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President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement puts future generations at risk and leaves the nation without a plan to mitigate the impact of climate change on society, said Rush Holt, CEO of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, on June...

IFC provides its client companies with expert advice on reducing, managing, and mitigating the impacts of climate change on their businesses and on investing in sustainable energy and carbon finance.

Projecting future changes is a crucial step towards planning for and mitigating the impacts of climate change on biodiversity [6].

implement a full range of direct and supportive programs for people to help mitigate the impact of climate change on mental health and psychosocial well - being... [p. 18]

Yesterday, Congresswoman Barbara Lee introduced the Women and Climate Change Act of 2018, H.R. 4932, to develop coordinated strategies to mitigate the impact of climate change on women and girls around the world.

This includes ensuring Indigenous participation and engagement in governance and water management reform processes and strategies to improve the health of the river and wetlands in the Murray - Darling River Basin, as well as mitigating the impacts of climate change on the Basin.

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Concluding the five - day world economic forum (WEF) conference at Davos in Switzerland, the prime minister emphasised the importance of action on climate change among both emerging and established countries in order to mitigate the impact of global warming.

Nadeau also studies the potential impacts of climate change on species around the globe, using modeling, field observation and experiments to predict where species are most vulnerable and determine how conservation groups can best mitigate the negative impacts of climate change on animal populations.

Obama, he said, elevated the role of science and technology advisers throughout the executive branch, put in place plans to mitigate and prepare the United States for the impacts of climate change, set up health research initiatives to tackle such priorities as cancer and brain research, worked with international partners on scientific issues and used the White House as a platform from which to herald science and education, particularly for children.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) budget request reveals a strong focus on planning for and mitigating the impacts of climate change and extreme weather events, with money set aside for new weather satellites, climate mitigation planning, and additional grants for coastal resilience studies.

(C) mitigate the destructive impact of ocean - related climate change effects, including effects on bays, estuaries, populated barrier islands and other ocean - related features, through a variety of means and measures, including the construction of jetties, levies, and other coastal structures in densely populated coastal areas impacted by climate change.

Towards their safeguarding research within HERACLES project («HEritage Resilience Against CLimate Events on Site», GA 700395) is dedicated to the design, testing and promotion of responsive systems, methodologies and techniques with the aim to mitigate the impact of climate changes and natural hCLimate Events on Site», GA 700395) is dedicated to the design, testing and promotion of responsive systems, methodologies and techniques with the aim to mitigate the impact of climate changes and natural hclimate changes and natural hazards.

A hearing to address the research agenda required to mitigate the environmental impact of the transportation infrastructure on the environment, with an emphasis on climate change.

It's unfortunate that this loss or delay of valuable information that would support solid policy shift on mitigating climate change and reducing impacts including saving human lives, is not given more meaningful coverage in mainstream press.

Our course on climate action will help you increase resilience and mitigate the impacts of climate change.

# 3 O'Neal I think that if you read IPCC AR4 Working Group II on Impacts, Vulnerabilities and Adaptation, you will see that IPCC understands that adapting and mitigating climate change are only part of what must be done to manage sustainable development.

Our new five - session discussion course on climate action will help you take action to increase resilience and mitigate the impacts of climate change.

«efforts to address climate change should continue to focus most heavily on mitigating greenhouse gas emissions in combination with adapting to the impacts of climate change because these approaches do not present poorly defined and poorly quantified risks and are at a greater state of technological readiness.»

