Sentences with phrase «helps cope with the effects of climate change»

Action that helps cope with the effects of climate change - for example construction of barriers to protect against rising sea levels, or conversion to crops capable of surviving high temperatures and drought.

The aim of the mechanism is to channel $ 100 billion a year towards the world's poorest nations in an attempt to help them cope with the effects of climate change.

Adaptation Action that helps cope with the effects of climate change - for example construction of barriers to protect against rising sea levels, or conversion to crops capable of surviving high temperatures and drought.

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Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury's visit to IRRI is part of the minister's efforts to help the Bangladesh rice sector cope with the drastic effects of climate change and degradation of natural resources through the institute's advanced agricultural technologies and innovative farming approaches.

Prof Will Stewart from the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) said: «Engineering can do a lot to help us cope with flooding, and other effects of climate change.

While the effects of human activity on the seal population can be detrimental — for example through a high rate of fishing bycatch mortality as observed on Lake Saimaa — a novel conservation method can help the seal population to cope with climate change.

«The results of our study suggest that efforts to mitigate local perturbation such as nutrient enrichment in the Baltic Sea could pay off in the future, because it might help key species such as the bladder wrack to better cope with the effects of climate change and to maintain their ecosystem services.»

President Barack Obama on Friday will announce a $ 3 billion U.S. contribution to the green climate fund, an international effort to help poor countries cope with the effects of climate change, according to an administration official.

It stresses that generally attention has focused on mitigation - slowing the pace of climate change - and adaptation - helping people cope with its effects.

These elements are crucial to help vulnerable communities cope with the enduring effects of climate change in a way that is both just and equitable.

Adaptation fund A fund for projects and programmes that help developing countries cope with the adverse effects of climate change.

The World's 10 Most Threatened Forest Hotspots store over 25 gigatons of carbon, helping to clean air and cope with the already inevitable effects of climate change.