Sentences with phrase «mitigation and adaptation»

There is also the lack of a clear agreement by the developed countries to deliver on finance for mitigation and adaptation for the 2013 - 2020 period.

Such a feedback loop could result in accelerated warming throughout the globe, which will strongly impact ongoing climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts.

The meeting will secure a binding and legal agreement signed by all parties which will focus on mitigation and adaptation.

The storylines assume that no specific climate policies are implemented, and thus form a baseline against which narratives with specific mitigation and adaptation measures can be compared.

In fact, in order to rise to the climate change challenge, mitigation and adaptation activities need to be examined within the same system.

Developed countries obligations to finance mitigation and adaptation in the developing world have been followed with sparse or empty funds.

The results suggest that recent changes in global vegetation have had impacts on local climates that should be considered in the design of local mitigation and adaptation plans.

It encourages developing countries to develop mitigation and adaptation strategies and forces developed countries to also come forward with, in addition to their mitigation commitments, measurable pledges on technology transfer and finance.

It also shows the role of these sectors in meeting national mitigation and adaptation goals and a basis on which to identify priorities for international support for climate action in the agriculture sectors.

Two key objectives of the framework are: the prevention of loss and damage through mitigation and adaptation efforts, and compensation and rehabilitation following the occurrence of loss and damage.

While changes associated with a transition to a lower - carbon economy present significant risk, they also create significant opportunities for organizations focused on climate change mitigation and adaptation solutions.

These plans may reflect a diversity of mitigation and adaptation approaches.

He has had to learn to navigate the murky waters of bureaucracy to sell the ministry's mitigation and adaptation initiatives.

As early as 1991, small island states were calling for an international insurance pool covering residual damage from rising sea levels that couldn't be prevented by mitigation and adaptation efforts.

This result is of fundamental importance for the assessment of climate - change impacts and possible mitigation and adaptation strategies.

«Loss and damage» refers to adverse effects of climate variability and climate change that occur despite mitigation and adaptation efforts.

- Improving planning of mitigation and adaptation practices for key human and societal activities.

There is also the fact that way too little has been done regarding mitigation and adaptation, and too few people work with these issues.

The issues that have arisen through this research point to an even greater urgency for ambitious mitigation and adaptation that are sufficient to manage climate stressors.

The Agreement addresses the important issue of loss and damage, referring to the serious impacts of climate change when mitigation and adaptation fail.

The good news is that mitigation and adaptation don't have to be mutually exclusive.

This analytical report identifies the current commitments, gaps and opportunities for enhancing regional mitigation and adaptation ambitions in the agriculture sectors.

While the previous reports dealt with climate change mitigation and adaptation separately, this one will draw links between these fields, he said.

If we're lucky, and mitigation and adaptation turn out to be cheap and easy, these costs will not be particularly daunting.

But it is the difference between fast mitigation and adaptation — and utter failure of the extreme left to achieve anything of significance.

First emerging decades ago as a relatively obscure plea by small island states, loss and damage has now gained recognition as the third pillar of international climate policy, after mitigation and adaptation.

Through training workshops, communities will gain knowledge on different mitigation and adaptation strategies as well as capacity building on how to monitor emissions from their households and community level.

Between these extremes lie vastly different socioeconomic costs, risks of disasters, and optimal mitigation and adaptation strategies.

Climate change requires mitigation and adaptation actions from all sectors of society, regardless whether located on public or private side.

Has many global challenges about that, including the development of actions for mitigation and adaptation to climate changes.

And, as they do that, at the same time they need to identify where are the possibilities for increasing the ambition of everyone on mitigation and adaptation.

This unique modeling framework will provide decision support for regional climate mitigation and adaptation planning.