Sentences with phrase «communities adapt to changing»

We are proud that last year, we announced the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change that demonstrates the commitment of the federal government and the provinces to work with Indigenous peoples, business, environmentalists and all Canadians to grow the economy, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help our communities adapt to the changing climate.

BONN: Regional environmental officers from countries home to the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) mountain range, including Pakistan, called on Tuesday for cooperation between the nations to help mountain communities adapt to changing weather patterns caused by global warming.

Surfrider is at the forefront of efforts to help coastal communities adapt to a changing climate; and we are working with scientists and local communities to curb ocean acidification.

Scientists have only been examining this problem for a decade, and they need more information to help coastal communities adapt to changing seas.

action to be taken to reduce disaster risk and to help communities adapt to changing and more unpredictable weather patterns, without which much more displacement will occur in the future.

As world leaders prepare to gather for the UN Secretary General Ban Ki - moon's Global Climate Change Summit, this evidence calls for action to be taken to reduce disaster risk and to help communities adapt to changing and more unpredictable weather patterns, without which much more displacement will occur in the future.

These scientists can study many different subjects, including the microbiology and genetics of living organisms, how species that share the same community adapt to changing conditions over time, and the fossil record (to assess how various ancient communities of species might be related to each other and to modern - day relatives).

Not exact matches

As opposed to big - box stores, you can adapt more quickly to changing market conditions and provide better customer service, unique products, and community benefits.

Small businesses can often adapt quickly to changing circumstances; they can bring a personal touch to customer service that big multinational concerns can't hope to match; and their managers and leaders can foster a real sense of community and commitment among employees.

Getting community banks to adapt to the changes brought on by the availability of faster payments is a priority of the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA), the trade organization representing approximately 5,800 community banks of various sizes nacommunity banks to adapt to the changes brought on by the availability of faster payments is a priority of the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA), the trade organization representing approximately 5,800 community banks of various sizes naCommunity Bankers of America (ICBA), the trade organization representing approximately 5,800 community banks of various sizes nacommunity banks of various sizes nationwide.

Now, if the material in the gospels has been used and to some extent adapted to the changing needs of the early Christian community and it is written in the light of the belief that God had raised Jesus from the dead, there is room for much difference of opinion about what Jesus actually said and did.

Americans are slow to adapt and are defly afraid of change, see how the african american community is stiill only allowed to vote under the voting rights act of 1965 (that's right, it still not a law) Why are they not up in arms,,,,, «yet we have a black president... maybe you can take a page from their book (passive aggression).

A crucial question for the Roman Catholic community today, for example, is whether or not it can respond creatively to the challenge of individual voices as diverse as those of Hans Küng and Daniel Berrigan, and adapt its communal life to the demands for change that they place upon it.

(1) the healing community is supportive of individuals in it; (2) it must cope with the question of how much it will impose conformity and whether such imposition is inevitable or necessarily repressive; (3) it has self - awareness; (4) it can adapt to change and growth; (5) it is small enough to function effectively; (6) in some cases it may be institutionalized to reach out in love and service to those outside the group.

It is exactly this struggle to adapt to community change that fascinates Ammerman.

Helping farming communities build capacity and adapt to social, economic and environmental changes

Mass Audubon supports legislation that reduces greenhouse gas emissions to lessen the impacts of climate change, and provides support for communities preparing to adapt to inevitable challenges.

The changes did not take place in 2010, but were rolled out over the next few years to give schools and communities time to understand the guidelines and adapt as needed.

Our communities are changing more rapidly than our capacity to adapt and acquire new skills and habits.

Blue Labour sees immigration going hand in hand with neoliberalism which, for the last thirty years, has wrought enormous changes upon communities and individuals ill - adapted to cope with them.

Investments in New York state's clean energy initiatives and programs that help communities adapt to climate change will continue, according to the order.

Ms Spelman will declare that the coalition is already making significant steps to cut carbon emissions and improve flood defences, but will also stress that adapting to climate change will be partly the responsibility of the local and community level.

If you want a say in how your local community should adapt to the changing economic circumstances caused by the global financial meltdown, make sure you write to your councillors today.

We must prevent a looming» water war «by creating a state - wide water plan and covenant so our communities (rural and urban alike) can remain active, informed, and able to adapt to their changing water needs.

