Sentences with phrase «most climate change mitigation»

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(Most of the funding — $ 2 billion — goes to another climate priority, infrastructure for «disaster mitigation and adaptation» in the face of a changing climate.)

The forgotten 10 %: Climate mitigation in agricultural supply chains looks at how some of the most recognizable household brands are managing climate Climate mitigation in agricultural supply chains looks at how some of the most recognizable household brands are managing climate climate change.

Climate change may be perceived most through the impacts of extremes, although these are to a large degree dependent on the system under consideration, including its vulnerability, resiliency and capacity for adaptation and mitigation; see the Working Group II contribution to the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report.

To avoid the most dangerous consequences of anthropogenic climate change, the Paris Agreement provides a clear and agreed climate mitigation target of stabilizing global surface warming to under 2.0 °C above preindustrial, and preferably closer to 1.5 °C.

Most importantly, we are bringing together community members, parents, school principals and vice principals, teachers, local authorities, officials responsible for emergency situations, media and national authorities to discuss the importance of taking joint and coordinated action on disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation and mitigation, and biodiversity conservation, in a comprehensive manner and towards long - term solutions.

Most importantly, the Initiative promotes the need for preparing bioliterate citizens who understand Biodiversity Conservation and Restoration is one of the most relevant tools for disaster preparedness and climate change mitigatMost importantly, the Initiative promotes the need for preparing bioliterate citizens who understand Biodiversity Conservation and Restoration is one of the most relevant tools for disaster preparedness and climate change mitigatmost relevant tools for disaster preparedness and climate change mitigation.

We ought to be able to model which vegetation changes yield the most bang for the buck, so to speak, for climate change mitigation.

Declare that, irrespective of the effectiveness of mitigation actions, significant adverse changes in the global climate are now inevitable and are already taking place, and thus parties to the U.N.F.C.C.C. must also include, in the COP15 outcome document, an ambitious agreement on adaptation finance which should prioritize the needs of the most vulnerable countries, especially in the near term,

The first part of the chain is that we know that climate change is happening, we know what is most likely to happen, and we can both anticipate the pace of events and the pace of necessary mitigation and adaptation measures.

The results suggest that policies emphasizing the attribution of extreme events to climate change and infrastructural mitigation may reduce climate change the most.

One of the most contentious issues in the debate over how to tackle climate change is the role of REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) in market - based mitigation strategies.

Most Lukewarmers who write about climate change have offered individual assessments, but none of us have said «this is a lukearmer position on adaptation or mitigation.»

In most models that show the world reducing emissions enough to hit the 2 °C climate target, «solar energy emerges only as a minor mitigation option» — around 5 to 17 percent of global electricity supply in one representative study used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change climate target, «solar energy emerges only as a minor mitigation option» — around 5 to 17 percent of global electricity supply in one representative study used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Climate Change (IPCC).

When asked about climate change impacts, Americans do not mention health impacts, 290 and when asked about health impacts specifically, most believe it will affect people in a different time or place.291 But diverse groups of Americans find information on health impacts to be helpful once received, particularly information about the health benefits of mitigation (reducing carbon emissions) and adaptation.292

Most climate - change - mitigation advocates have overhyped the science and underdelivered on policy, Lomborg argues.

If they are to be effective, local plans for climate change (both adaptation and mitigation) require the involvement of a variety of stakeholders and a specific focus on the most vulnerable groups.

The problem for Mr. Romm is that most economic analyses of climate change show that benefits don't exceed costs for aggressive mitigation (see Manzi's comments, for instance).

Special reports prepared by the IPCC include: Land Use, Land - use Change and Forestry (2000); Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage (2005); Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation (SRREN)(2011); and, most recently, the Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX)(2011).

This activity report provides an overview of measures taken to contribute to climate change mitigation and adaption, as climate change is affecting the world's poorest and most vulnerable countries, including Small Island Developing States, landlocked countries, arid - and semi-arid areas and countries where people are dependent on natural resources.

Of all of the big fossil - fuel companies, Shell has adopted perhaps the most constructive position on climate change mitigation.

This brief examines how the public sector can most effectively incentivise needed investments in climate change - related mitigation in Africa.

It seeks to reinforce the scientific, mitigation and adaptation capacities of countries and communities that are most vulnerable to the effects of climate change.

In particular, it addresses the critical question of what policy options, and what type of REDD + funding mechanism, are most conducive towards effectively financing forest - based climate change mitigation (with a focus on Phase 3 of REDD + implementation).

This was launched by Director - General Irina Bokova in Copenhagen during the 15th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and seeks to reinforce the scientific, mitigation and adaptation capacities of countries and communities that are most vulnerable to the effects of climate Climate Change and seeks to reinforce the scientific, mitigation and adaptation capacities of countries and communities that are most vulnerable to the effects of climate cChange and seeks to reinforce the scientific, mitigation and adaptation capacities of countries and communities that are most vulnerable to the effects of climate climate changechange.

