Sentences with phrase «focuese on climate change adaptation»

Robert R.M. Verchick, a Loyola University law professor who worked on climate change adaptation policy at the Environmental Protection Agency under Obama, said federal leadership is essential.

In CETA there is also a provision which says that the costs of pollution are borne by the polluter and requires Canada and Europe to prioritize trade in environmental goods and services related to renewable energy and co-operate on climate change adaptation and mitigation.

Currently, Cambodia and IRRI are conducting joint research projects on climate change adaptation and mitigation, climate - resilient rice varieties, remote sensing - based crop monitoring, improvement of farmers» livelihoods, and postharvest technology.

Mass Audubon served on the Climate Change Adaptation Advisory Committee, which ensured that the GWSA included measures to help people and nature adapt to climate change impacts that are inevitable even if greenhouse gas emissions were stopped immediately.

Kirshen, an expert on climate change adaptation and water resources, thinks the United States should take a similar approach.

«In order to sustain water and energy security in the next decades, the electricity focus will need to increase their focus on climate change adaptation in addition to mitigation.»

«New data confirm increased frequency of extreme weather events: European national science academies urge further action on climate change adaptation.»

After leaving academia, he was director of Science and Technology at the NGO Gain.org on climate change adaptation.

Emphasis should be placed on climate change adaptation, rather than mitigation as advocated by Mr. Savory, to support the well - being of millions of human inhabitants.

The solutions, however, must also include a much better focus than present on climate change adaptation and reducing vulnerability to drought — a «no - regrets» strategy that will help both with natural variability, and the variability that could be made more challenging by human - caused climate change.

As for resilience in the face of rising seas and storm surges, you gave a creditable speech on climate change adaptation in your final year in office, but it had a classic «no retreat» theme, centering on this line:

The study, Climate Data and Modeling Analysis of the Indus Ecoregion, has been written by Dr Ghulam Rasul of the Pakistan Meteorological Department as part of a project titled Building Capacity on Climate Change Adaptation in Coastal Areas of Pakistan.

Nordic solutions for robust societies is the theme of the 5th Nordic Conference on Climate Change Adaptation.

Anyone who works with or is interested in working with climate change adaptation can attend the Nordic Conference on Climate Change Adaptation on 23 - 25 October in Norrköping.

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With the increasing needs of science - based policies on climate change adaptation, strengthening the communication at the science — policy interface becomes critical.

Titled «Nordic solutions for robust societies», the conference is primarily an opportunity to exchange ideas on climate change adaptation and to find solutions in various sectors of society.

If the sight of flooding streets in lower Manhattan couldn't galvanize political will on climate change adaptation, what would?

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This slide presentation reports on climate change adaptation and water resources in the Caribbean region.

Brian Orland, a Fulbright - Nehru Fellow, is starting a nine - month study on climate change adaptation along the Brahmaputra River, where the environment challenges [continue reading...]

This policy document presents the Framework Programme on Climate Change Adaptation (FAO - Adapt) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

This guidance document provides access to articles, videos and various other resources that would assist indigenous peoples, local communities, policy makers and other stakeholders in researching on climate change adaptation and mitigation.

Chapter 4 introduces FAO's work on climate change adaptation with its core principles and priority adaptation themes and actions and, in conclusion, Chapter 5 presents FAO - Adapt's implementation proposals.

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This activity report provides an overview of country - led efforts on climate change adaptation supported by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF) partnership with financing from the GEF - managed Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF), Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF) and Strategic Priority on Adaptation (SPA) funds.

Advancements and improvements in the field of damage and losses monitoring are crucial to support global and regional initiatives on climate change adaptation in agriculture.

This policy document includes a Priority Framework for Action (PFA) for Nepal on climate change adaptation and disaster risk management in agriculture.

This module focuese on climate change adaptation and mitigation, aiming to assist forest managers in assessing and responding to climate - change challenges and opportunities.

Surfrider's State of the Beach Erosion Response (contains a subsection on climate change adaptation)-- evaluates each state's adaptation efforts and provides links to relevant info and tools.

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.

In particular it focuses on climate change adaptation, both planning and financing, and covers the following themes: gender - differentiated impact of climate change in Africa; gender - differentiated impact of adaptation planning and financing; and need and options for the integration of gender perspectives in adaptation responses.

(Thomson Reuters Foundation)-- Bangladesh plans to cut spending from its own budget on climate change adaptation and rely more in the future on funds from donors, government officials said.

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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.

On the climate change adaptation side, the Bank is stepping up efforts to integrate disaster risk management work with longer - term efforts to make vulnerable nations more resilient to climate and disaster risks.

The MRBI responds to the IPCC's need for a peer - reviewed publication on climate change adaptation projects in the Lower Mekong Basin (LMB) for the Asia Chapter of its 5th Assessment Report.

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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.

Report of the Maryland commission on climate change adaptation and response working group.

Robert R.M. Verchick, a Loyola University law professor who worked on climate change adaptation policy at the Environmental Protection Agency under Obama, said federal leadership is essential.

She now works as a Technical Adviser for GIZ, the German Agency for International Cooperation, on a climate change adaptation program.

Adaptation Strategies — The impact of three urban policies in Paris on climate change adaptation and mitigation

Staff of local governments, research organisations and NGOs participating in the UN Habitat Cities and Climate Change Programme and in 2 CDKN - funded projects were trained on the potential impacts of urban agriculture and - forestry on climate change adaptation and mitigation, and on practical methods for monitoring them; climate - smart urban agriculture technologies; and the design and assessment of alternative strategies for the development of urban agriculture as part of city climate change strategies.

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There is a need to scale up our national and local programs on climate change adaptation and disaster risk management with urgency,» Lucille Sering told the Thomson Reuters Foundation in an interview.

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.»

Gomberg: There's so much work we could be doing on climate change adaptation.

These initiatives already are going hand - in - hand with community involvement — for instance, open houses on climate change adaptation, including the opportunity to play a game that examines waterfront protection options.

This activity report introduces UNDP's programme on climate change adaptation.