Sentences with phrase «national adaptation strategies»

In particular, this publication focuses on the analysis for the identification of national adaptation strategies.

about Contributions of National Meteorological Services (NMSs) to National Adaptation Strategies Workshop, Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands, 2 - 4 November

Many National Meteorological Services play a special role in climate services by contributing to national adaptation strategies, to the European Copernicus project and to the Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS) of the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO).

National adaptation strategies are increasingly integrated with other policies, such as disaster risk management.

The study focuses on the way in which decision making in climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction (DRR) is managed, and assesses practical cases of regional and national adaptation strategies.

«Perhaps in as little as a year, real resources for adaptation can begin to flow to developing countries and the UNFCCC is willing to assist developing countries prepare their national adaptation strategies,» de Boer added.

We also pledge to support, on an urgent basis, the preparation of national adaptation strategies for the most vulnerable countries and their integration into overall development plans.

It recommends that the federal government move aggressively to support those efforts by developing a national adaptation strategy to coordinate planning and exchange information between federal agencies and local governments.

On Wednesday, summit representatives provided the White House with a summary document (available here) laying out a series of recommendations as the administration seeks to craft a national adaptation strategy.

In October, the President's Interagency Climate Change Adaptation Task Force will send Obama its recommendations for creating a national adaptation strategy.

He directed the chair of CEQ to provide to him within one year «a progress report on agency actions in support of the national adaptation strategy and recommendations for any further such measures as the CEQ Chair may deem necessary.»

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Professor Ed Hill, Executive Director of the National Oceanography Centre commented, «We trust that these findings will help inform coastal sea level adaptation and mitigation strategies.

Data from its first national climate change adaptation strategy issued last year show that extreme weather events have killed more than 2,000 people each year on average since the 1990s.

The national action programmes (NAPs), national biodiversity strategies and action plans (NBSAPs) and national adaptation programmes of action (NAPAs) are the implementation tools.

Kedda continues to act as Senior Program Director of State and Local Networks, leading the strategy, development, and adaptation of national - level equity guidance that supports meaningful engagement at the state and local levels.

Where funders saw too much adaptation to local circumstances with Annenberg, they have responded with an overemphasis on national models and replicating a common strategy across multiple districts.

Last year President Obama called on the Interagency Climate Change Adaptation Task Force to draft a report to the president offering federal recommendations toward a national climate change adaptationAdaptation Task Force to draft a report to the president offering federal recommendations toward a national climate change adaptationadaptation strategy.

The U.S. government should move toward a coordinated national climate change adaptation strategy, says a federal interagency task force in a recent report to the President.

It included four areas of assessment: 1) relevance of the strategy to the GEF mandate and focal areas, as well as to countries» national sustainable development and adaptation agenda; 2) effectiveness of the proposed adaptation measures; 3) efficiency of project development and management in implementing the strategy; 4) results of the strategy and projects thus far as well as their sustainability.

It draws the actions from the National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA) and National Strategy for Disaster Risk Management (NSDRM) as well as from field experiences.

It notices that forests are an important component of national climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies.

This activity report facilitates the identification of priority mitigation and adaptation measures by the participating countries, in line with their national sustainable development strategies, and how these measures can be effectively supported financially by public and private sector funding, multilateral initiatives, carbon markets and other sources of funding or investment.

-- The Panel shall serve as a forum for interagency consultation on and the coordination of the development and implementation of a national Natural Resources Climate Change Adaptation Strategy required under section 476.

-- Consistent with its authorities under other laws and with Federal trust responsibilities with respect to Indian lands, each Federal department or agency with representation on the National Resources Climate Change Adaptation Panel shall consider the impacts of climate change and ocean acidification and integrate the elements of the strategy into agency plans, environmental reviews, programs, and activities related to the conservation, restoration, and management of natural resources.

Adaptation efforts in South Asia have so far been fragmented, lacking a strong link between national climate change strategies and plans, and existing disaster risk reduction, agricultural, and other relevant policies.

And it is time for the United States to develop and implement a national climate change preparedness and impacts adaptation strategy.

Trends in Extreme Weather Events in Europe: Implications for National and European Union Adaptation Strategies

The Summit report identifies seven priorities for near - term action, starting with the need to develop «an overarching national strategy to guide federal climate climate change adaptation programs.

In addition to creating a national climate adaptation strategy, the Summit report said additional steps are neeeded, starting at the top with visible Presidential leadership.

Kouassigan Tovivo, Policy Analyst and Adaptation Expert Works on several international projects related to national adaptation planning process and low carbon development strategies, with a particular focus on implementation in sub-Sahara francophoAdaptation Expert Works on several international projects related to national adaptation planning process and low carbon development strategies, with a particular focus on implementation in sub-Sahara francophoadaptation planning process and low carbon development strategies, with a particular focus on implementation in sub-Sahara francophone Africa.

IIED: Accurate cost benefit analysis of climate change adaptation actions is not only critical in designing effective local - level adaptation strategies, but also for generating information that feeds into national and global climate policy agreements.

«The nation must prepare for and adapt to a changing climate,» says the draft National Fish, Wildlife and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy, «to safeguard our valuable living resources for current and future generations.»

The Strategy, found here, is a collaborative effort of national, state, and tribal governments to develop a framework for preparedness and adaptation action on climate change.

On February 14 CSW ventured to the Department of the Interior for the latest in a series of public workshops on the development of the new draft National Fish, Wildlife and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy.

«The distribution of the world's fresh water, already an important topic will occupy front and center stage for years to come in developing adaptation strategies to a changing climate,» says Cliff Jacobs of National Science Foundation, which funded the research.

In early December 2007 DEC's Hartig, with Chapple and Colburn in the loop, considered engaging the National Commission on Energy Policy (PDF) to help on climate adaptation strategies.

Advocate for local, national, and international policies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and for adaptation strategies that improve preparedness for anticipated climate - associated effects.

A total of 22 European Member States answered the questions focusing on eight thematic areas or topics: governance, vulnerability, impact and adaptation assessments, national and subnational adaptation strategies, climate - change mitigation, strengthening of health systems, awareness raising and capacity building, green health services and sharing best practices.

Her work focuses on the health effects of climate change; advocating for strategies to prepare for and prevent these impacts, especially for our most vulnerable communities; and making health a more central feature of national, state and local climate change adaptation plans.

Such action would also address Australia's international obligations to develop and report on national climate change adaptation strategies, and to achieve strong greenhouse gas emissions reductions.