engineering, including: structural reliability; life - cycle cost analysis; probability - based assessment, design, and multi-criteria life - cycle optimization of structures and infrastructure systems; structural health monitoring; life - cycle performance maintenance and management of structures and distributed infrastructure under extreme events (earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, and floods); risk - based assessment and decision making; multi-hazard risk mitigation; infrastructure sustainability and resilience to disasters; climate change adaptation; and probabilistic mechanics.

So I think the innovation agenda — pursuing climate - risk mitigation, pursuing energy security (not just for us but for everyone), satisfying our social responsibilities to help two billion people get some semblance of appropriate energy services — that's all wrapped up in this innovation agenda.

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

Quantitative integrated assessment of climate change risks is not always possible, but it can play a key role in informing decisions both about local adaptation and about large - scale mitigation policy.

b by 2020, increase by x % the number of cities and human settlements adopting and implementing integrated policies and plans towards inclusion, resource efficiency, mitigation and adaptation to climate change, resilience to disasters, develop and implement in line with the forthcoming Hyogo Framework holistic disaster risk management at all levels

Environmental challenges specially climate change, disaster mitigation and risk management and

Most importantly, we are bringing together community members, parents, school principals and vice principals, teachers, local authorities, officials responsible for emergency situations, media and national authorities to discuss the importance of taking joint and coordinated action on disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation and mitigation, and biodiversity conservation, in a comprehensive manner and towards long - term solutions.

In any case, science, technology and innovation are major assets in achieving any global goals, be they the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that are being negotiated for the post-2015 period, disaster risk reduction, climate change mitigation and adaptation, etc. — all of which are interconnected anyway.

South Africa, however, has adopted a more balanced view of the risks posed by climate change and mitigation measures, translating into a far more constructive role in the negotiations.

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.

To be risk averse is good policy in my VALUE SYSTEM — and we always must admit that how to take risks — with climate damages or costs of mitigation / adaptation — is not science but world views.

Imagine two freshmen accidentally being sent into a graduate seminar on climate, resources, collapse, risk, mitigation and adaptation.

To be risk averse is good policy in my VALUE SYSTEM — and we always must admit that how to take risks — with climate damages or costs of mitigation / adaptation — is not science but world views and risk aversion philosophy.

Participants reaffirmed that the risks posed by ongoing climate change require a strong commitment to mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions, adaptation to unavoidable climate change, and development of low - carbon energy sources, independent of whether climate intervention methods ultimately prove to be safe and feasible....

... 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.

The prominence of climate risk and policy in the minds of business leaders is reflected in the World Economic Forum's Global Risks Report 2016, which found that the risk with the greatest potential impact is a failure of climate change mitigation and adaptation.

«The forest carbon offset market's growth speaks to the critical role that forest - based climate solutions are beginning to play in both corporate and government - led risk mitigation,» says Ecosystem Marketplace Director Molly Peters - Stanley.

Thus, in the case of O3, the best way to reduce or remove the threat that warming - enhanced O3 poses to human health — its climate change risk — is almost certainly via the mitigation of nitrogen pollution.

Ironically, what this excercise of the Military beaurocracy demostrates is indeed risk mitigation on the parts of the generals concerned who commissioned this work, except it isn't the climate related risk.

(2007) • Contribution of Renewables to Energy Security (2007) • Modelling Investment Risks and Uncertainties with Real Options Approach (2007) • Financing Energy Efficient Homes Existing Policy Responses to Financial Barriers (2007) • CO2 Allowance and Electricity Price Interaction - Impact on Industry's Electricity Purchasing Strategies in Europe (2007) • CO2 Capture Ready Plants (2007) • Fuel - Efficient Road Vehicle Non-Engine Components (2007) • Impact of Climate Change Policy Uncertainty on Power Generation Investments (2006) • Raising the Profile of Energy Efficiency in China — Case Study of Standby Power Efficiency (2006) • Barriers to the Diffusion of Solar Thermal Technologies (2006) • Barriers to Technology Diffusion: The Case of Compact Fluorescent Lamps (2006) • Certainty versus Ambition — Economic Efficiency in Mitigating Climate Change (2006) • Sectoral Crediting Mechanisms for Greenhouse Gas Mitigation: Institutional and Operational Issues (2006) • Sectoral Approaches to GHG Mitigation: Scenarios for Integration (2006) • Energy Efficiency in the Refurbishment of High - Rise Residential Buildings (2006) • Can Energy - Efficient Electrical Appliances Be Considered «Environmental Goods»?

