Sentences with phrase «in adaptation decisions»

Not exact matches

That decision resulted in a difficult and awkward transition that we eventually fully addressed in our mid-2014 adaptations (see the «Box» in The Next Big Short for the complete narrative).

From the decision at the Jerusalem Council to free new converts from Jewish Law, to the debates of the third of fourth century that led to the biblical cannon the Apostle's Creed, to the Protestant Reformation which resulted in increased availability of Scripture, to the Galilean controversy which opened and changed minds, the story of the Church is a story of constant adaptation and change.

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.

Dow is eager to include dialogue related to risk tolerance and priorities, and approaches to address the uncertainty in climate adaptation in ways that everyone — local community members, regional decision - makers, and scientists — can understand and participate in.

, 1968 Zick Rubin, «The Social Psychology of Romantic Love», 1969 Elliot Aronson, «Some Antecedents of Interpersonal Attraction», 1970 David C. Glass and Jerome E. Singer, «The Urban Condition: Its Stresses and Adaptations — Experimental Studies of Behavioral Consequences of Exposure to Aversive Events», 1971 Norman H. Anderson, «Information Integration Theory: A Brief Survey», 1972 Lenora Greenbaum, «Socio - Cultural Influences on Decision Making: An Illustrative Investigation of Possession - Trance in Sub-Saharan Africa», 1973 William E. McAuliffe and Robert A. Gordon, «A Test of Lindesmith's Theory of Addiction: The Frequency of Euphoria Among Long - Term Addicts», 1974 R. B. Zajonc and Gregory B. Markus, «Intellectual Environment and Intelligence», 1975 Johnathan Kelley and Herbert S. Klein, «Revolution and the Rebirth of Inequality: The Bolivian National Revolution», 1977 Murray Melbin, «Night as Frontier», 1978 Ronald S. Wilson, «Synchronies in Mental Development: An Epigenetic Perspective», 1979 Bibb Latane, Stephen G. Harkins, and Kipling D. Williams, «Many Hands Make Light the Work: The Causes and Consequences of Social Loafing», 1980 Gary Wayne Strong, «Information, Pattern, and Behavior: The Cognitive Biases of Four Japanese Groups», 1981 Richard A. Shweder and Edmund J. Bourne, «Does the Concept of the Person Vary Cross Culturally?»

His main research interests are in the development and application of probabilistic concepts and methods to civil and marine engineering, including: structural reliability; life - cycle cost analysis; probability - based assessment, design, and multi-criteria life - cycle optimization of structures and infrastructure systems; structural health monitoring; life - cycle performance maintenance and management of structures and distributed infrastructure under extreme events (earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, and floods); risk - based assessment and decision making; multi-hazard risk mitigation; infrastructure sustainability and resilience to disasters; climate change adaptation; and probabilistic mechanics.

-- 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 some cases, this may take the form of flexible adaptation pathways, with decisions made now for the next 30 years and decisions on the timing and sequencing of alternative options, conditional on future sea - level rise, planned out in advancIn some cases, this may take the form of flexible adaptation pathways, with decisions made now for the next 30 years and decisions on the timing and sequencing of alternative options, conditional on future sea - level rise, planned out in advancin advance.

In May 2013 the Arctic Council decided to continue its work on the AACA initiative and requested the AMAP Working Group to «produce information to assist local decision - makers and stakeholders in three pilot regions in developing adaptation tools and strategies to better deal with climate change and other pertinent environmental stressors»In May 2013 the Arctic Council decided to continue its work on the AACA initiative and requested the AMAP Working Group to «produce information to assist local decision - makers and stakeholders in three pilot regions in developing adaptation tools and strategies to better deal with climate change and other pertinent environmental stressors»in three pilot regions in developing adaptation tools and strategies to better deal with climate change and other pertinent environmental stressors»in developing adaptation tools and strategies to better deal with climate change and other pertinent environmental stressors».

So what uncertainties are there in the drivers of change, and can understanding these uncertainties enable better decisions for adaptation?

Quantitative integrated assessment of climate change risks is not always possible, but it can play a key role in informing decisions both about local adaptation and about large - scale mitigation policy.

Series creator Brian K. Vaughan's adaptation is yet another tepid melodrama, in the tradition of the recent Bates Motel, in which every creative decision appears to have been made in a trendy bid to appeal to the viewer's crotch.

