Sentences with phrase «for adapting to»

16 Parental knowledge is thought to provide a global cognitive organization for adapting to or anticipating developmental changes in children.17 Mothers who are knowledgeable respond more sensitively to their child's initiations, 18 while mothers with inaccurate expectations about their child's development tend to be more harsh.19, 20,21 Studies have indicated that when mothers have higher knowledge of infant and child development, they show higher levels of parenting skills, 16,22,23 their children have higher cognitive skills, 16,24 and there are fewer child behaviour problems.16 Furthermore, a positive association has been found between parental self - efficacy and parenting competence when knowledge of child development is high.

Researchers have also found that the ability to accept situations that can not be changed is crucial for adapting to traumatic events.

The FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific is organizing a brown bag session on «Addressing climate information gaps and data needs for adapting to climate change impacts in the Southeast Asia» on 14 December 2017.

As the talks enter the final scheduled day, some delegates said they are holding out hope for an agreement on forests and aid, as well as setting up an advisory body for adapting to climate change.

In addition, a number of countries have taken action to use DRR for adapting to climate change, through National Platforms on DRR.

Governments and the international community have to save lives now, but also act to reduce that chronic vulnerability, building local abilities to manage the drought cycle, improving the flow of data, information and ideas for adapting to climate change and drastically increasing long - term investment in smallholder agriculture and pastoralism, which have shown they can provide a decent life for millions of East Africans, provided they are supported (rather than ignored) by governments.

Despite this great promise, carbon removal systems have large largely been ignored in the mainstream climate conversation, which has focused primarily on techniques for stopping emissions and for adapting to changes in climate.

This strategy aims at helping Member States to build and maintain the requisite knowledge base, and to adopt measures for adapting to the impacts of climate change, contribute to the mitigation of its causes, and enhance sustainable development.

It said grants and highly concessional loans were essential for adapting to climate change in the world's most vulnerable countries, including small island developing States.

Despite the significant progress summarized in Federal Actions for a Climate Resilient Nation [PDF], the U.S. still has no national strategy for adapting to climate change, leaving America dangerously unprepared for climate conditions that are becoming more extreme and disruptive.

Micro Gambrel The Micro Gambrel measures 8 - feet long and 7» 4 ″ wide — which is just right for adapting to a trailer for a mobile micro house.

In the judgment of this report's authoring committee, the environmental, economic, and humanitarian risks posed by climate change indicate a pressing need for substantial action to limit the magnitude of climate change and to prepare for adapting to its impacts.

Working Group II addressed the vulnerability of human and natural systems to climate change (i.e., the negative and positive consequences of global warming) and options for adapting to the changes.

NOAA's Coastal Resources Center has developed Roadmap for Adapting to Coastal Risk, an online, three - hour course where participants learn how to characterize community exposure to coastal hazards, and to assess how plans and policies already on the books can be used to jump - start adaptation strategies.

That's why these Arctic animals are some of the wildlife at greatest risk from climate change: Living about as far north as the planet allows, they have few options for adapting to rising temperatures and disappearing sea ice.

They categorized the level of risk to infrastructure, human health, and natural resources from low to high, and estimated the time needed to develop strategies for adapting to those impacts.

The aim is to provide best practice guidance and assist these managers in assessing their evolving adaptation needs and help them to prepare action plans for adapting to climate change in the coastal zone.

Determinants of African farmers» strategies for adapting to climate change: Multinomial choice analysis.

Arthur Marin, Executive Director of NESCAUM, said, «For many years federal, state and local officials have highlighted the need for a comprehensive collection of information and tools to assist their efforts to develop effective strategies for adapting to climate change.

Under her leadership, the USDA also created «Climate Hubs» across the country to help localized solutions for adapting to climate change.

The tools for adapting to climate change are the same as those for dealing with climate variability, and both are needed in northern Africa.

Unlike the Spinner modes, you don't gain a bonus to your chains for adapting to how this mode makes you think.

As for adapting to the combat style, individual matches can be completed in game sessions of no more than 10 minutes, which won't intimidate the average social game player.

