Sentences with phrase «decisions on adaptation»

At the EPA, Dr. Carter integrated the effects of climate change into estimates of future coastal inundation on contaminated lands, such as brownfields and superfund sites, to help guide decisions on adaptation efforts that could better protect nearby communities from the spread of dangerous contaminants during future floods.

However, if our adaptation is informed by science cherry - picked to support a particular standpoint on «dangerous climate change» then this risks leading to wrong decisions on adaptation.

Not exact matches

Observational data suggest that fathers are important in the maternal decision on how to feed the infant and that mothers choose to bottle feed or breastfeed for a shorter time when the father is not supporting breastfeeding.16 — 19 Moreover, supporting the father during breastfeeding may help to improve the mother's satisfaction with breastfeeding, duration of breastfeeding, and adaptation of both parents to parenting.10, 20 — 23 Despite these data, the fathers are poorly informed about the advantages of breastfeeding24, 25 and may have many concerns that are poorly addressed and that can negatively influence initiation and duration rates of breastfeeding.

, 1968 Zick Rubin, «The Social Psychology of Romantic Love», 1969 Elliot Aronson, «Some Antecedents of Interpersonal Attraction», 1970 David C. Glass and Jerome E. Singer, «The Urban Condition: Its Stresses and Adaptations — Experimental Studies of Behavioral Consequences of Exposure to Aversive Events», 1971 Norman H. Anderson, «Information Integration Theory: A Brief Survey», 1972 Lenora Greenbaum, «Socio - Cultural Influences on Decision Making: An Illustrative Investigation of Possession - Trance in Sub-Saharan Africa», 1973 William E. McAuliffe and Robert A. Gordon, «A Test of Lindesmith's Theory of Addiction: The Frequency of Euphoria Among Long - Term Addicts», 1974 R. B. Zajonc and Gregory B. Markus, «Intellectual Environment and Intelligence», 1975 Johnathan Kelley and Herbert S. Klein, «Revolution and the Rebirth of Inequality: The Bolivian National Revolution», 1977 Murray Melbin, «Night as Frontier», 1978 Ronald S. Wilson, «Synchronies in Mental Development: An Epigenetic Perspective», 1979 Bibb Latane, Stephen G. Harkins, and Kipling D. Williams, «Many Hands Make Light the Work: The Causes and Consequences of Social Loafing», 1980 Gary Wayne Strong, «Information, Pattern, and Behavior: The Cognitive Biases of Four Japanese Groups», 1981 Richard A. Shweder and Edmund J. Bourne, «Does the Concept of the Person Vary Cross Culturally?»

-- 7) Forest models for Montana that account for changes in both climate and resulting vegetation distribution and patterns; 8) Models that account for interactions and feedbacks in climate - related impacts to forests (e.g., changes in mortality from both direct increases in warming and increased fire risk as a result of warming); 9) Systems thinking and modeling regarding climate effects on understory vegetation and interactions with forest trees; 10) Discussion of climate effects on urban forests and impacts to cityscapes and livability; 11) Monitoring and time - series data to inform adaptive management efforts (i.e., to determine outcome of a management action and, based on that outcome, chart future course of action); 12) Detailed decision support systems to provide guidance for managing for adaptation.

In some cases, this may take the form of flexible adaptation pathways, with decisions made now for the next 30 years and decisions on the timing and sequencing of alternative options, conditional on future sea - level rise, planned out in advance.

In May 2013 the Arctic Council decided to continue its work on the AACA initiative and requested the AMAP Working Group to «produce information to assist local decision - makers and stakeholders in three pilot regions in developing adaptation tools and strategies to better deal with climate change and other pertinent environmental stressors».

(In English and German with subtitles) We Bought a Zoo (PG for mature themes and mild profanity) Screen adaptation of Benjamin Mee's bittersweet memoir recounting the grieving widower's (Matt Damon) decision to relocate his family to a dilapidated estate with 200 exotic animals on the premises with hopes of refurbishing the zoo while rebuilding their lives.

The approach presented here is based on three main pillars: an adaptation mechanism based on a broad understanding of system dependencies; efficient use of system knowledge through involvement of actors throughout the process; and technological solutions to enable efficient actor communication and information handling.The book provides readers with a better understanding of the factors that influence decisions, and put forward solutions to facilitate the rapid adaptation to changes in the business environment and customer needs through intelligent upgrade i...

But the lower court disagreed, alarming many in the art world, who warned that the decision could have a chilling effect on a tradition of artistic appropriation and adaptation that has thrived for decades.