«The partnership between Brazil and Norway through the Amazon Fund shows intensified support for one of most impressive climate change mitigation actions of the past decades,» the Secretary General said.

In the build - up to 21st Conference of the Parties (CoP21) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Parties to the Montreal Protocol launched formal negotiations on one of the largest, fastest and most cost - effective global climate mitigation measures available — the phase down of hydrofluorocarbons Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Parties to the Montreal Protocol launched formal negotiations on one of the largest, fastest and most cost - effective global climate mitigation measures available — the phase down of hydrofluorocarbons climate mitigation measures available — the phase down of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs).

Business Standard: India is amongst the countries most vulnerable to climate change and must develop its own model to study changes at the regional level and take necessary mitigation measures, a senior US scientist of Indian origin said.

Doing so would represent a fairer share of global emission reductions, ensure the country takes full advantage of its mitigation potential, and increase the chance of limiting warming to below 2 degrees C, to help avoid the most extreme climate change impacts.

Together, India and the United States can work together to ensure the largest, fastest, cheapest, and most effective piece of climate change mitigation is implemented in the next year or two.

China and South Africa reported on the working group II report — on the impact of climate change — and Brazil's most popular television station reported on both the impact and mitigation (working group III) reports.

For most of them, costs have declined over the last decades and the authors expect significant technical advancements and further cost reductions in the future, resulting in a greater potential for climate change mitigation.

The unpleasant reality is that mitigation and adaptation will be incapable of fully contending with the most severe impacts of climate change over the coming decades.

The Cancun Agreements, the most recent product of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, set the groundwork for monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) of mitigation efforts agreed to in future global climate trClimate Change, set the groundwork for monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) of mitigation efforts agreed to in future global climate trclimate treaties.

«One of the key messages is that if we're going to avoid the impacts of climate change on biodiversity in these priority places, the most effective way of doing that is climate change mitigation — reducing greenhouse gas emissions,» said Warren, a climate change researcher at the University of East Anglia and a coordinating lead author of the Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change's Fifth Assessment climate change on biodiversity in these priority places, the most effective way of doing that is climate change mitigation — reducing greenhouse gas emissions,» said Warren, a climate change researcher at the University of East Anglia and a coordinating lead author of the Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change's Fifth Assessment Rchange on biodiversity in these priority places, the most effective way of doing that is climate change mitigation — reducing greenhouse gas emissions,» said Warren, a climate change researcher at the University of East Anglia and a coordinating lead author of the Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change's Fifth Assessment climate change mitigation — reducing greenhouse gas emissions,» said Warren, a climate change researcher at the University of East Anglia and a coordinating lead author of the Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change's Fifth Assessment Rchange mitigation — reducing greenhouse gas emissions,» said Warren, a climate change researcher at the University of East Anglia and a coordinating lead author of the Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change's Fifth Assessment climate change researcher at the University of East Anglia and a coordinating lead author of the Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change's Fifth Assessment Rchange researcher at the University of East Anglia and a coordinating lead author of the Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change's Fifth Assessment Climate Change's Fifth Assessment RChange's Fifth Assessment Report.

The project is one of nine groundbreaking climate change initiatives selected and funded by the NRCS's 2011 Conservation Innovation Grant (CIG) program, and is focused on greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation for one of the least protected and most imperiled ecosystems in the world.

See: Prof. Roger Pielke Jr.: «An argument that mitigation of ghgs makes sense in terms of decreasing the future costs of extreme events is not a strong one» — «Even under the assumptions of IPCC, Stern Review, etc. the future costs of extreme events under the most aggressive scenarios of climate change actually decrease as a proportion of GDP»

On the costs of climate change mitigation, the most comprehensive work is probably that which has been done by Nicholas Stern, beginning with the Stern Review.

The outcome should also substantially scale up financial assistance to developing countries, promote technology development, dissemination and transfer, pay particular attention to the needs of the poorest and most vulnerable to adapt to climate change, promote steps to preserve and enhance forests, and provide for full transparency with respect to the implementation of mitigation measures and provision of financial, technology and capacity building support.

This analytical report discusses the most recent studies on the economics and cost of climate change, and the investment required for mitigation and adaptation.

This policy document analyzes the most recent studies on the economics, the costs of climate change, and the investment required for mitigation and adaptation.

«Perhaps most importantly, this project will promote the recovery of our traditional knowledge, which can then be put to use for climate change mitigation and adaptation, defend our territorial collective rights, and the sustainable use of natural resources in our territories,» said COICA Technical Manager Juan Reategui.

The most recent International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report states that «leveraging the mitigation potential in the [forest and agriculture] sector is extremely important in meeting emission reduction targets (robust evidence; high agreement).»

Most books about climate change focus on some aspect of the science of the issue; some deal with issues of mitigation — that is, reducing emissions of greenhouse gases — or adaptation — that is, actions to adjust human behavior or infrastructure to the consequences of the warming that Earth will experience over the coming decades.

The challenge is to draft the most workable and effective international treaty that, if implemented, has the potential to increase foreign investments in climate change mitigation and adaptation.