Sentences with phrase «on a climate change adaptation program»

She now works as a Technical Adviser for GIZ, the German Agency for International Cooperation, on a climate change adaptation program.

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Through the CGIAR Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security Research Program, a research that focuses on the development and adaptation of climate - smart technologies for sustainable intensification of farming systems in South Asia is in prClimate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security Research Program, a research that focuses on the development and adaptation of climate - smart technologies for sustainable intensification of farming systems in South Asia is in prclimate - smart technologies for sustainable intensification of farming systems in South Asia is in progress.

The EPA last night sent employees a list of eight approved talking points on climate change from its Office of Public Affairs — guidelines that promote a message of uncertainty about climate science and gloss over proposed cuts to key adaptation programs.

By instituting adaptation and mitigation programs, forest managers can act now to lessen the likelihood and magnitude of climate change impacts on Montana's forests.

Through the CGIAR Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security Research Program, a research that focuses on the development and adaptation of climate - smart technologies for sustainable intensification of farming systems in South Asia is in prClimate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security Research Program, a research that focuses on the development and adaptation of climate - smart technologies for sustainable intensification of farming systems in South Asia is in prclimate - smart technologies for sustainable intensification of farming systems in South Asia is in progress.

PhD Scholarship: The Centre on Energy, Climate and Sustainable Development, part of the Unep (Un Environment Program)- DTU (Technical University of Denmark) Partnership, invites applications for a PhD research project focused on technologies for climate change adaptation in the context of sustainable develClimate and Sustainable Development, part of the Unep (Un Environment Program)- DTU (Technical University of Denmark) Partnership, invites applications for a PhD research project focused on technologies for climate change adaptation in the context of sustainable develclimate change adaptation in the context of sustainable development.

I'm working to build the organization's Climate Change Adaptation Program across the Americas and helping manage The Climate Adaptation Fund, which supports on - the - ground adaptatioAdaptation Program across the Americas and helping manage The Climate Adaptation Fund, which supports on - the - ground adaptatioAdaptation Fund, which supports on - the - ground adaptationadaptation efforts.

(Sec. 265) Authorizes the Secretary to establish a research program to: (1) identify the factors affecting consumer actions to conserve energy and make improvements in energy efficiency; and (2) make grants to institutions of higher education to study the effects of consumer behavior on total energy use, the potential energy savings from changes in consumption habits, the ability to reduce GHG emissions through changes in energy consumption habits, increasing public awareness of federal climate adaptation and mitigation programs, and the potential for alterations in consumer behavior to further American energy independence.

On climate change, the book looks at programs to secure investment and income opportunities that arise from carbon sequestration and enhancing carbon stocks, as well as at climate change adaptation through SLM in the Pacific Islands.

-- Upon approval by the President, each department or agency that serves on the Natural Resources Climate Change Adaptation Panel shall implement its adaptation plan through existing and new plans, policies, programs, activities, and actions to the extent not inconsistent with existing Adaptation Panel shall implement its adaptation plan through existing and new plans, policies, programs, activities, and actions to the extent not inconsistent with existing adaptation plan through existing and new plans, policies, programs, activities, and actions to the extent not inconsistent with existing authority.

Through the program the Secretary will make grants to public and private institutions of higher education to study the effects of consumer behavior on total energy use; potential energy savings from changes in consumption habits; the ability to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through changes in energy consumption habits; increase public awareness of Federal climate adaptation and mitigation programs; and the potential for alterations in consumer behavior to further American energy independence.

-- 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 resClimate 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 resoChange 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 resclimate 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 resochange 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.

(1) to provide new and additional assistance from the United States to the most vulnerable developing countries, including the most vulnerable communities and populations therein, in order to support the development and implementation of climate change adaptation programs and activities that reduce the vulnerability and increase the resilience of communities to climate change impacts, including impacts on water availability, agricultural productivity, flood risk, coastal resources, timing of seasons, biodiversity, economic livelihoods, health and diseases, and human migration; and

Focusing on five countries in the region (Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka), this review captures examples of good practice in climate change adaptation programming, in order to inform Oxfam's learning, enabling it and other organizations to replicate some of these good practices in their own programs and to advocate their adequate financing and governance.

The recommendations focus on the components of legislation that should address climate change preparedness and adaptation, a prospective National Climate Service, and the U.S. Global Change Research Pclimate change preparedness and adaptation, a prospective National Climate Service, and the U.S. Global Change Research Prchange preparedness and adaptation, a prospective National Climate Service, and the U.S. Global Change Research PClimate Service, and the U.S. Global Change Research PrChange Research Program.

Roger replied that he favors incremental approaches to climate change (i.e., don't let failure to legislate adaptation stand in the way of getting started with mitigation) and does not support waiting for a grand comprehensive program, but that his testimony is simply a call to develop a larger vision with which to organize individual initiatives on sustainability («I am calling for a little bit broader vision than tuning the atmosphere to a specific ppm target.»)

Preliminary Review of Adaptation Options for Climate - Sensitive Ecosystems and Resources - A Report by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research, S.H. Julius and J.M. West, Eds., U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, A-25 - A-31.

Countries are spending countless billions of dollars annually on faulty to fraudulent IPCC climate models and studies that purport to link every adverse event or problem to manmade climate change; subsidized renewable energy programs that displace food crops and kill wildlife; adaptation and mitigation measures against future disasters that exist only in «scenarios» generated by the IPCC's GIGO computer models; and welfare, food stamp and energy assistance programs for the newly unemployed and impoverished.

There is a need to scale up our national and local programs on climate change adaptation and disaster risk management with urgency,» Lucille Sering told the Thomson Reuters Foundation in an interview.

Friends of Science Society says trillions of dollars are being diverted to climate change initiatives, such as wind and solar farms, when that money would be better spent on adaptation, flood mitigation, and reserve funds set - up for post-hurricane restoration programs.

Building on the Green Environmental Facility's (GEF) solid experience in financing climate change adaptation, the Strategy presents the programming priorities for the next four years.

The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) launched a learning toolbox for its Sustainable Wetlands Adaptation Mitigation Program (SWAMP), a research program that aims to inform policy makers on the crucial role of tropical wetlands in climate change adaptation and mitigation sAdaptation Mitigation Program (SWAMP), a research program that aims to inform policy makers on the crucial role of tropical wetlands in climate change adaptation and mitigation straProgram (SWAMP), a research program that aims to inform policy makers on the crucial role of tropical wetlands in climate change adaptation and mitigation straprogram that aims to inform policy makers on the crucial role of tropical wetlands in climate change adaptation and mitigation sadaptation and mitigation strategies.

TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Report 147: Climate Change Adaptation Planning: Risk Assessment for Airports provides guidance for practitioners to understand the specific impacts climate change may have on their aiClimate Change Adaptation Planning: Risk Assessment for Airports provides guidance for practitioners to understand the specific impacts climate change may have on their airChange Adaptation Planning: Risk Assessment for Airports provides guidance for practitioners to understand the specific impacts climate change may have on their aiclimate change may have on their airchange may have on their airports.

Developing countries are the most vulnerable to climate change; the objective of the Nairobi work program integrates socio - economic activities which are an integral part of adaptation to climate change and focuses on regional and national actions.

The lawyers in the group routinely counsel clients on addressing sustainable practices such as using renewable and alternative energy, recycling and conserving water and other resources, financing green initiatives, following LEED and green construction practices, implementing corporate sustainability programs, managing climate change risks through adaptation and mitigation, and establishing clean - tech ventures.