Policy decisions on both mitigation and adaptation require the same scientific advice, but are influenced by other factors too.

Nine classes were delivered throughout COP23 on the following topics: Paris Agreement, Climate Finance, Climate Change and Jobs, Climate Services for Decision - Making, Circular Economy, Adaptation, Climate Change and Health, and Climate Empowerment.

The programme, under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), aims to assist countries that are party to the Convention, particularly developing countries, to improve their understanding and assessment of impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change, and to make informed decisions thereon.

- Make informed decisions on practical adaptation actions and measures to respond to climate change on a sound scientific, technical and socio - economic basis, taking into account current and future climate change and variability.

Parties also decided to accelerate activities under the workplan on enhancing mitigation ambition in accordance with decision 1 / CP.17, paragraphs 7 and 8, by, inter alia, intensifying, as from 2014, the technical examination of opportunities for actions with high mitigation potential, including those with adaptation and sustainable development co-benefits, with a focus on the implementation of policies, practices and technologies that are substantial, scalable and replicable, with a view to promoting voluntary cooperation on concrete actions in relation to identified mitigation opportunities in accordance with nationally defined development priorities.

This analytical report focuses on the links between gender and climate change adaptation and highlights strategies the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)'s Africa Adaptation Programme (AAP) used to mainstream gender into climate change adaptation policy and increase women's engagement in decisionadaptation and highlights strategies the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)'s Africa Adaptation Programme (AAP) used to mainstream gender into climate change adaptation policy and increase women's engagement in decisionAdaptation Programme (AAP) used to mainstream gender into climate change adaptation policy and increase women's engagement in decisionadaptation policy and increase women's engagement in decision - making.

The study focuses on the way in which decision making in climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction (DRR) is managed, and assesses practical cases of regional and national adaptation strategies.

by Judith Curry This post discusses Workshop presentations on the utility of climate models for regional adaptation decisions.

This analytical report describes how United Nations organizations use the information provided by space - based technologies to monitor the Earth's climate system and support decision - making about climate change adaptation, prediction and mitigation, including addressing the needs identified under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

The main purpose of this Dialog is to communicate to politicians and decision makers — both within the water community and from other public policy areas relevant to the topic - and other actors involved, a series of key messages and recommendations that enable them to define, in an informed manner, public policies and corresponding actions on climate change adaptation.

Although climate change is global, information on climate adaptation and mitigation are required by the local and regional decision - makers.

by Judith Curry Last week, I was privileged to host the UK - US Workshop on Climate Science Needed to Support Robust Adaptation Decisions.

by Judith Curry This post discusses Workshop presentations on methodologies and application examples of decision analytical strategies to support robust decision making on climate adaptation.

The October 2011 report Federal Actions for a Climate Resilient Nation: Progress Report of the Interagency Climate Change Adaptation Task Force provides an update on actions in key areas of Federal adaptation, including: building resilience in local communities, safeguarding critical natural resources such as freshwater, and providing accessible climate information and tools to help decision - makers manage climAdaptation Task Force provides an update on actions in key areas of Federal adaptation, including: building resilience in local communities, safeguarding critical natural resources such as freshwater, and providing accessible climate information and tools to help decision - makers manage climadaptation, including: building resilience in local communities, safeguarding critical natural resources such as freshwater, and providing accessible climate information and tools to help decision - makers manage climate risks.

The guidelines are intended to be used by decision - makers, authorities and experts working on the agriculture sectors and global climate change experts in developing countries to better understand the need and opportunities for adaptation in the agricultural sectors.

Based on current models, this is not the case everywhere, and continued model development and improvement is required to decrease the uncertainty and increase the utility of regional climate projections for adaptation decision making.

Decisions made at the Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change — such as those related to finance, adaptation, mitigation, technology, and capacity building — have major ramifications for LDCs.

As President of Climate Forecast Applications Network (CFAN) LLC, I have worked with decision makers on climate impact assessments, assessing and developing meteorological hazard and climate adaptation strategies, and developing subseasonal climate forecasting strategies to support adaptive management.

• Improved understanding of climate thresholds and vulnerabilities, impacts, and adaptive responses in a variety of different local contexts across the country • Improved understanding of vulnerable populations (e.g., urban poor, native populations on tribal lands) that have limited capacities for responding to climate change • Ways to build adaptive capacity that can be generalized across individuals, communities, and countries • Decision support tools for entities responsible for hazard mitigation and management • Collection of socioeconomic research to inform impact, vulnerability, and adaptation research

Before any further dollars are spent on climate change adaptation and / or mitigation, the world needs to upgrade their global weather / climate reporting network to the USCRN standard so that policymakers have correct temperature change mesurements to base their decisions on.