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

Why, if the experimental condition made the risks of climate change less threatening (by virtue of increasing the possibility of mitigation), did the EGs became more dismissive of the evidence of climate change.?

Another study, in the journal Nature Climate Change in 2012, concluded that «communication should focus on how mitigation efforts can promote a better society» rather than «on the reality of climate change and averting its risks.Climate Change in 2012, concluded that «communication should focus on how mitigation efforts can promote a better society» rather than «on the reality of climate change and averting its risks.climate change and averting its risks.»

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».

Coastal Resilience, Hazard Mitigation, Climate Change Adaptation, Natural Hazards Risk Management, Sea Level Rise

At the end of the workshop, it is expected that the participants will become knowledgeable on proposal development and familiarized with topics of priority in Southeast Asia, which include disaster risk reduction and management, climate change adaptation and mitigation, and building resilience to climate change impacts.

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.

The document is divided into five chapters, namely: 1) Uncovering mitigation potential showcasing initiatives to reduce greenhouse gases emissions; 2) Gearing up for the storm relating to adaptation and disaster risk reduction projects; 3) Nurturing youth leaders presenting activities in education, training and capacity - building; 4) Spreading the message highlighting awareness raising campaigns and materials; and 5) Shaping up the future climate change regime presenting examples of youth participation in climate change policy - making.

Special reports prepared by the IPCC include: Land Use, Land - use Change and Forestry (2000); Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage (2005); Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation (SRREN)(2011); and, most recently, the Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX)(2011).

The simulation exercise provided participants an experiential learning opportunity to explore the risks of climate change impacts, climate change mitigation options and the challenges of negotiating international agreements to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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But BECCS is also described as an elephant in the climate mitigation room, criticized both as a false and unproven solution to reduce emissions and for the risks it poses to ecosystems, indigenous peoples and local communities through the potential for land grabbing and human rights abuses.

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.

Geoengineering schemes need ranking system to avoid wasting money, destroying the planet (10/26/2008) Schemes to alter Earth's climate on a planetary scale should be ranked according to their efficacy, cost, risks and their rate of mitigation, argues a new editorial published in Nature Geoscience.

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.»

«So despite the uncertainties, the findings clearly demonstrate that there is a large difference in the risk of global ecosystem change under a scenario of no climate change mitigation, compared to one of ambitious mitigation,» says geo - ecologist Sebastian Ostberg, lead author of the third section of the study.

After these threats are identified for each resource, then the relative risk from natural - and human - caused climate change (estimated from the global climate model projections, but also the historical, paleo - record and worst case sequences of events) can be compared with other risks in order to adopt the optimal mitigation / adaptation strategy.

«Rather than justifying a lack of response to climate change, the emphasis on uncertainty enlarges the risk and reinforces the responsibility for pursuing successful long - term mitigation policy,» according to a 2010 analysis by researchers at Sandia National Laboratory.

Andries Rosema even finds it «frightening» that generating pictures of how climate statistics could change is feeding these considerations, as they introduce a large risk of alarmistic messages and overinvestments in mitigation or adaptation measures.

So climate mitigation policy is a political judgement based on what policymakers think carries the greater risk in the future - decarbonising or not decarbonising.

(10/26/2008) Schemes to alter Earth's climate on a planetary scale should be ranked according to their efficacy, cost, risks and their rate of mitigation, argues a new editorial published in Nature Geoscience.

To implement these 12 solutions, we call on health professionals to: engage, educate and advocate for climate mitigation and undertake preventive public health actions vis - a ̀ - vis air pollution and climate change; inform the public of the high health risks of air pollution and climate change.

How confident should we be that the climate projections adequately prescribe the mitigation necessary to avoid a temperature rise of no more than 2C above the pre-industrial level, I can not see at a personal level how this can be divorced from a person's apprehension of risk.

With the completion of the review, the IPCC can now focus fully on its mandate to assess in a comprehensive, objective, open and transparent basis the scientific, technical and socio - economic information relevant to understanding the scientific basis of the risks of climate change, its potential impacts, and options for adaptation and mitigation,» IPCC Chair Rajendra Pachauri said.