(2007) • Contribution of Renewables to Energy Security (2007) • Modelling Investment Risks and Uncertainties with Real Options Approach (2007) • Financing Energy Efficient Homes Existing Policy Responses to Financial Barriers (2007) • CO2 Allowance and Electricity Price Interaction - Impact on Industry's Electricity Purchasing Strategies in Europe (2007) • CO2 Capture Ready Plants (2007) • Fuel - Efficient Road Vehicle Non-Engine Components (2007) • Impact of Climate Change Policy Uncertainty on Power Generation Investments (2006) • Raising the Profile of Energy Efficiency in China — Case Study of Standby Power Efficiency (2006) • Barriers to the Diffusion of Solar Thermal Technologies (2006) • Barriers to Technology Diffusion: The Case of Compact Fluorescent Lamps (2006) • Certainty versus Ambition — Economic Efficiency in Mitigating Climate Change (2006) • Sectoral Crediting Mechanisms for Greenhouse Gas Mitigation: Institutional and Operational Issues (2006) • Sectoral Approaches to GHG Mitigation: Scenarios for Integration (2006) • Energy Efficiency in the Refurbishment of High - Rise Residential Buildings (2006) • Can Energy - Efficient Electrical Appliances Be Considered «Environmental Goods»?

Joshua: «And in addition, think about all the wasted energy the «climate community» spent mitigating the impact of «deniers,» when «skeptics» could have helped out by listening more carefully to the «climate community,» and trying to understand «the climate community's» arguments, and adding to progress on increasing our understanding of the causes of climate variability and change...»

And in addition, think about all the wasted energy the «climate community» spent mitigating the impact of «deniers,» when «skeptics» could have helped out by listening more carefully to the «climate community,» and trying to understand «the climate community's» arguments, and adding to progress on increasing our understanding of the causes of climate variability and change — rather than apologizing or ignoring the input from scientists like Fred Singer — who deliberately lifts a conditional clause from a larger sentence, divorces it completely from context, and creates a fraudulent quotation in order to deliberately deceive, or Ross McKitrick who slanders other scientists on purely speculative conclusions about their motivations, or guest - posters at WUWT who call BEST «media whores,» or the long line of denizens at Climate Etc. who falsely claim that the «climate community» ignores all uncertainties towards the goal of serving a socialist, eco-Nazi agenda to destroy capiclimate community» spent mitigating the impact of «deniers,» when «skeptics» could have helped out by listening more carefully to the «climate community,» and trying to understand «the climate community's» arguments, and adding to progress on increasing our understanding of the causes of climate variability and change — rather than apologizing or ignoring the input from scientists like Fred Singer — who deliberately lifts a conditional clause from a larger sentence, divorces it completely from context, and creates a fraudulent quotation in order to deliberately deceive, or Ross McKitrick who slanders other scientists on purely speculative conclusions about their motivations, or guest - posters at WUWT who call BEST «media whores,» or the long line of denizens at Climate Etc. who falsely claim that the «climate community» ignores all uncertainties towards the goal of serving a socialist, eco-Nazi agenda to destroy capiclimate community,» and trying to understand «the climate community's» arguments, and adding to progress on increasing our understanding of the causes of climate variability and change — rather than apologizing or ignoring the input from scientists like Fred Singer — who deliberately lifts a conditional clause from a larger sentence, divorces it completely from context, and creates a fraudulent quotation in order to deliberately deceive, or Ross McKitrick who slanders other scientists on purely speculative conclusions about their motivations, or guest - posters at WUWT who call BEST «media whores,» or the long line of denizens at Climate Etc. who falsely claim that the «climate community» ignores all uncertainties towards the goal of serving a socialist, eco-Nazi agenda to destroy capiclimate community's» arguments, and adding to progress on increasing our understanding of the causes of climate variability and change — rather than apologizing or ignoring the input from scientists like Fred Singer — who deliberately lifts a conditional clause from a larger sentence, divorces it completely from context, and creates a fraudulent quotation in order to deliberately deceive, or Ross McKitrick who slanders other scientists on purely speculative conclusions about their motivations, or guest - posters at WUWT who call BEST «media whores,» or the long line of denizens at Climate Etc. who falsely claim that the «climate community» ignores all uncertainties towards the goal of serving a socialist, eco-Nazi agenda to destroy capiclimate variability and change — rather than apologizing or ignoring the input from scientists like Fred Singer — who deliberately lifts a conditional clause from a larger sentence, divorces it completely from context, and creates a fraudulent quotation in order to deliberately deceive, or Ross McKitrick who slanders other scientists on purely speculative conclusions about their motivations, or guest - posters at WUWT who call BEST «media whores,» or the long line of denizens at Climate Etc. who falsely claim that the «climate community» ignores all uncertainties towards the goal of serving a socialist, eco-Nazi agenda to destroy capiClimate Etc. who falsely claim that the «climate community» ignores all uncertainties towards the goal of serving a socialist, eco-Nazi agenda to destroy capiclimate community» ignores all uncertainties towards the goal of serving a socialist, eco-Nazi agenda to destroy capitalism.