Adaptation is further supported by increased agro-ecosystem diversity of organic farms, based on management decisions, reduced nitrogen inputs and the absence of chemical pesticides.

This means that decision - making on adaptation, for example, can now use a risk - based approach based on the probability of a particular outcome.»

«These are important places that have a lot of people, property, and local economies that are going to struggle,» said Jessica Grannis, the adaptation program manager at Georgetown's Climate Center, at a recent Wilson Center event on the role of subnational decision - makers in achieving international goals.

The point is that decisions taken prior to submitting a planning application — location, layout and design, to paraphrase 10 (2)(n)- which are variously completely or partially ignored under the Building Control Act, have a substantial impact on all three elements of section 10 (2)(n)-- energy demand, carbon emissions and climate change adaptation.

Resource managers, planners, and leaders of public and private organizations to incorporate information on ongoing and projected changes in climate and its ramifications into their decision - making, with goals of limiting emissions, reducing the negative consequences of climate change, and enhancing adaptation, public well - being, safety, and economic vitality; and

Organizations around the world to join with IUGG and its member Associations to encourage scientists to communicate freely and widely with public and private decision - makers about the consequences and risks of on - going climate change and actions that can be taken to limit climate change and promote adaptation; and

The SBSTA closing plenary began around midnight and ended around 3 am after adopting conclusions and forwarding draft COP decisions on many issues, including the Nairobi Work Programme, the report of the Adaptation Committee, response measures, research and systematic observations, and most methodological issues under the Convention and Protocol.

Is adaptation all about minimising damage or are their opportunities as well; can adaptation proceed only through deliberately planned actions focused specifically on adaptation to climate change; how much must be known about future climates to make decisions about adaptation?

There is no single «correct» adaptation pathway, although some decisions, and sequences of decisions, are more likely to result in long - term maladaptive outcomes than others, but the judgment of outcomes depends strongly on societal values, expectations and goals.

But economic analysis, which focuses on the monetary costs and benefits of an option, is just one important component of decision making relating to adaptation alternatives, and final decisions about such measures are almost never based on this information alone.

Indeed some of these methods have already been applied to the evaluation of adaptation measures, such as decisions on which coastal areas to protect and how much to protect them.

Shukla / IGES: [«Future of the IPCC», 2008] It is inconceivable that policymakers will be willing to make billion - and trillion - dollar decisions for adaptation to the projected regional climate change based on models that do not even describe and simulate the processes that are the building blocks of climate variability.

This report includes chapters on Mitigation, Adaptation, and Decision Support that offer an overview of the options and activities being planned or implemented around the country as local, state, federal, and tribal governments, as well as businesses, organizations, and individuals begin to respond to climate change.

Some of the gaps in Chapter 3 on ethical issues raised by climate change policy - making include: (1) ethics of decision - making in the face of scientific uncertainty, (2) whether action or non-action of other nations affects a nation's responsibility for climate change, (3) how to spend limited funds on climate change adaptation, (4) when politicians may rely on their own uninformed opinion about climate change science, and (5) who is responsible to for climate refugees and what are their responsibilities.

Understandably, adaptation has long played the role of the ugly headed step - child of climate policy, as decision makers focused almost entirely on ways to significantly cut emissions.

Anne's most recent work has been in developing and applying decision - support tools for climate change adaptation, conducting participatory field research on livelihoods and climate change, and building the capacity of governments and civil society to integrate climate risk into policies and field projects.

So I suggest we should very concerned about whether the relevant decision makers have the necessary moral character to take tough decisions on mitigation and adaptation, rather than adopting the hope of geoengineering as an excuse for not upsetting political allies, campaign funders or particular groups of voters.

As part of our contribution, CSW commented that the document might carry greater relevance for decision - makers who want to advance a needed adaptation agenda to an unconvinced or climate - skeptic audience (a very real possibility) by including more explicit language on the ways in which climate change issues can be framed to appeal to diverse groups — for example, emphasizing the potential damages to people and property to one community, the negative impacts to industry in another.

It seeks to «inspire» and enable» action on climate change adaptation, acting as a «guide to responsible actions by natural resource managers and other decision - makers at all levels of government.»

To facilitate policy decisions on mitigation and adaptation strategies, it is necessary to understand, quantify, and synthesize these climate - change impacts, taking into account their uncertainties.