Sentences with phrase «local adaptive capacity»

The most vulnerable households are faced with a limited substantial local adaptive capacity, and at the same time they encounter barriers to migration that prevent their displacement.

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Pier2Peer employs an adaptive and self - driven approach to capacity development with guiding principles to focus on user needs at the local, regional, national, and international level and to foster inter-regional and global collaboration.

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While exploring the local - level dynamics of people's vulnerability to climate change, of which adaptive capacity is a key component, it is important to find ways to embed such findings into wider scales of assessment (e.g., country and regional scales)(Brooks et al., 2005).

The Adaptation Fund originated as part of the overall Bonn Agreements on the Implementation of the Buenos Aires Plan of Action from the 6th COP with an objective to «reduce vulnerability and increase adaptive capacity to respond to the impacts of climate change, including variability at the local and national levels.»

• 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

They tend to have more limited adaptive capacities, and are more dependent on climate - sensitive resources such as local water and food supplies.»

Such efforts are beginning at the federal, regional, state, tribal, and local levels, and in the corporate and non-governmental sectors, to build adaptive capacity and resilience to climate change impacts.

And again, the higher the thermometer climbs, the greater the possible disparities in the adaptive capacity of regions: ``... local warming of about 4 [degrees Celsius] and higher above pre-industrial levels is projected to result in differences between crop production and its population - driven demand becoming increasingly large in many regions (high confidence), thus posing very significant risks and challenges to food security.

The involvement of the local people, especially the women will enhance their adaptive capacities and livelihoods in general.