Sentences with phrase «led adaptation efforts»

This impact is fueling locally - led adaptation efforts, which the journalists were able to witness first hand.

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Not having read Roald Dahl's 1982 children's book, I can't say how faithful this adaptation is (though colleagues have suggested that darker aspects have been watered down), but it seems to follow the same basic trajectory: Cute British orphan Sophie (newcomer Ruby Barnhill) gets abducted by the title character (played, or performance - captured, by recent Oscar winner Mark Rylance), who turns out to be the smallest and kindest inhabitant of Giant Country; Sophie winds up enlisting the Queen (Penelope Wilton) in an effort to stop the other, meaner giants (led by a performance - captured Jemaine Clement) from eating England's children.

He's dutifully sincere and in awe of the efforts that crafted the film's striking look, but with zero info on the novel, script adaptation, lead actors, memorable character actors, and Mamoulian's obvious style and use of heavy subtext in so many scenes (including the heavy religious iconography that goes bonkers in the final reel), it's a huge lost opportunity for film fans.

However, his name is no longer amongst the Hollywood elite following so woeful genre efforts, which is why he's effectively at the helm of the low - budget adaptation of HERCULES: THE LEGEND BEGINS as opposed to the epic version, HERCULES: THE THRACIAN WARS, being led by Dwayne Johnson (although the name Brett Ratner is equally fearful).

This activity report provides an overview of country - led efforts on climate change adaptation supported by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF) partnership with financing from the GEF - managed Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF), Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF) and Strategic Priority on Adaptation (Sadaptation supported by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF) partnership with financing from the GEF - managed Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF), Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF) and Strategic Priority on Adaptation (SAdaptation (SPA) funds.

These initiatives led to adaptation efforts, including elevating infrastructure, restoring green spaces, and developing evacuation plans that helped reduce damage and save lives during Irene and Sandy (also see discussion of Hurricane Sandy in Ch.

This Synthesis Report repeats with greater certainty findings that have figured prominently in earlier IPCC assessments, that the Earth's climate is warming «unequivocally,» that the human influence in this process is «clear» and that the changing climate is very likely to bring impacts:» [w] ithout additional mitigation efforts beyond those in place today, and even with adaptation, warming by the end of the 21st century will lead to high to very high risk of severe, widespread, and irreversible impacts globally.»

The MOOC is part of a work - programme of the Integrating Agriculture in National Adaptation Plans (NAP - Ag) Programme, a joint effort led by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to support countries to integrate and address climate change concerns as they affect agricultural sector - based livelihoods in national and sectoral planning and budgeting processes.