Sentences with phrase «on climate adaptation»
How the climate will change in the future is largely based on results from Global Climate Models; however, work on climate adaptation at regional and local levels requires much more detailed information.
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And its language on climate adaptation creates big challenges because the treaty only applies to impacts from human - driven climate change.
Although climate change is global, information on climate adaptation and mitigation are required by the local and regional decision - makers.
Moreover — while academic articles are not the only indicator of serious attention — the scholarly literature on climate adaptation massively outweighs that on mitigation (see graph 1).
We have facilitated the development of five case studies on successful adaptation projects as well as documenting our research findings on transboundary and governance issues on climate adaptation in the LMB.
Dow's recent outreach activities include the 2016 Carolinas Climate Resilience Conference, held September 12 - 14 in Charlotte, North Carolina, and local workshops that focus on climate adaptation planning.
«Increased Presidential engagement on climate adaptation issues would both elevate the importance of adaptation activities within the government and raise the profile of the adaptation challenge with the nation as a whole.
The UN's Paris deal in December is expected to impose further action and financing on climate adaptation.
Mr. Turnbull is Chairman of the board of directors of The Canadian Ditchley Foundation, is a member of the Public Advisory Panel of the Canadian Electricity Association and a member of the Advisory Committee of the Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation.
Eliminating fossil fuel subsidies would slash global carbon emission by 20 percent and raise government revenue by 2.9 trillion, well over the funds needed for intelligent policy and action on climate adaptation.»
Dr. Field, as a leader of the panel's bureau on climate adaptation and impacts, was involved in overseeing the creation of that author team.
He is currently a principal investigator on a USAID - funded project in Nepal on climate adaptation and food security.
July 27, 2015 Joint Agency Workshop on Climate Adaptation Opportunities for the Energy Sector, at the CPUC
Prior to joining UCS, Ms. Udvardy provided consulting services on climate adaptation and flood risk management policy.
Future freshwater stress has important implications for vulnerable island populations, who must rely on climate adaptation scenarios for agricultural practices and seasonal water management.
What's most offensive and cruel about Shuford's recent letter is his suggestion that we focus solely on climate adaptation rather than reducing greenhouse - gas emissions.
by Judith Curry This post discusses Workshop presentations on methodologies and application examples of decision analytical strategies to support robust decision making on climate adaptation.
«This is the most extensive piece of science done on climate adaptation up until now,» Aromar Revi, one of the lead authors of the report, told a news conference.
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President Obama wants to spend $ 1 billion next year on climate adaptation.
Finally, federal agencies will be directed to create climate - resilience toolkits to centralize all the best practices on climate adaptation and mitigation.
The UK is poorly prepared for the impacts of global climate disruption, says the independent body that advises the UK government on climate adaptation in a report released today.
Southeast Asia depends on climate adaptation finance to lessen the impact of a warming world on its people and economies.
This week, key scientists and climate experts are in Hong Kong for the 3rd International Conference on Climate Change to put the spotlight on climate adaptation and emphasise that strengthening resilience needs to take centre stage in Asia.
The spokesperson added that CSIRO «will continue to employ more than 300 scientists working on climate adaptation and mitigation research.»
He led DOI's engagement on climate adaptation and resilience, and on Arctic issues.
These days, Mulroy is a senior fellow with the Brookings Institution, where she focuses on climate adaptation and global water policy.
Last year, the EPA reassigned the four staffers in the policy office who worked on climate adaptation, shuttered its program on climate adaptation and proposed eliminating funding for programs that deal with rising seas and warming temperatures.
On climate adaptation, you can read a snippet below from my text notes from the talk on why the word is deeply problematic, and «climate resilience» is perhaps a better goal.
Pulling together a network of cities to work on climate adaptation will be a big deal, as will work on HFCs, as will technology sharing with developing countries.
Max Boykoff in southern Zambia as part of the CSTPR and Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre collaboration, working on climate adaptation and resilience.
On climate adaptation, the IMF is assisting small states and other countries enhance macroeconomic disaster risk management frameworks, determine the appropriate combination of building buffers and risk transfer through insurance or financial market instruments, and tailor investment and growth policies to building resilience.