Sentences with phrase «face of changing climates»

This research highlights the potential for plant communities to change in the face of changing climates.

(Most of the funding — $ 2 billion — goes to another climate priority, infrastructure for «disaster mitigation and adaptation» in the face of a changing climate.)

Creating sustainable food systems in the face of a changing climate isn't easy — but innovators around the world are making real progress

«A lot of communities in our country are struggling with how to plan to ensure reliable access to food, water and other things in their community in the face of a changing climate,» said Jack Fellows, vice president of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, which organized the conference that produced the report.

A new review paper emphasizes the crucial role birds play in helping trees colonize new habitats — especially in the face of a changing climate.

In the face of changing climate, forest managers can best maintain stable forest health and product yield by understanding past trends and planning for a range of climate scenarios.

In the face of changing climate, forest managers can best maintain forest health and stable product yield by understanding past trends and planning for a range of climate scenarios.

There is something in this tool for all of the major sectoral areas interested in planning for greater resilience in the face of a changing climate.»

«A clean energy future beyond coal is critical to protecting our clean air, our lands and our communities in the face of a changing climate,» said Adam Kron, staff attorney for Defenders of Wildlife.

ESM 293 - 1S - Resilience and Risk in a Changing Climate [2 units] McGlade In this course, students will learn about resilience and risk and how these concepts are shaping today's thinking about our future ability to live sustainably in the face of a changing climate.

If government changes its investments because of the new «Rules of the Game», then the poor's well being can improve in the face of a changing climate even if they can't afford any of the private adaptation strategies.

A more integrated and systemic approach is needed to ensure the nation's resilience in the face of a changing climate.

Importantly, we suggest that in the face of changing climate (e.g. ocean acidification and temperature), effective management of local stressors (e.g. water pollution and overfishing) may have a greater contribution in determining ecosystem states than currently anticipated.

In a time when we're struggling to figure out how we're going to feed everyone in the face of a changing climate, severe droughts, and increasingly scarce freshwater resources, the news that we currently waste about a third of all the food produced in the US should be cause for serious concern.

Not every city may face the same scale of potential loses that a city like New York does, but there's no reason we can not all do more to make wherever we live, be it our homes, neighborhoods or entire regions more resilient in the face of a changing climate.

Such measures will hopefully help secure local populations» health and livelihood in the face of a changing climate, while reducing the Middle East's contribution to global warming.

But as the way we generate electricity is evolving in the face of a changing climate, so is the grid that moves this electricity from Point A to Point B. For one, the technology is getting smarter, enabling us to be more efficient and reduce demand for power.

In the face of a changing climate, one agent encouraged clients to fight back against excessive flood insurance requirements.

Not exact matches

The news was a sobering new data point supporting the long - accepted thesis that a rapidly changing climate is transforming the face of the earth.

As we face future known threats like war and climate change, and unknown threats like an asteroid impact or new disease, Downey said that that's the kind of knowledge we should want to have.

The problems facing us, many of them are global, like rogue nuclear states, like climate change, and other forms of environmental threats, like terrorists, like maximizing global wealth and prosperity, and none of these are going to be solved if we think of the international arena as one of each nation striving for its individual greatness.

Adani Group, controlled by the billionaire Gautam Adani, said it will now plan to finance the vast Carmichael coal project on its own, but the company faces an uphill struggle as both governments and major banks adopt a harder line towards new coal projects, citing the impact of coal - fired power on climate change.

Both pipelines face two forms of opposition: widely dispersed environmentalists worried about climate change, and stakeholders along the route more concerned about oil spills.

The reef is already facing pressures from climate change, land - based pollution and crown - of - thorns starfish outbreaks.

In an appearance on CBS's «Face the Nation» on Earth Day, Bloomberg said he would give $ 4.5 million of his personal fortune towards the U.S.'s pledge of up to $ 3 billion by 2020 to support climate change initiatives.

«It is encouraging to see this major central bank seeing the need to move with the times and understand its role in dealing with one of the major challenges facing our economies today: climate change,» said James Leaton, research director at the Carbon Tracker Initiative.

