Sentences with phrase «for adaptation support»

He goes further and argues that international human rights and climate treaties establish rights for Inuit that are being compromised with climate change, establishing a legal basis for adaptation support.

With increasing land degradation, desertification and soil erosion hitting hard at the local level and poor women and men totally reliant on natural resources for their survival, the need for adaptation support could not be more urgent.

Eleven donors have pledged close to $ 250 USD million in new money for adaptation support to the most vulnerable countries on the planet giving a welcome boost to the start of the climate talks here in Paris.

New financing for Least Developed Countries Fund sends strong signal of commitment as Paris talks get underway Eleven donors have pledged close to $ 250 USD million in new money for adaptation support to the most vulnerable countries on the planet giving a welcome boost to the start of the climate talks here in Paris.

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Water Criteria development has been led by a consortium consisting of the Climate Bonds Initiative, Ceres, World Resources Institute, CDP and the Alliance for Global Water Adaptation (AGWA) which is supported by Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI).

After winning a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her wild - eyed turn as a mental patient in Girl, Interrupted, she attempted a few other serious acting roles but only seemed to find blockbuster success when she took on the lead role in the feature - film adaptation of the video game Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.

But most the time is when poor families can not support and in need of Money to support the rest of family members... it is pity but upon need should not we be surprised to see families selling their children or shipping them to the west for adaptation...?!

But the English while showing a genius for adaptation have commonly appeared to be backing into the future by supporting even their revolutions by appeal to the past — to Magna Carta and the traditional rights of Englishmen — thus in their way showing «a decent respect to the [accepted] opinions of mankind.»

Mass Audubon supports the passage of An Act establishing a comprehensive adaptation management plan in response to climate change, which prepares Massachusetts for the impacts of climate change by identifying where we are most vulnerable and taking measures to protect public health, public safety and the economy.

The Ellaroo Mei Hip is an ingenious adaptation of a traditional baby sling enhanced with hip support, allow more comfort for the babywearer.

We have over 40 years of longitudinal research in developmental psychology showing that safe, secure relationships support development of the capacity for emotional regulation, cognitive resourcefulness and social adaptation.

Mass Audubon provides support for municipalities through the state's Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) program, which fosters climate adaptation practices at the local level.

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.

The evidence supports the need for considerable investment in adaptation and mitigation actions toward a «climate - smart food system» that is more resilient to climate change influences on food security.

Dr. Stergiopoulos noted the study is important for those who work directly with disadvantaged populations because it highlights that adaptations and improvements need to be made to treatment and support options.

The adaptation of the x-ray PAD to the scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM) was supported by the Kavli Institute at Cornell for Nanoscale Science.

Emerging evidence for variability in the coral calcification response to acidification, geographical variation in bleaching susceptibility and recovery, responses to past climate change, and potential rates of adaptation to rapid warming supports an alternative scenario in which reef degradation occurs with greater temporal and spatial heterogeneity than current projections suggest.

Traces of such language contacts support that the mixing populations also mixed their languages as part of human adaptation strategies for this region and its precarious environment.

Identification of these genes provides support for previously hypothesized mechanisms of high - altitude adaptation and illuminates the complexity of hypoxia - response pathways in humans.

Long - term monitoring efforts that supported this discovery are vital as we continue to monitor changes in the Arctic and develop tools to support adaptation planning for both wildlife and people.»

In recent years, S&T Fellows have helped to set up a digital library for Iraqi scientists, provided key data to support the Endangered Species Act, contributed to a federal task force on global climate change adaptation, and worked on recovery and reconstruction projects in Haiti just weeks after the country's devastating January 2010 earthquake.

The Initiative for the Adaptation of African Agriculture to Climate Change (AAA) and the Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) Fund Project have joined forces to support land rehabilitation in Africa.

«Collectively, this work fills a gap in our understanding of how ploidy impacts adaptation, and provides empirical support for the hypothesis that diploid populations have altered access to beneficial mutations,» says Marad.

-- 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 addition to supporting adaptation efforts through its pipeline of infrastructure projects (which will average $ 1.1 billion per annum over the next three years), the Bank is providing (in countries such as Morocco, Tunisia, Djibouti, and Yemen) knowledge and technical expertise for better analyzing likely impacts of climate change, and for designing least - cost adaptation interventions to minimize such impacts.

Partnerships are built around various drivers: for example supporting the Polar regions in a period of rapid change; educating the public about polar sciences and climate; contributing to climate change awareness; mitigation and adaptation; defining and implementing CSR action plan; implementing technology solutions for low carbon emissions.

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0819994, via an ADVANCE Partnerships for Adaptation, Implementation, and Dissemination (PAID) Award.

This supports the hypothesis that the possibility for horizontal exchange of new adaptations between major clades of the subspecies may have been a critical factor in the recent emergence of several clinically important STs from diverse genomic backgrounds.

Suggestions for props, modifications, adaptations, tools and supports to meet the needs of diverse cognitive and physical abilities

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Hanks starred in Tom Tykwer's adaptation of Eggers» A Hologram for the King last year, but here he plays a more sinister character alongside a strong supporting cast that includes Karen Gillan, John Boyega, Ellar Coltrane, and the late Bill Paxton in one of his last performances.

Having found a great trio of female leads for novel adaptation The Girl On The Train, director Tate Taylor and the producers are now looking for some male supporting roles.

Bale is supported by a wonderful cast, including Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes, Gary Oldman, Cillian Murphy, Tom Wilkinson, Rutger Hauer and Ken Watanabe — truly has such a cast been assembled for a comic book adaptation before?

Hugh Laurie is nominated for two Emmys in 2016, one as an executive producer of The Night Manager and one for his supporting performance as an international arms dealer in the AMC adaptation of the John le Carré novel.