The use of certain tropes in the narrative are also glaring given the film's inertia — when Dovid starts to read a succession speech from a piece of paper, only to go off - script in a fit of frustration — one can't help but wish that Lelio had taken more time to craft his love story adaptation by thinking through the enormity of every small artistic decision.

(In English and German with subtitles) We Bought a Zoo (PG for mature themes and mild profanity) Screen adaptation of Benjamin Mee's bittersweet memoir recounting the grieving widower's (Matt Damon) decision to relocate his family to a dilapidated estate with 200 exotic animals on the premises with hopes of refurbishing the zoo while rebuilding their lives.

However for all the positive adaptations these aging seniors embrace in this new chapter of their lives, many of their decisions seem rash in spite of the supposed wisdom that comes with life experience.

Tom Harper, who directed War and Peace, said he was convinced it was Dano's curiosity in one of Tolstoy's most challenging characters that had driven his «risky» decision to move from Hollywood to a relatively small British production, even when the adaptation still had no international broadcasters attached.

In the disappointing adaptation of «The Lovely Bones,» director Peter Jackson runs wild with the CGI, a ludicrous decision that sucks the emotion out of Alice Sebold's intimate novel.

There have been a few casting decisions for my books in the past that have left me scratching my head, but often they turned out better than I expected when I saw the adaptation.

Core requirements include Making Sense of Data to Inform Instruction; Using Assessments in the PK - 12 Classroom to Differentiate Instruction; Culturally Responsive Teaching; Teaching and Technology; Teachers as Informed Curriculum Decision Makers; Analyzing and Refining Teaching; and Adaptations and accommodation for learners with disabilities.

The approach presented here is based on three main pillars: an adaptation mechanism based on a broad understanding of system dependencies; efficient use of system knowledge through involvement of actors throughout the process; and technological solutions to enable efficient actor communication and information handling.The book provides readers with a better understanding of the factors that influence decisions, and put forward solutions to facilitate the rapid adaptation to changes in the business environment and customer needs through intelligent upgrade i...

But the lower court disagreed, alarming many in the art world, who warned that the decision could have a chilling effect on a tradition of artistic appropriation and adaptation that has thrived for decades.

So what uncertainties are there in the drivers of change, and can understanding these uncertainties enable better decisions for adaptation?

These projections are used in impact and adaptation studies (e.g. Hinkel et al 2014) to facilitate risk - informed decision making.

Parties also decided to accelerate activities under the workplan on enhancing mitigation ambition in accordance with decision 1 / CP.17, paragraphs 7 and 8, by, inter alia, intensifying, as from 2014, the technical examination of opportunities for actions with high mitigation potential, including those with adaptation and sustainable development co-benefits, with a focus on the implementation of policies, practices and technologies that are substantial, scalable and replicable, with a view to promoting voluntary cooperation on concrete actions in relation to identified mitigation opportunities in accordance with nationally defined development priorities.

While local adaptation planners might be primarily be interested in how the patterns of heat extremes align with changes in population over their immediate community, it is equally important for decision makers to recognise the broader implications of heat exposure increases driven by future changes in where people live.

This analytical report focuses on the links between gender and climate change adaptation and highlights strategies the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)'s Africa Adaptation Programme (AAP) used to mainstream gender into climate change adaptation policy and increase women's engagement in decisionadaptation and highlights strategies the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)'s Africa Adaptation Programme (AAP) used to mainstream gender into climate change adaptation policy and increase women's engagement in decisionAdaptation Programme (AAP) used to mainstream gender into climate change adaptation policy and increase women's engagement in decisionadaptation policy and increase women's engagement in decision - making.

The study focuses on the way in which decision making in climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction (DRR) is managed, and assesses practical cases of regional and national adaptation strategies.

Numerous regulatory decisions made by USACE will need to be informed by climate change impacts and adaptation considerations throughout the U.S., especially in western states.»

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.

The AAP is a strategic climate change initiative designed to help create more informed climate change adaptation decision - making and more effective implementation of those decisions in each of the 20 participating countries.

The October 2011 report Federal Actions for a Climate Resilient Nation: Progress Report of the Interagency Climate Change Adaptation Task Force provides an update on actions in key areas of Federal adaptation, including: building resilience in local communities, safeguarding critical natural resources such as freshwater, and providing accessible climate information and tools to help decision - makers manage climAdaptation Task Force provides an update on actions in key areas of Federal adaptation, including: building resilience in local communities, safeguarding critical natural resources such as freshwater, and providing accessible climate information and tools to help decision - makers manage climadaptation, including: building resilience in local communities, safeguarding critical natural resources such as freshwater, and providing accessible climate information and tools to help decision - makers manage climate risks.

