Sentences with phrase «implementation of adaptation measures»

Adaptation benefits - The avoided damage costs or the accrued benefits following the adoption and implementation of adaptation measures.

The project found that appropriate policy, legal and institutional underpinnings are essential pre-requisites for the development and implementation of adaptation measures.

This analytical report shows the wide range of adverse impacts of climate change in Africa and assesses the balance of economic costs, as a function of a range of scenarios including both successful and failed global mitigation efforts, and strong compared to weak implementation of adaptation measures.

This analytical report presents the concerted action taken by the UN system to assist people and communities in developing countries to adapt to climate change through: (i) risks, impacts and vulnerability assessment; (ii) adaptation planning, including creating an enabling environment; (iii) the implementation of adaptation measures, which includes UNISDR's work on climate change related disaster risk reduction and risk sharing; (iv) awareness raising; and (v) knowledge sharing and facilitate learning.

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New standards have been added for testing theory, describing interventions, measuring the quality of implementation, documenting adaptations in the field, reporting study results, and evaluating outcomes of scale - up efforts.

This manual aims at improving national legal and regulatory regimes to support and facilitate the development and implementation of measures for adaptation to climate change.

Some of the objectives of the project are to identify spatial vulnerability of populations during extreme heat events in selected areas; identify the impacts of extreme heat events on the health, work productivity and livelihoods of vulnerable population, to select appropriate, innovative and affordable climate adaptation measures for improving health and livelihood resilience for the urban population with consideration of gender - based implications, to strengthen the capacity of key stakeholders through training opportunities and to facilitate active use of information and evidence for policy - makers to drive the implementation of the Heat Stress Action Plans into municipal disaster strategies.

We must forget the obsession with global anthropogenic greenhouse warming alone plus the implementation of draconian global mitigation actions and shift our attention to local and regional climate and weather - related issues and any actionable adaptation measures that can be planned and implemented in order to avoid potential problems.

Farther south, New York City has taken numerous steps to implement PlaNYC, a far - reaching sustainability plan for the city, including amending the construction code and the zoning laws and the implementation of measures focused on developing adaptation strategies to protect the City's public and private infrastructure from the effects of climate change; 26 some major investments in protection have even been conceptualized.

Kroemker, D. and Mosler, H. J. (2002) Human Vulnerability — Factors Influencing the Implementation of Prevention and Protection Measures: An Agent based Approach, Global Environmental Change in Alpine Regions: Recognition, Impact, Adaptation and Mitigation, Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc., 93 - 112.

Instead of ineffectual «climate control» measures, we encourage implementation of effective adaptation to inevitable natural climate variability and continued scientific research.

Tribal MIECHV grantees are moving the field of home visiting forward by assessing the impact of models with unique populations, examining the implementation and effectiveness of model adaptations and enhancements aimed at strengthening cultural relevance, and measuring untested outcomes for home visiting such as cultural knowledge, connection and practice.

We offer a menu of services including collaboration with community teams to design professional development models and adaptations, development of customized tools and measures for rapid cycle learning, and support for the implementation of ongoing testing and learning efforts.