Read more from AWEA's siting expert about the reality of wind energy's impact on wildlife and what the industry is doing to help mitigate climate change.

A group of researchers that includes Johannes Lehmann of Cornell University, the closest thing biochar has to a spiritual father, has attempted to calculate just how much impact the technology could have on climate change if societies all over the world transformed their waste streams into biochar production facilities - «the maximum sustainable technical potential of biochar to mitigate climate change».

The award honours individuals whose actions and leadership have had a far - reaching positive impact on the environment, in advancing clean energy technologies to mitigate the threats of climate change.

The WGI contribution is the first in the series of four reports with the WGII assessment on impacts, adaptation and vulnerability scheduled for finalization in March 2014; the WGIII contribution on options for mitigating climate change to be finalized in April 2014, and the AR5 Synthesis Report to be completed in October 2014.

Coverage of the subject in the past year alone indicates that these considerations are part of an ongoing, growing discussion surrounding climate change, the impact our growing global population has on it and how family size can help mitigate its effects.

(Sec. 475) Requires the President to: (1) establish the Natural Resources Climate Change Adaptation Panel to serve as a forum for interagency consultation on and the coordination of the development and implementation of a Natural Resources Climate Change Adaptation Strategy; and (2) develop such Strategy to protect, restore, and conserve natural resources to enable them to become more resilient to, adapt to, and withstand the impacts of climate change and ocean acidification and to identify opportunities to mitigate those iClimate Change Adaptation Panel to serve as a forum for interagency consultation on and the coordination of the development and implementation of a Natural Resources Climate Change Adaptation Strategy; and (2) develop such Strategy to protect, restore, and conserve natural resources to enable them to become more resilient to, adapt to, and withstand the impacts of climate change and ocean acidification and to identify opportunities to mitigate those imChange Adaptation Panel to serve as a forum for interagency consultation on and the coordination of the development and implementation of a Natural Resources Climate Change Adaptation Strategy; and (2) develop such Strategy to protect, restore, and conserve natural resources to enable them to become more resilient to, adapt to, and withstand the impacts of climate change and ocean acidification and to identify opportunities to mitigate those iClimate Change Adaptation Strategy; and (2) develop such Strategy to protect, restore, and conserve natural resources to enable them to become more resilient to, adapt to, and withstand the impacts of climate change and ocean acidification and to identify opportunities to mitigate those imChange Adaptation Strategy; and (2) develop such Strategy to protect, restore, and conserve natural resources to enable them to become more resilient to, adapt to, and withstand the impacts of climate change and ocean acidification and to identify opportunities to mitigate those iclimate change and ocean acidification and to identify opportunities to mitigate those imchange and ocean acidification and to identify opportunities to mitigate those impacts.

(C) mitigate the destructive impact of ocean - related climate change effects, including effects on bays, estuaries, populated barrier islands and other ocean - related features, through a variety of means and measures, including the construction of jetties, levies, and other coastal structures in densely populated coastal areas impacted by climate change.

Since most ODS are «super» greenhouse gases (GHG) with global warming potentials (GWP) hundreds or thousands of times greater than carbon dioxide (CO2), this phase - out has had dramatic impacts on mitigating climate change.

We will continue to put pressure on those who exploit these incredible natural habitats for profit and work to ensure these natural resources benefit the communities that live there and help to mitigate the devastating impacts of climate change.

On mitigating the impact of climate change, the two leaders agreed on three elements of a package to strengthen the ambition of the Paris outcomOn mitigating the impact of climate change, the two leaders agreed on three elements of a package to strengthen the ambition of the Paris outcomon three elements of a package to strengthen the ambition of the Paris outcome.