During his speech, the President called on Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to show the «power of conviction» and display courage in confronting climate change, despite the ideological hurdles he may face in both the Parliament and his party room.

The Obama administration, in the face of what it deemed to be unsatisfactory congressional action on climate change, was muscular in its use of Clean Air Act rulemaking.

And while some of these are already unavoidable, making adaptation to climate change a necessity, the level of risk we face depends on how quickly and deeply we cut carbon pollution.

They're generally highly educated, they've had strong awareness of social and environmental issues from an early age and are keenly aware of the challenges faced by climate change.

Climate Change vs. Big Cats From intimidating bears to fierce gators, mascots across the country are the face of any college athletic program.

There is a need for a massive re-think about how we build community, rural and urban communities that are resilient, healthy and work towards strengthening self - reliance in the face of climate change.

In the face of climate change — and the reduced emissions important to corralling rising temperatures — train is the one mode of transportation that has a future.

These liberties or lack thereof influenced my worldview and it wasn't until I removed myself from my home that I began to gain a better picture of the complexities that we are confronted with in the face of climate change.

The changing climate will present new risks and new opportunities as we face the very complex task of producing enough food, feed, and fuel for a world on its way to nine billion increasingly prosperous people.

In the face of all the extreme weather we've been getting, and all the supporting science for man - caused climate change, she claims climate change is a hoax.

In today's climate of business consolidation, increased competition and regulatory changes, the food and beverage industry is facing some of its toughest challenges in years.

The importance of connectivity between coffee and protected areas is tremendous, given the overlap and proximity of biodiversity hotspots and coffee - growing regions (Hardner and Rice 2002) and the importance of shaded coffee in the face of global climate change.

Panel discussion will feature climate policy experts and leading vintners at Vinexpo Bordeaux 2017, Sunday, June 18 NEW YORK — April 20, 2017 — The impact of climate change on viticulture and wine quality is among the most critical issues facing the global wine community today, as it prepares to converge on Bordeaux, France, this -LSB-...]

Surely this is of vital importance as we face a future where most of the coffee we love will soon be threatened by climate change?

To meet the world's growing food security needs and face the parallel challenges of improving nutrition and reducing poverty under a changing global climate, a second — science - based — Green Revolution in agriculture is already under way.

We continue to support the wheat and barley industries in the face of global challenges such as climate change, food and fuel security and sustainable agriculture practices.

The authors note that optimum cultivation requirements for arabica coffee will likely become harder to achieve in the face of climate change, productivity will probably be reduced, and more intense management (especially irrigation) will be needed.

I confess that I have become somewhat blasé about the range of exciting — I think revolutionary is probably more accurate — technologies that we are rolling out today: our work in genomics and its translation into varieties that are reaching poor farmers today; our innovative integration of long — term and multilocation trials with crop models and modern IT and communications technology to reach farmers in ways we never even imagined five years ago; our vision to create a C4 rice and see to it that Golden Rice reaches poor and hungry children; maintaining productivity gains in the face of dynamic pests and pathogens; understanding the nature of the rice grain and what makes for good quality; our many efforts to change the way rice is grown to meet the challenges of changing rural economies, changing societies, and a changing climate; and, our extraordinary array of partnerships that has placed us at the forefront of the CGIAR change process through the Global Rice Science Partnership.

NEW YORK — April 20, 2017 — The impact of climate change on viticulture and wine quality is among the most critical issues facing the global wine community today, as it prepares to converge on Bordeaux, France, this June for Vinexpo Bordeaux 2017.

Climate change is one of the biggest challenges facing the world today.

Species extinction, forest destruction and climate change are some of the greatest challenges facing our generation.

As we all know, the greatest scourge facing today's youth is not the prospect of global climate change, or the faltering economy they're likely to inherit: it's the chance that they might cast their delicate eyeballs in the direction of a TV or computer screen.

You can learn more about Mass Audubon's efforts to identify areas that are critical for conservation in the face of climate change by reading our Losing Ground report.

Deanna, who writes the blog Crunchy Chicken, Putting the Mental into Environmental pulls no punches, getting straight to a serious point and problem facing climate change action the world over... instead of action we see too much apathy.