And don't forget to reward your dog for adapting to a new family member.

This strategy ended up saddling the chain with incredible debt, which in turn hampered its ability to invest in its operations at a time when such investment was critical for adapting to a changing marketplace.

Using recent research on how Canadians are consuming books, and some key ideas from Tech Forum 2015, we suggest a blueprint for adapting to today's bookish behaviour.

What advice do you have for adapting to a change in course after an initiative has begun?

Not only does it immerse them in relevant learning and meaningful application of skills, it provides them with authentic preparation for adapting to a world yet to be.If we know anything about the Earth it is this: The one constant is change.

Yet, some school leaders are finding creative ways to give teachers and themselves more time for year - round professional growth and for adapting to new tools and techniques.

He also felt flat footed and caught off guard, and talked about the need for adapting to new technologies.

Finally, the persistence and creativity involved in trouble - shooting hardware and software issues is essential for adapting to constantly evolving interfaces, and technologies designed for obsolesce.

In the current era in which the problems of global warming can lead to planetary catastrophe, every city has to have a plan for adapting to climate change, especially thosesubject toextreme events.

Scarves are my favorite tool for adapting to temperature swings in a given day, and the troops have been working overtime.

A working muscle can only differentiate between amounts of load, to which it can only react by generating the amount of force needed for adapting to the task at hand, eventually entering the hypertrophy mode — an increase in size of skeletal muscles through a growth in size of its component cells.

For adapting to a 96 - well format culture, hESCs were dissociated into single cells by Accutase.

The marbled crayfish's three sets of chromosomes may be key, containing enough variety for adapting to different conditions.

Genes with mammoth - specific changes were most strongly linked to fat metabolism (including brown fat regulation), insulin signaling, skin and hair development (including genes associated with lighter hair color), temperature sensation and circadian clock biology — all of which would have been important for adapting to the extreme cold and dramatic seasonal variations in day length in the Arctic.

«Gene blocking lettuce germination also regulates flowering time: Discovery could be crucial for adapting to climate change.»

These mobile nucleoporins result, once again, from the infinite ingenuity demonstrated by the cells for adapting to new conditions of life.

Conference chair Katherine Richardson, a biological oceanographer at the University of Copenhagen, told the opening plenary session that the conference would ensure that policymakers would pay attention by providing compelling messages in three broad areas: how bad the climate science is [that is, how bad the impact of climate change will be], the «good news» that's out there in terms of new ways of mitigating carbon emissions, and the prospects for adapting to the proliferating impacts that scientists are seeing around the world.

They examined light adaptation mechanisms of visible - and IR - radiation - using phototrophs required for adapting to land habitats and found out that IR - using phototrophs struggle to adapt to changing light condition at the boundary of water and land surface.

Citizens empowered through education will be better able to improve their own living conditions, as well as the conditions of their societies, and will be better prepared for adapting to the consequences of climate change.

All of the information your baby receives from you in the womb serves as a special lesson plan for adapting to his new world.

It really worked well for adapting to multiple age levels.

The three large high performance puncture - proof PU rubber wheels are perfect for adapting to any terrain and surface, and the front wheel swivels to give maximum freedom of movement.

The three large diameter wheels are perfect for adapting to any terrain and surface, and the front wheel swivels to give maximum freedom of movement.

Lower level of competition could cause issues for him adapting to NFL speed.»

This chili is perfect for adapting to your own tastes (and with ingredients you have on - hand).

Tutored in the skills of shoplifting by his older sister; taught to roll a tight joint of marijuana by his mother's boyfriend; hyperactive, acne - scarred, a Saturday - night drunk, 11 - year - old Raleigh isn't equipped for adapting to a 50 - year - old foster parent couple who are members of the Jehovah's Witnesses and whose idea of indulgence is to permit him to select one 30 - minute period a night for watching television in their living room.

Justice minister Lord Faulks said in a written statement last week that insolvency proceedings had initially been given a two - year reprieve until April 2015 from Laspo to give insolvency practitioners and other interested parties «time to prepare for an adapt to the changes... the government now agrees that more time is needed».