Sentences with phrase «of sea defences»

Adaptive measures might include things like the building of sea defences, switching food and water sources to more resilient ones — anything to make sure that whatever interests are considered important are not greatly compromised by climatic impacts.

The Ministry will commence the construction of Sea Defence Projects at Axim, Cape Coast, Ningo - Prampram, Shama and Mensa Guinea in Accra.

`' Government has begun the construction of sea defence at Akplor - Atokor with works on Dzita and Horve expected to start later this year.»

Not exact matches

It will mark the start of a sea change in attitudes, in that allies realise they need to commit to defence.»

`' My appeal to the government is to construct a sea defence wall to protect the coast from the ravages of the waves».

Lord West of Spithead, an advisor to Gordon Brown, member of the defence council and former First Sea Lord, will chair the inaugural meeting but will not do so in his capacity as security minister.

A few months ago defence secretary Phillip Hammond announced # 350 million funding for a new generation of nuclear submarines — a move which already seemed to rule out disarmament or even a change of course from a sea - based deterrent.

The main road in Pembrokeshire is now completely closed after the flood defence system got pushed back by the power of the sea.

I am therefore suggesting that we set an aspirational target of the percentage of public spending on sea defence that is needed in the medium term.

To set that figure we need to undertake a sea defence review, similar to the military defence review, which would set out what we actually need to do in terms of reasonable protection against coastal flooding and erosion and how much it will cost.

Admiral Lord Boyce, former First Sea Lord of the Royal Navy and Chief of the Defence Staff, attacked the decision to scrap the Harrier jump jet:

He asked the Omanhen to provide land on which he will build a cold store for the people of Komenda, stones for a sea defence project, roofing sheets, pavement blocks and cement for the renovation of the traditional council's office.

But it would be wrong not to challenge what shadow defence secretary Emily Thornberry said on the radio this morning: namely, that the prospect of futuristic drone technology could soon be able to detect the Royal Navy's deterrent submarines and thus render the seas «transparent».

Responding to a request from the people to the government to rehabilitate roads in the area, Mr Amissah - Arthur stated that the government thought it wise to rather repair the roads after the completion of the Ada Sea Defence Project.

«If sea levels go up, and waves get bigger, and the rain gets heavier, some areas will be very difficult to live in,» says David Ramsbottom of HR Wallingford, a consultancy that advises the UK government on flood defences.

Professor Robert Nicholls from the University of Southampton, who is a co-author of the paper, says: «If we ignore sea - level rise, flood damages will progressively rise and presently good defences will be degraded and ultimately overwhelmed.

University of Queensland Visual Ecology Lab member Dr Karen Cheney, of the School of Biological Sciences, said researchers examined sea slugs, or nudibranchs, which had bright colour patterns to warn predators they contained toxic defences.

During the initial visit in mid-2011, they were able to observe the levels of destruction caused, while a follow - up in 2013 enabled them to see the recovery, newly - completed sea defences and the design guidelines being implemented to mitigate against future catastrophes.

However, the size of the waves generated by the Great East Japan Earthquake in March that year led to sea defences and other coastal structures being overwhelmed, and in many cases completely or partially destroyed.

Construction and repair work along Britain's 1800 kilometres of sea walls and other defences, which cost # 58 million in 1991, is not keeping up.

A space scientist at the University of Leicester, in collaboration with the New Zealand Defence Technology Agency and DMC International Imaging, has been trialling a concept for using satellite imagery to significantly improve the chances of locating ships and planes, such as the missing Malaysian flight MH370, lost at sea.

And in an era of accelerating rises in sea levels those effects «may be catastrophic», says Pethick, «causing inundation of coastal flood defences».

Observers say that her report, completed in 1991, caused a furore within the NRA, which is under pressure from landowners and county councils, particularly in East Anglia, to «maintain the line» of its defences against the sea.