The International Training Programme Climate Change - Mitigation and Adaptation is designed for decision makers in developing countries.

These climate change adaptation decisions need to be made however, and in an effort to produce useful regional scale climate information that embodies the global climate change a number of «downscaling» techniques have been developed.

The guidelines are intended to be used by decision - makers, authorities and experts working on the agriculture sectors and global climate change experts in developing countries to better understand the need and opportunities for adaptation in the agricultural sectors.

(1) support States and Indian tribes in the development of a geographic information system database of fish and wildlife habitat and corridors that would inform planning and development decisions within each State and Indian tribe, enable each State and Indian tribe to model climate impacts and adaptation, and provide geographically specific enhancements of State and tribal wildlife action plans;

Finally we come to the question of whether regional climate projections should be used in climate change adaptation decisions concerning infrastructure development?

The question for the climate change adaptation community is whether the uncertainty (including model errors) in the projected climate change is small enough to be useful in a decision making framework.

• Improved understanding of climate thresholds and vulnerabilities, impacts, and adaptive responses in a variety of different local contexts across the country • Improved understanding of vulnerable populations (e.g., urban poor, native populations on tribal lands) that have limited capacities for responding to climate change • Ways to build adaptive capacity that can be generalized across individuals, communities, and countries • Decision support tools for entities responsible for hazard mitigation and management • Collection of socioeconomic research to inform impact, vulnerability, and adaptation research

«These are important places that have a lot of people, property, and local economies that are going to struggle,» said Jessica Grannis, the adaptation program manager at Georgetown's Climate Center, at a recent Wilson Center event on the role of subnational decision - makers in achieving international goals.

Resource managers, planners, and leaders of public and private organizations to incorporate information on ongoing and projected changes in climate and its ramifications into their decision - making, with goals of limiting emissions, reducing the negative consequences of climate change, and enhancing adaptation, public well - being, safety, and economic vitality; and

Agent - based simulation models (i.e., models dealing with individual decision making and interactions among individuals) are also being developed to assess adaptation and sustainability in small - scale Arctic communities (Berman et al., 2004).

In situations where probabilities can not be defined, economic analysis can define scenarios that describe a possible set of outcomes for each adaptation measure which meet some criteria of minimum acceptable benefits across a range of scenarios, allowing the decision - maker to explore different levels of acceptable benefits in a systematic waIn situations where probabilities can not be defined, economic analysis can define scenarios that describe a possible set of outcomes for each adaptation measure which meet some criteria of minimum acceptable benefits across a range of scenarios, allowing the decision - maker to explore different levels of acceptable benefits in a systematic wain a systematic way.

Yet, there are few documented examples of implementation of proactive adaptation and these are largely found in sectors with longerterm decision - making, including energy and public infrastructure (high confidence).

There is no single «correct» adaptation pathway, although some decisions, and sequences of decisions, are more likely to result in long - term maladaptive outcomes than others, but the judgment of outcomes depends strongly on societal values, expectations and goals.

Adaptation is not a one - off action but will take place along an evolving pathway, in which decisions will be revisited repeatedly as the future unfolds and more information comes to hand.

But as with all decision making approaches, the a challenge for MCA and methods like it is the subjective choices that have to be made about what weights to attach to all the relevant criteria that go into the analysis, including how the adaptation measure being studied impacts poor or vulnerable populations, or how fair it is in the distribution of who pays compared to who benefits.

Key insights generated will be published in a 2013 special issue of Asian Journal of Environment and Disaster Management (AJEDM) and shared via a high - level roundtable meeting with adaptation practitioners, policy and decision makers in the region.

The pledges to the Adaptation Fund of -LRB-...) ** collectively made by Annex 2 Parties for 2013/2014, as contained in Annex C of this decision, and those made by other Parties.

In most cases, adaptation requires information and tools coupled to a decision - support process steered by strong leadership, and there are a growing number of examples in the NortheasIn most cases, adaptation requires information and tools coupled to a decision - support process steered by strong leadership, and there are a growing number of examples in the Northeasin the Northeast.

Keene, New Hampshire, has been a pilot community for ICLEI's Climate Resilient Communities program for adaptation planning107 — a process implemented through innovative community engagement methods.108 The Cape Cod Commission is another example in New England; the Commission has drafted model ordinances to help communities incorporate climate into zoning decision - making.