Sentences with phrase «natural systems resilience»

Not exact matches

The Nature Conservancy hopes that what it learns about the project will make it easier for other communities weighing similar projects to move forward with natural systems, McLeod said last week, speaking on a panel about climate adaptation and resilience at the same event as Bostick.

The study, supported by the Department of Homeland Security and the National Science Foundation (NSF), found that most of the coastal communities do not have an overarching strategy for building urban disaster resilience and lack coordination between multiple urban systems, including land use activities, natural environments and public infrastructure investments, particularly in Texas.

The Global Food Security - Food System Resilience programme is funded with contributions from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), and the Scottish Government.

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 hazards.

Note, that I for the sake of the argument, am looking at it from Lindzens premises (natural variation + some role for CO2), call it «moderate warming» and conclude that even that is alarming, because the resilience of the socioecological earth system is very low in respect to additional warming.

By spearheading innovations that harness the power of natural systems, Oregon and Washington are at the forefront of addressing the three climate imperatives: (1) reduce reliance on fossil fuels; (2) remove existing carbon pollution; and (3) build resilience to withstand climate impacts.

His testimony continued: «This will require the USGCRP to support a balanced portfolio of fundamental and application - oriented research activities from expanded modeling efforts to studies of coupled human - natural systems and institutional resilience.»

Responding to unpredictability and risk requires building resilience in both natural systems and human communities.

1.2 — Science for adaptation and mitigation: Advancing understanding of the vulnerability and resilience of integrated human - natural systems.

Adaptation aid «intends to reduce the vulnerability of human or natural systems to the impacts of climate change and climate - related risks, by maintaining or increasing adaptive capacity and resilience.»

Maximizing the resilience and benefits provided by natural systems is a critical component of minimizing climate change related impacts such as global warming, biodiversity loss, water quality degradation, sea level rise, and related economic damage.

With examples drawn from developing countries worldwide, the document shows how eco-friendly farming systems are helping smallholder producers to boost cereal yields, improve their incomes and livelihoods, conserve natural resources, reduce negative impacts on the environment, and build resilience to climate change.

This is a great challenge for Australia, if we are to predict future climate change impacts with any degree of confidence and be in a reasonable position to build resilience into natural and human systems.

«By working with family farmers to build on their knowledge in the development of sustainable agricultural practices, we can improve resilience in the food system — including resilience to climate change, food price shocks, conflict, and natural disasters,» says Barbara Gemmill - Herren, Programme Officer at FAO.

As glaciers retreat, Demuth said the resilience is reduced, affecting both natural systems such as the way ecosystems function and human systems such as irrigation, hydropower and water for mining projects.