The National Audit Office's report on British coastal defences last year highlighted breaches of Hurst Spit in Hampshire, which «are due mainly to the construction of concrete sea walls and groynes further to the west in Christchurch Bay, which interrupted the natural drift of replenishing material».

THE collector sea urchin has a most extraordinary defence: it releases hundreds of tiny jaws that can bite and release venom even after they have separated from the sea urchin's body.

Heavier rainfall plus sea level rise — which make storm surges bigger and more likely to breach coastal defences — has scientists warning of a greater flood risk in the UK as the climate warms.

The Royal Danish Navy (Danish: Søværnet) is the sea - based branch of the Danish Defence force.

Assesses the advantages and disadvantages of the each of the different sea defences.

The output is a risk assessment of the direct and indirect economic impacts of storm surge under climate change, including, for example, production and job losses and reconstruction duration, and the benefits of investment in upgraded sea defences.

«Our defence forces might find themselves torn between humanitarian relief operations and guarding our borders against climate refugees, as rising sea - levels swamp low - lying areas, forcing millions of climate refugees across India's border,» Pachauri said.

And I'm not worried about that because I believe that in the meanwhile, we have that time to develop less carbon intensive forms of energy production, to walk away from the rising sea levels, and to build further inland, develop sea defences, etc, etc..

Sea - level rises could send floods driven by storm surges over London's Thames Barrier regularly by the end of the century, if nothing is done to bolster the UK's flood defences, scientists warned on Tuesday.

The 20 coastal cities where economic average annual losses (AAL) increase most by 2050 compared to 2005 for an optimistic scenario of sea level rise if current defence standards are not improved.

Over the past century, relative sea level along the Dutch coast has risen by about 20 cm and many of the defences are no longer fulfilling their requirements.

But while adapting buildings in coastal communities and upgrading coastal defences can significantly reduce adverse impacts of sea level rise and storm surges, they can not eliminate these risks, especially as sea levels will continue to rise over time.

Defence barrister Tracy Fantin admitted the irony of the charge given Sea Shepherd's charter to protect and preserve marine life around the world.

Now I am not a great fan of the aggregated tide gauge record seeing as it relies on so few gauges (as cited) most with short histories (as cited) or have moved (as cited) or have been interpolated (as cited) To globally aggregate such low grade information only compounds the errors However, anyone working on flood defence work would use a tide gauge as it provides a more accurate record of the place where the sea actually hits the land, where people live, as opposed to satellites which measure open sea.

And his research colleague Michael Oppenheimer, professor of geosciences and international affairs at Princeton, said: «We hope that this study provides additional information that cities and municipalities can use to start planning the defence against climate change and sea - level rise.

We are so conservative in our estimates of sea level rise, with those conservative estimates being dismissed as alarmist it is inevitable that we are going to have one failed defence after another.

Coastal planning: here in Germany the ongoing process of upgrading our coastal defences is based on the assumption of up to 1.5 meters of sea - level rise.

«By betting on rapid sea - level rise, they would either be able to stay in their homes at the cost of losing the bet if sea - level rise was slow, or would win the bet and have money to pay for sea defences or relocation if sea - level rise was rapid.»

He has appeared in a number of the leading reported cases in the field of reinsurance including — Suncorp v Milano (pool reinsurance); Group Josi v Walbrook (non-disclosure of agent's fraud on assured) Baker & Black Sea and Baltic (recoverability of defence costs as implied term in proportional reinsurance), Aneco v Johnson & Higgins (reinsurance brokers» negligence and measure of loss), King v Brandywine (Exxon Valdez reinsurance claims).

In support of this understanding Walker cited the comment of the Solicitor General during the second reading of the Bill: «The possibility is not ruled out, where there is a child who has genuine learning difficulties and who is genuinely at sea on the question of right and wrong, of seeking to run this as a specific defence.

These are performed in a variety of roles at sea in a ship or submarine, with Royal Marines Commandos, Fleet Air Arm, shore establishments, Ministry of Defence Hospital Units, UKSF, and other Tri-Service departments.