Sentences with phrase «on coastal communities»

We need strong action now to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in order to lessen the potentially catastrophic impacts of climate change on coastal communities.

They've inflicted grave damage on coastal communities for as long as we've had them.

Learn about the current state of sea level rise research, the questions yet to be answered and the potential impact on coastal communities.

The New Yorkers are focusing on coastal communities, especially Exeter, where Jacobs was heading to early Tuesday morning.

Trevena added that when Christy Clark was a talk radio host, she raised important concerns about the B.C. Liberals» mismanagement of the ferry system, but now that she can do something about It, she has turned her back on coastal communities.

``... To mitigate its effect on coastal communities, Interior communities; how it deals with water, subsistence and traditional ways of life.»

The TSRA, CSIRO and Queensland government submissions to House of Representatives Standing Committee Inquiry into climate change and environmental impacts on coastal communities both identified a lack of data as an issue.

They are focusing on coastal communities, especially Exeter.

Renewable energy cooperation will also promote economies of scale and fraternal ties crucial to dealing with the other pressing climate impacts faced by many regional states: growing water scarcity amid shifting weather patterns and, in some, projected sea - level rises on coastal communities and aquifers.

Understand changes in Arctic ocean chemistry, as well as historical and projected changes in sea - ice extent and the impacts of these changes on coastal communities.

A report published Thursday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) finds that sea level increases over the next century will have significant impacts on coastal communities.

Leading this research, Dr Katya Popova, from the National Oceanography Centre, said «Oil spills can have a devastating effect on the marine environment and on coastal communities.

When used together, the researchers conclude, the state of these indices can be used as a tool to project when major impacts on coastal communities may occur, impacts that can range from flooding to erosion, and may be experienced (and here is the important part) regardless of mean sea level rise.

She is also a Nereus fellow, which means she is part of the collaborative Nereus program between six leading marine science institutes with the aim of undertaking research that advances our comprehensive understandings of the global ocean systems across the natural and social sciences, from oceanography and marine ecology to fisheries economics and impacts on coastal communities.

Alicia Barton, President and CEO, NYSERDA said, «The steps Governor Cuomo is taking today to prevent offshore drilling from occurring off New York's Atlantic Coast will spare generations to come from the potentially devastating effects drilling can have on coastal communities and our treasured natural resources.

Last year, the cities of San Francisco and Oakland filed the lawsuit against five major oil and gas companies — BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, and Shell — in hopes of holding them to account for fossil fuel production's massive contributions to global warming and the impact the climate crisis is having on coastal communities.

The TSRA has made the following recommendations to the House of Representatives Standing Committee Inquiry into climate change and environmental impacts on coastal communities.