Sentences with phrase «many adaptation projects»

What is more worrying is that government is engaging in this environmentally unfriendly action at a time Ghana's development partners and the international community are sympathizing with the Ghanaian people on the increasing impacts of climate change on livelihoods and supporting the country with huge resources to implement a number of climate adaptation projects to help the people especially rural communities to improve livelihoods under severe climate change impacts through effective adaptation interventions.

Similar adaptation projects will most likely be needed in other major coastal cities.

Establishing a single global standard for reporting greenhouse gas emissions will empower local governments to accelerate their actions and access funding for mitigation and adaptation projects,» said New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, chairman of C40.

I had flown into Pemba in January 2014 to talk with the mayor about USAID's Coastal City Adaptation Project.

The country has also received funding for coastal adaptation projects through the Green Climate Fund.

Mark Howden, head of agricultural climate adaptation projects at CSIRO in Canberra, oversees projects to develop new farming systems that reduce water seepage and new crops bred with genetic traits suited to hotter, drier conditions and elevated carbon dioxide.

I applied for the job, was short - listed and interviewed, and was finally offered the post, as the wintering marine biologist within the BAS Marine Organismal Adaptations project.

Adaptation projects worth $ 500 billion are not a feasible option for developing countries nor a cheap option for developed ones.

The 2017 Wonders Material Adaptation Project (MAP) provides guidance for streamlining the 2017 Wonders literacy program in grades K - 6.

Give this rubric to students before they begin their animal adaptation project.

Major elements will include best practice sharing and strategic consultations for a CTO climate adaptation project funded by the Caribbean Development Bank, in order to strengthen holistic destination management approaches in the Caribbean.

I'll try to convey to the folks back home that any money that will come from the Cancun agreements is not only for specific climate change mitigation or adaptation projects but also providing us a chance to rethink and revise our national agricutural, energy, and land use policies.

While not all of the needed investment will have adaptation benefits, any adaptation projects that also reduce emissions are especially attractive, and these seven projects show that, from urban centers to rural states in North America, and from tropical agriculture to tiny island nations, finding synergies between mitigation and adaptation isn't just possible, it is already happening.

Through this program, the GEF has financed the first concrete adaptation projects, implementing measures for the specific purpose of reducing vulnerability and increasing the adaptive capacity of vulnerable communities and the ecosystems on which their lives depend.

CDR projects frequently require different financing mechanisms than other mitigation and adaptation projects today.

Manuel Gerochi, a member of the negotiating team from the Philippines, says they had successfully lobbied for the adaptation fund to be overseen by Kyoto signatories, making it easier for developing countries to get funding for adaptation projects in their respective countries.

And many adaptation projects like building sea walls are essential to the continued existence of climate vulnerable countries, but don't necessarily turn a profit.

Globally, there are more than 50 different funds supporting adaptation projects.

This activity report shows some of the insights gained from the now substantial portfolio of GEF - funded adaptation projects.

In particular, it provides a number of concrete tools and recommendations to help interested countries, such as: an overview of international public funding sources dedicated to adaptation investments, seven fundamental eligibility criteria for accessing international public funding and guidance on how to apply these concepts to project ideas, a template for developing / presenting adaptation project ideas to international donors; and an overview of critical concepts and requirements for accessing private financing for adaptation and a number of instructive case studies.

They will assist countries to develop clearly defined adaptation programmes that country - owned, country - driven, and that catalyze action beyond the implementation of adaptation projects.

Rockefeller Foundation grant for «For use by the climate community and biodiversity alliance in support of developing an agriculture standard that will help to elevate the quality of smallholder farmer - and community - led climate change mitigation and adaptation projects in developing coun»

The report is useful for any community - based practitioners who wish to review successful cases of gender mainstreaming in community - based adaptation projects.

This includes helping the agricultural community and energy - intensive industries make this transition to clean energy, and funding climate adaptation projects to make sure our water supplies and forests are prepared for a warming world.

V20 coalition launched in Lima this week says it will raise funds for climate adaptation projects and develop a collective insurance scheme

FERN considers VPAs successful in empowering communities in their advocacy capacities and is exploring opportunities to use such a mechanism to finance climate mitigation and adaptation projects.

However, payments of loss and damage to the most vulnerable developing nations like Tuvalu may be a non-starter, and funds for mitigation and adaptation projects will be relatively modest.

The MRBI responds to the IPCC's need for a peer - reviewed publication on climate change adaptation projects in the Lower Mekong Basin (LMB) for the Asia Chapter of its 5th Assessment Report.

Consulates of UK, France and Germany have visited three climate adaptation projects in Dhamrai of Dhaka to emphasise on joint climate diplomacy in Bangladesh.British High Commissioner Robert W Gibson, French Chargé Babou Kamichetty and German Chargé Dr Ferdinand von Weyhe visited Dhamrai on Monday.They visited a solar home system, solar irrigation systems and a domestic [continue reading...]

The incremental costs reflect the cost of capital of the incremental investment and the change of operating and maintenance costs for a mitigation or adaptation project in comparison to a reference project.

Lastly, the government's proposal to fund only state adaptation projects is blind - sighted to the need to encourage local mitigation efforts that offer strong development co-benefits like energy efficiency gains, energy security, and clean air.

We have facilitated the development of five case studies on successful adaptation projects as well as documenting our research findings on transboundary and governance issues on climate adaptation in the LMB.

Only 45 (11 %) of all labeled climate change adaptation projects really had climate change as a project driver and had an explicit adaptation component.

An inventory of climate change adaptation projects in the LMB was taken and existing views and studies on transboundary issues in the region were collated.

Furthermore, distributive justice concerns must structure decisions as to which countries are eligible for funding for adaptation projects and how much funding can be so requested.

Here are the findings from taking inventory of climate change adaptation projects:

After applying the developed evaluation framework, five projects were characterized as successful adaptation projects and developed as case studies.

Because those who cause climate change are ethically responsible for damages caused by them, funding for adaptation projects needed by those most vulnerable to climate change will not be generated.

Case in point is the internationally proposed Green Climate Fund that intends to offer financing options for both mitigation and adaptation projects across the world.

Yes it is bad, because the only fund that is completely dedicated to funding adaptation projects in developing countries, the Adaptation Fund, is under threat as a result.

The ongoing process of the Kyoto mechanisms, such as the CDM and the emissions trading system, demand market certainty, made possible by a strong mandate to develop effective tools to mitigate GHG emissions and fund adaptation projects.

Similarly, in the design or appraisal of adaptation projects, A → M, the consideration of mitigation options can be brought in, for example in considering reduced energy use in project design.

These included highlighting some of the mitigation and adaptation projects already underway or planned in the region and across the globe.

The group was in charge of devising climate change programs and policies, such as increasing energy efficiency and raising funds for adaptation projects.

Whenever possible, they'd rather wait with spending big money on adaptation projects until there is more certainty about the things to come.»

There is also evidence of bias against adaptation projects addressing the underlying socioeconomic factors that make marginalized populations more vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.

Hasan Mahmud, a member of parliament and Bangladesh's former environment minister said adaptation projects costing less than $ 25 million will suffer the most if Bangladesh's adaptation trust fund has no resources.

Private investors leave unprofitable ventures, including most adaptation projects, by the wayside, so they can not be a substitute for direct public support.

The struggle has just begun for LDCs because the most difficult part is yet to come, getting the finance for the funds to carry out adaptation projects.

This analytical report analyses the gender dimension of climate change and the policies enacted to mitigate and adapt to its impacts with the aim of developing gender sensitive approaches with regards to mitigation measures, adaptation projects and national regimes.