Sentences with phrase «key climate adaptation»
For example, toward increasing public awareness of ecosystem services a decision - maker might «partner with key stakeholder groups to help develop and distribute key climate adaptation messages tailored for their interest groups.»
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Key topics discussed are: • Climate change impact on food production • Options for adaptation to a new climate • Options for mitigation in response to key drivers; e.g. water use efficiency and / or carbon sequestratiKey topics discussed are: • Climate change impact on food production • Options for adaptation to a new climate • Options for mitigation in response to key drivers; e.g. water use efficiency and / or carbon sequestClimate change impact on food production • Options for adaptation to a new climate • Options for mitigation in response to key drivers; e.g. water use efficiency and / or carbon sequestclimate • Options for mitigation in response to key drivers; e.g. water use efficiency and / or carbon sequestratikey drivers; e.g. water use efficiency and / or carbon sequestration.
But in the current climate adaptation is key, and politicians have yet to acknowledge the need to reform and / or to accept being overtaken by other socio - economic models more in tune with reality.
The EPA last night sent employees a list of eight approved talking points on climate change from its Office of Public Affairs — guidelines that promote a message of uncertainty about climate science and gloss over proposed cuts to key adaptation programs.
Climate change adaptation is expected to be a key feature of the forthcoming «COP21» Global Climate Change conference this November in Paris, making these results particularly timely.
Such adaptation will be a key cultural challenge of the next century — as will fostering the kind of global communication that can connect with the local concerns of individuals and communities to reduce climate risk.
«A key premise of this commitment is that adaptation planning needs to be informed by a continuing scientific, sound assessment of the impacts of a changing climate and the effectiveness of preparations and response options,» Abbott said.
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.
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.
FOR GOOGLE CLASSROOM Included in this resource: • Title page • Native Americans of the Southwest reading passage with graphic organizer • Application / Closing / Higher Order thinking question • Answer Key for graphic organizer Students will research and analyze the lives and culture of the Native Americans of the Southwest region of the United States: present - day areas, groups, geography / climate, adaptations, cultures / spiritual rituals / roles of men and women Adheres to Social Studies Common Core Standards - research, application, literacy, vocabulary; lifting evidence from text Differentiation: graphic organizer; cooperative (students may work in groups / teams / partner to complete graphic organizer based on teacher's discretion) ★ ★ Looking for the pen and paper, hard - copy version of this resource?
Municipal issuers have a key role to play in terms of: • Low - carbon technologies • Pollution control • Climate adaptation, such as disaster prevention and recovery We will seek to avoid purchasing the relatively few government - issued bonds that are explicitly issued to finance the development of projects, such as nuclear power plants or casinos, which are fundamentally misaligned with our investment objectives Sovereign Debt National governments around the world issue bonds (debt) to finance a wide variety of public goods including education, infrastructure, national defense, the judiciary and social welfare.
Climate smart agriculture will be key to achieving both because investments in agriculture help the poor — 70 percent live in rural areas — more than any other program, and because agriculture is key to both mitigation and adaptation to climate Climate smart agriculture will be key to achieving both because investments in agriculture help the poor — 70 percent live in rural areas — more than any other program, and because agriculture is key to both mitigation and adaptation to climate climate change.
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This class, presented by Ms. Lucy Naydenova from UN Environment, highlighted 4 key approaches commonly used to promote climate change adaptation in water resources and referred to two case studies.
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This technical document includes a summary for policymakers presenting key findings from the Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX).
The overall objective of the consultation was to enable key regional stakeholders to assess and, through consensus, prioritize research needs regarding public health adaptation to social, environmental and climate change impacts on vector - borne diseases in Africa.
Key recommendations include that businesses integrate climate adaptation into core strategic planning and build a portfolio of climate - resilient goods and services.
This flyer highlights that migration policies and measures to address displacement need to be part of adaptation strategies, and briefly presents key UN system's activities aimed at making vulnerable people, places and sectors more resilient to the impacts of climate change.
The scope of this chapter, with a focus on food crops, pastures and livestock, industrial crops and biofuels, forestry (commercial forests), aquaculture and fisheries, and small - holder and subsistence agriculturalists and artisanal fishers, is to: examine current climate sensitivities / vulnerabilities; consider future trends in climate, global and regional food security, forestry and fisheries production; review key future impacts of climate change in food crops pasture and livestock production, industrial crops and biofuels, forestry, fisheries, and small - holder and subsistence agriculture; assess the effectiveness of adaptation in offsetting damages and identify adaptation options, including planned adaptation to climate change; examine the social and economic costs of climate change in those sectors; and, explore the implications of responding to climate change for sustainable development.
The guide helps to understand how to differentiate between a climate change adaptation and a traditional development initiative, and what key elements must be considered when developing and designing an adaptation initiative.
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 components and entry points of the mainstreaming process are explored, key climate change adaptation and mainstreaming concepts are defined, and a comparative overview of existing tools and guidelines is provided.