The actor: Chris Cooper, a serious - minded, thoughtful man best known for his extensive work with indie director John Sayles on Lone Star, Matewan, City Of Hope, and Silver City; his Best Supporting Actor Oscar for Adaptation, and his role as the grim, homophobic Marine dad in American Beauty.

Deadline says Damon's up to join the supporting cast for Clooney's adaptation, which includes Daniel Craig (Skyfall), Bill Murray (Hyde Park on Hudson) and Cate Blanchett (The Hobbit).

It stars Dustin Hoffman (74) as a weary gangster, his first lead role in a television series (he won an Emmy in 1986 for his performance as Willy Loman in a television adaptation of Death of a Salesman), Nick Nolte (70) as a trainer for whom the word grizzled appears to have been created and eye - catching supporting roles for Michael Gambon (71) and Dennis Farina (67).

This adaptation of Anton Chekhov's The Duel holds particular interest for Irish audiences as the two leads and two key supporting roles are played by Irish actors, namely Andrew Scott, Fiona Glascott, Niall Buggy and Michelle Fairley.

Dee Rees» adaptation of Hilary Jordan's popular novel, Mudbound, took home three awards, including Outstanding Supporting Actor for Jason Mitchell, Outstanding Original Song, Mighty River, for nine - time Grammy Award winner, Mary J. Blige, and the talented cast was recognized with an Outstanding Ensemble win.

MNPP puckers up for Tom Sturridge - On the Road is now on DVD and Olivier Assayas Sils Maria is next Empire Beautiful cast lining up for the adaptation of the best - seller Dark Places, a drama about a woman who survived a Satanic massacre, with Charlize Theron headlining and Nicholas Hoult, Corey Stoll and Christina Hendricks supporting i09 has a Fall Movie Guide for 20 upcoming genre films.

For all the deserved talk about the dearth of meaningful roles for women in Hollywood, horror has actually done its part to correct that imbalance, earning accolades for actresses starting with The Bad Seed and Psycho and continuing with 1976's adaptation of Stephen King's Carrie, whose sole nominations were for Best Actress (Sissy Spacek) and Best Supporting Actress (Piper LauriFor all the deserved talk about the dearth of meaningful roles for women in Hollywood, horror has actually done its part to correct that imbalance, earning accolades for actresses starting with The Bad Seed and Psycho and continuing with 1976's adaptation of Stephen King's Carrie, whose sole nominations were for Best Actress (Sissy Spacek) and Best Supporting Actress (Piper Laurifor women in Hollywood, horror has actually done its part to correct that imbalance, earning accolades for actresses starting with The Bad Seed and Psycho and continuing with 1976's adaptation of Stephen King's Carrie, whose sole nominations were for Best Actress (Sissy Spacek) and Best Supporting Actress (Piper Laurifor actresses starting with The Bad Seed and Psycho and continuing with 1976's adaptation of Stephen King's Carrie, whose sole nominations were for Best Actress (Sissy Spacek) and Best Supporting Actress (Piper Laurifor Best Actress (Sissy Spacek) and Best Supporting Actress (Piper Laurie).

2012 was a pivotal bloom year for the adaptation, with Heller landing all encompassing support from the Sundance Institute folks with a quartet of workshoppy goodness: Creative Producing Summit, June Screenwriters Lab, Directors Lab and Screenplay Reading Series.

Back in August it was announced that David Tennant and Michael Sheen are to star as Crowley and Aziraphale in an adaptation of Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett's Good Omens, and now the supporting cast for the BBC and Amazon series has been revealed.

But within a few years, Affleck had managed to turn things around by taking control of his own destiny: after a well - received supporting turn in «Hollywoodland» in 2006, Affleck made his directorial debut in 2007 with the Dennis Lehane adaptation, «Gone Baby Gone,» a showcase for his brother Casey, which picked up excellent reviews.

Dean, Kazan and Paul Osborn (who wrote the adaptation) earned Oscar nominations, while Jo Van Fleet nabbed the Best Supporting Actress award for her work as Cal's hard - boiled mother, who years earlier had abandoned her family and ended up operating a whorehouse in the adjacent town.

Ahead of its home entertainment release next week, we've got a UK exclusive featurette for Andy Muschietti's Stephen King adaptation It which sees young stars Jack Dylan Grazer (Eddie) and Jeremy Ray Taylor (Ben) discussing the Losers Club; check it out here... SUPPORT FLICKERING MYTH: Order via Amazon US or Amazon UK When children begin to disappear in -LSB-...]

Since his first film and television appearances in the late - eighties, actor Chris Cooper's filmography has come to include blockbusters (The Bourne Identity, the upcoming The Amazing Spider - Man 2), comedies (Me, Myself, and Irene, The Muppets), Best Picture nominees (Seabiscuit, Capote), a Best Picture winner (American Beauty), and his own Oscar win in 2003 for Best Supporting Actor for Adaptation.

She also received Best Supporting Actress nominations for «The Deer Hunter» (1978) and «Adaptation» (2002).

Michael Fassbender's turn as a sex addict in Steve McQueenâ $ ™ s erotic drama Shame bagged him the Best Actor Bifa, with the Irish - German X-Men heartthrob joined on stage by acting veteran Vanessa Redgrave, who won Best Supporting Actress for her role in Ralph Fiennesâ $ ™ Shakespearean adaptation Coriolanus.Â

In this adaptation of the book from «Boston Globe» reporters Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill, Cooper has Depp and Joel Edgerton as his two leads, and an incredibly deep supporting cast that provide the look and feel for this period piece dramatizing the crime and corruption during Bulger's reign.