A Recently developed network of old - growth sites, including many eastern US tree species, has provided researchers with new insights on forest growth, stand age structure, natural senescence, biomass production, and the mitigating impacts of climate change.

To reduce of the climate change, he said there were two keyways to mitigate the impact on agriculture and water sectors, namely mitigation and adaptation.

This technical document, which forms part of the Second Assessment Report (SAR), has been produced by Working Group II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and focuses on potential impacts of climate change, adaptive responses, and measures that could mitigate future emiClimate Change (IPCC), and focuses on potential impacts of climate change, adaptive responses, and measures that could mitigate future emisChange (IPCC), and focuses on potential impacts of climate change, adaptive responses, and measures that could mitigate future emiclimate change, adaptive responses, and measures that could mitigate future emischange, adaptive responses, and measures that could mitigate future emissions.

Press Trust of India: Representatives from 16 countries, including India, today started deliberations on the impact of climate change - induced disasters in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region and ways of mitigating them.

This law was put into effect to mitigate the impacts of catastrophic climate change and defend a livable future on this planet.

Reducing the impact on human health and mitigating climate change would save between two - and six - times more than the costs of decarbonization, according to IRENA's calculations.

Hannon Armstrong (NYSE: HASI) is a capital and services provider to the sustainable infrastructure markets, focused on reducing climate changing greenhouse gas emissions («GHG» or carbon emissions) as well as mitigating the impact of, or increasing resiliency to, climate change.

Hannon Armstrong is a capital and services provider focused on sustainable infrastructure markets that reduce climate changing greenhouse gas emissions («GHG») as well as mitigating the impact of, or increasing resiliency to, climate change.

«Successful actions like these are critical to mitigating the devastating impacts of climate change on people and nature.»

E.g., research assumes greenhouse gas emissions cause warming without explicitly stating humans are the cause»... carbon sequestration in soil is important for mitigating global climate change» (4a) No position Does not address or mention the cause of global warming (4b) Uncertain Expresses position that human's role on recent global warming is uncertain / undefined «While the extent of human - induced global warming is inconclusive...» (5) Implicit rejection Implies humans have had a minimal impact on global warming without saying so explicitly E.g., proposing a natural mechanism is the main cause of global warming»... anywhere from a major portion to all of the warming of the 20th century could plausibly result from natural causes according to these results» (6) Explicit rejection without quantification Explicitly minimizes or rejects that humans are causing global warming»... the global temperature record provides little support for the catastrophic view of the greenhouse effect» (7) Explicit rejection with quantification Explicitly states that humans are causing less than half of global warming «The human contribution to the CO2 content in the atmosphere and the increase in temperature is negligible in comparison with other sources of carbon dioxide emission»»

The charity, however, is well aware of the devastating impact that climate change will have on birds and other wildlife, so they were determined to press ahead with cutting their carbon emissions while mitigating any harm to the local environment.

NW Earth Institute recently released our latest discussion course ebook, Change Is Our Choice: Creating Climate Solutions, a five - session discussion course that offers up inspiration on taking action to increase resilience and mitigate the impacts of climate cChange Is Our Choice: Creating Climate Solutions, a five - session discussion course that offers up inspiration on taking action to increase resilience and mitigate the impacts of climate Climate Solutions, a five - session discussion course that offers up inspiration on taking action to increase resilience and mitigate the impacts of climate climate changechange.

Our five - session discussion course on climate action will help you take action to increase resilience and mitigate the impacts of climate change.

The NW Earth Institute's new five - session discussion course on climate action will help your community to do just that — take action in your own lives to increase resilience and mitigate the impacts of climate change.

Although the world's attention continued to focus on the IPCC's Working Group I, which addressed the physical science, increasing funding and attention went to the other two Working Groups, which addressed the likely impacts of climate change and the policies needed to mitigate the damage, recruiting experts in fields ranging from epidemiology to economics.

The Australian Government has confirmed its commitment to developing policies to adapt to and mitigate the impacts of climate change, with a strong emphasis on consultation and partnership with Indigenous Australians.