«She believed in libraries as places where communities are empowered and inspired, where children can nurture a love of learning and discovery and where adults can gain the skills they need to adapt to a changing workforce,» Walcott added.

CISA is one of 11 NOAA - supported Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments teams helping communities prepare for and adapt to climate variability and change through collaborations among climate scientists and decision - makers.

«It seems like you're spending a lot of time coming up with really different methodologies to count a few dollars and cents,» said Annaka Peterson, a program officer at Oxfam America who focuses on efforts by communities in developing countries to adapt to climate change.

Norway said yesterday it will spend $ 12 million to expand monitoring of Himalayan glaciers and help the region's communities adapt to climate change.

The move toward more natural coastline protection comes as federal agencies, state governments, and local and business leaders focus increasingly on the concept of resilience as they plan for how communities will adapt to climate change.

Resilience is usually defined as a community's ability to adapt to changing conditions, to withstand disruptions from natural and man - made disasters, and to recover quickly from emergencies.

We have begun an ongoing, open dialogue with city officials, community leaders, local NGOs and other stakeholders about what it means to adapt to climate change.

Speaking at a Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars forum yesterday, Brady noted what she called a «missing middle» between the international scope of the U.N. climate change discussions and the very local, grass - roots efforts to help communities adapt to weather - related impact.

«This analysis shows that the communities that did not suffer from oceanic regime shifts were those that could adapt to changes in the quantity and composition of natural resources.»

Together with an interdisciplinary research team from universities in Malawi, Zambia and Ireland he interviewed community members in rural Malawi and Zambia to assess how well they are able to adapt to the way they produce food within the context of shifting belief systems and climate change.

The results, shown in the above map (red means total economic damage and blue is total economic benefit; projections are for 2080 - 2100), could guide states and the federal government toward the communities most in need of help adapting to the changed climate — should lawmakers choose to act.

Finding out how communities are responding and adapting to changes in climate is a vital part of the center's work.

This is not a fable, it's a tale of how people are already adapting to climate change, as revealed at the International Institute for Environment and Development's sixth conference on community - based adaptation to climate change held in Vietnam in April.

In addition to rapidly reducing greenhouse gas emissions, it is essential that we develop strategies to adapt to ongoing changes and make communities more resilient to future changes.

The answer might be found just a few miles farther south, where communities on the Gulf and Atlantic coastlines have been adapting to hurricanes — intensified by climate change — for several years (ClimateWire, Feb. 4).

The flexibility and ability to adapt to changing climates by employing various cultural innovations allowed communities of early humans to survive through a prolonged period of pronounced aridification.

«We are seeing fish communities change from species that are adapted to large, free - flowing rivers to species that occupy small streams with isolated habitats.»

«Species with smaller geographical ranges are naturally more sensitive to environmental change, and if the same community of species is also highly specialized to forage on few food resources, it will be less capable of adapting to a changing environment» says co-author and Assistant Professor Bo Dalsgaard from the Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate.

«EbA is the use of biodiversity and ecosystem services as part of an overall adaptation to help people and communities adapt to the negative effects of climate change at local, regional, and global levels.»

But Arctic communities inherently have the capacity to adapt to significant climate change.

But, despite the scale and speed of climate change in the north, the researchers believe that if policies and practices change in various ways, these communities are inherently well - equipped to adapt to many, if not all, projected changes in climate.

Outdated land management practices, a dearth of local decision - making bodies with real powers, a lack of long - term planning, along with long - standing educational and financial disempowerment and marginalization are among the hurdles the prevent Arctic communities from adapting to climate change, says a McGill - led research team.

A little - known grant program that supports academic research to help communities adapt to climate change and manage their coastal and lakeshore resources is on the chopping block in the Trump administration's budget proposal for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

-- In providing assistance under this section, the Administrator of USAID shall give priority to countries, including the most vulnerable communities and populations therein, that are most vulnerable to the adverse impacts of climate change, determined by the likelihood and severity of such impacts and the country's capacity to adapt to such impacts.

Their work is starting to reveal how diverse ecological communities can change and adapt over time, putting to the test ideas developed out in the field about how organisms adapt to one another as well as to their environment.

They included efforts to prepare communities to adapt to climate change; the cancer moonshot, precision medicine, and brain research in the health arena; a network of advanced manufacturing institutes to recapture global industrial dominance; and public - private partnerships to improve science and math education.