This technical document identifies key challenges and solutions for carrying out project - level economic analysis of adaptation to climate change, both stand - alone and integrated into broader development projects.
The following outlines essential elements of effective coastal management plans and state climate change adaptation plans, highlighting key criteria to guide future coastal development and management practices.
The chapters assembled for this issue of the State of the World's Forests highlight four key areas that warrant greater attention: regional trends on forest resources; the development of sustainable forest industries; climate change mitigation and adaptation; and the local value of forests.
It includes the results of the economic assessments of the impacts of climate change on the agricultural, coastal and marine, energy and transportation, health, freshwater resources and tourism sectors in the Caribbean subregion; and an examination of adaptation strategies and key policy recommendations for policymakers.
In particular, it presents four key messages, namely that: biodiversity is key to climate change adaptation; a different set of policy directions, changed incentive structures, reduced or phased - out perverse subsidies, and increased engagement of business leaders is required to work towards «holistic economics»; environmental limits need to be established to ensure society remains within them in order to achieve sustainability; and ecosystem - based adaptation (EBA) is an emerging approach that works with nature to help vulnerable communities and build resilience to climate change.
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 climateClimate 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 climateClimate 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 climateclimate information and tools to help decision - makers manage climateclimate risks.
Key recommendations presented in the document include: adopting migration and conflict - sensitive adaptation policies; promoting regional environmental cooperation in addressing climate change, migration and conflict; rooting national adaptation policies in the Green Economy and promoting the creation of green jobs; strengthening preventive action; and using conflict and / or migration risk to prioritize investments and build donor commitment to long - term engagement in the Sahel.
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.
To identify potential legal gaps, the assessment looks at key laws, regulations, decrees, and orders relevant to climate change mitigation and adaptation across key sectors of the economy.
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There's something more than simply being a developed country at play here, and this is the key tool for protecting against climate extremes: adaptation.
Key priorities will include assessing and creating an inventory of water resources, and focusing on disaster risk reduction and adaptation to climate change in the water sector, in agriculture, and in mountain areas, Qamar - uz - Zaman said.
IPCC: This Summary for Policymakers presents key findings from the Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX).
A synthesis of research for key policy sectors on impacts and adaptation under high - end climate change.
Key regional risks from climate change and the potential for reducing risks through adaptation and mitigation
The INDC outlines several national adaptation goals, including development of a national adaptation plan, integration of climate risk reduction into key economic sectors, and strengthening of key institutions.
Senior Program Officer (Bangkok)-- The Center for People and Forests The Senior Program Officer works as a key member of the Capacity Building and Technical Services (CBTS) Unit, and will contribute to the development and implementation of activities of RECOFTC's People, Forest and Climate Change (PFCC) thematic area, particularly relating to community involvement in both climate change mitigation and adapClimate Change (PFCC) thematic area, particularly relating to community involvement in both climate change mitigation and adapclimate change mitigation and adaptation.
The key, with respect to infrastructure, is to link adaptation strategies with capital improvement cycles and adjustment of plans to incorporate emerging climate projections11, 97 — but the insights are far more general than that (see the Adaptation Panel adaptation strategies with capital improvement cycles and adjustment of plans to incorporate emerging climate projections11, 97 — but the insights are far more general than that (see the Adaptation Panel Adaptation Panel Report56).
A growing literature considers response strategies that aim at preventing damage to particular key elements and processes in geophysical, biological and socio - economic systems that are sensitive to climate change and have limited adaptation potential; policy - makers may want to consider insights from the literature reviewed here in helping them to design policies to prevent DAI.
The document also includes three fact files full of key information about how adaptation finance works; the relationship between climate change, food security, and adaptation; and the specific climate challenges faced by pastoralist communities.
The key areas of achievement of the project since 2014 have been in the areas of capacity building, generation of climate change adaptation decision support tools and strengthening partnership and collaboration among the PREPARED partners in implementing the program.
For Albay Province Governor Joey Salceda, who sits as a co-chair of the Green Climate Fund, mainstreaming effective climate change adaptation and disaster risk management is tClimate Fund, mainstreaming effective climate change adaptation and disaster risk management is tclimate change adaptation and disaster risk management is the key.
Noticeably missing from Tuesday's pledge were specifics on how the U.S. plans to fund its pledge to a floundering international climate change adaptation fund, for example, a key requirement that poor countries have attached to the current international negotiations, intended to partially account for the historical inequality of emissions.
In particular, relocation and vulnerability reduction measures should be further developed, due to their two key features of 1) reducing the impacts of all floods without reducing their frequency, thus strengthening the resilience of societies and ultimately the «adaptation effect»; and 2) reducing the effects of uncertainty in future climate on the consequent risk reduction due to adaptation measures.
Identifying key vulnerabilities can help guide efforts to increase resiliency and avoid large damages from abrupt change in the climate system, or in abrupt impacts of gradual changes in the climate system, and facilitate more informed decisions on the proper balance between mitigation and adaptation.
This analytical report discusses key aspects of climate change adaptation and provides policymakers with a starting point, including background information and questions for further reflection.