Sentences with phrase «most vulnerable ecosystems»

Merely changing where you search seems like possibly the simplest way to contribute real money to help protect one of the world's most vulnerable ecosystems.

The Convention addresses specifically the arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas, known as the drylands, where some of the most vulnerable ecosystems and peoples can be found.

IPCC head Dr Rajendra Pachauri says they «provide a new baseline... for understanding climate change in one of the most vulnerable ecosystem in the world.»

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The Hershey Co. has launched the Cocoa For Good program, a comprehensive cocoa sustainability strategy designed to address the most pressing issues facing cocoa - growing communities: poverty, poor nutrition, at - risk youth and vulnerable ecosystems.

The report found some deep mesophotic coral ecosystems may be less vulnerable to the most extreme ocean warming, but others may be just as vulnerable as their shallow counterparts and can not be relied on to act as «life boats.»

As climates change across already stressed ecosystems, there is no doubt that species will be affected, but to what extent and which will be most vulnerable remain uncertain.

Ecosystems without genetic variation are the most vulnerable to being wiped out by a single virus.

Surprisingly, the ecosystems most vulnerable to major biome shifts are the already hot regions around the equator.

«Reef ecosystems are the most vulnerable to rapid environmental change.

Mountain ecosystems are some of the most vulnerable to ecological change.

And the most vulnerable countries — notably the less developed nations like Indonesia with huge coastlines and fragile ecosystems — should be in the driving seat.

In South Africa, fisheries could be affected by changes in estuaries, coral reefs and upwelling; with those that are dependent on the first two ecosystems being the most vulnerable (Clark, 2006).

Florida's cities, infrastructure, beachfront homes, and natural ecosystems are among the most vulnerable in the nation to water creeping up the coast.

When an ecosystem changes, those creatures most precisely adapted become the most vulnerable — and that is bad news for king penguins.

A second Ecological Footprint study was published in 2013, with a special focus on the Laguna Lake Region, the country's largest lake ecosystem, which includes Metro Manila — the most densely populated area on Earth and most vulnerable region in the country.

The 2015 agreement must make a significant contribution to deliver an adaptation approach that adequately responds to the immediate needs of, and future threats to, the most vulnerable developing countries and ecosystems.

The World Wide Fund for Nature, an international non-governmental organization promoting conservation and biodiversity, stresses that climate change «will impact some of the world's poorest and most vulnerable people, disrupting food production, and threatening vitally important species, habitats and ecosystems.»

In His Encyclical, Pope Francis outlines a three - pronged climate change fix: remove greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, restore ecosystems, and help the people who are most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change with resources to adapt to our changing climate.

Amazon forests represent the world's largest terrestrial biome and potentially the tropical ecosystem most vulnerable to abrupt change in response to future climate change in concert with agricultural development (e.g., Cox et al., 2000; Lenton et al., 2008; Zelazowski et al., 2011).

Along India's narrow coastal belt of Mundra in Gujarat State, 500 miles (805 kilometers) northwest of Mumbai, several coal - fired power plants generate electricity so cheaply that authorities for the most part have overlooked damage to fishing and grazing, and harm to the vulnerable mangrove ecosystem.

While the adoption of the Paris Agreement and the commitments submitted by countries represent a significant step in the fight against climate change, the amount of ambition is still insufficient to keep global warming at a level that is safe for the most vulnerable communities and critical ecosystems on the planet.

Two of them highlight that among the most vulnerable people in the context of climate change are those who live in remote places and whose livelihood depends on the natural ecosystems.

Hence, paradoxically, we lack guidance on the future trajectories of pH in coastal ecosystems where some of the most vulnerable taxa to OA live (e.g. Doney et al. 2010; Hendriks et al. 2010a; Kroeker et al. 2010).

«Because grassland ecosystems are the most vulnerable to extreme climate events, we examined data collected by many other scientists to try and understand the relationship between rain events and drought on the potential productivity of grasslands,» said Chuixiang Yi of City University of New York.