Sentences with phrase «potential adaptation option»

, which factors in climate change as a driver of future migration, already recognises migration as a potential adaptation option for people living in the most vulnerable areas.

The Bangladesh government's Perspective Plan for 2041, which factors in climate change as a driver of future migration, already recognises migration as a potential adaptation option for people living in the most vulnerable areas.

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Geoengineering has been proposed as a potential third option for tackling global warming, alongside mitigation and adaptation.

IPCC has been established to assess scientific, technical and socio - economic information relevant for the understanding of climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation.

Vose et al. (2012) suggest four general types of adaptation options in managing forests for the potential impacts of climate change:

The report provides transportation professionals with an overview of the scientific consensus on current and future climate changes of particular relevance to U.S. transportation, including the limitations of present scientific understanding as to their precise timing, magnitude, and geographic location; identifies potential impacts on U.S. transportation and adaptation options; and, offers recommendations for both research and actions that can be taken to prepare for climate change.

If you have not heard, IPCC was established by the World Meteorological Organization and UNEP to assess scientific, technical and socio - economic information relevant for the understanding of climate change, the scientific basis of risk of human - induced climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation.

... assess on a comprehensive, objective, open and transparent basis the scientific, technical and socio - economic information relevant to understanding the scientific basis of risk of human - induced climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation.

Adaptation options and their potential vary with region and sectors.

A finding of no significant human - induced climate change with dangerous potential impacts requiring options for adaptation and mitigationwould have meant no reason for IPCC to stay alive.

As can be seen from its charter, it was not IPCC's brief to find out what causes climate to change, but rather to establish the risk of human - induced climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has been established to assess scientific, technical and socio - economic information relevant for the understanding of climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation.

And the above statement from the IPCC's Constitution presumes that there is a «risk of human - induced climate change» (i.e. a risk of AGW) that has «potential impacts» which require «options for adaptation and mitigation».

According to its governing principles, the IPCC is ``... to assess on a comprehensive, objective, open and transparent basis the scientific, technical and socio - economic information relevant to understanding the scientific basis of risk of human - induced climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation.

The IPCC says in its own words: «The role of the IPCC is to assess on a comprehensive, objective, open and transparent basis the scientific, technical and socio - economic information relevant to understanding the scientific basis of risk of human - induced climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation.»

With the completion of the review, the IPCC can now focus fully on its mandate to assess in a comprehensive, objective, open and transparent basis the scientific, technical and socio - economic information relevant to understanding the scientific basis of the risks of climate change, its potential impacts, and options for adaptation and mitigation,» IPCC Chair Rajendra Pachauri said.

This more or less restates the IPCC mandate to investigate: «the scientific, technical and socio - economic information relevant to understanding the scientific basis of risk of human - induced climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation.»

risk of human - induced climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation.»

Examples of potential inequities occur where people benefit differently from an adaptation option (such as publicly funded flood protection) or where people are displaced or otherwise adversely impacted in order to implement an adaptation option (e.g., building a new reservoir).

The IPCC was established by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) in 1988 to assess for governments the scientific, technical and socio - economic information relevant for the understanding of climate change, and to identify its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation.

Due to these potential risks, Nepal has no other option than adopt measures of Disaster Risk Management (DRM) and Climate Change Adaptation.

This factsheet briefly discusses the link between rice production, food security and climate change and analyzes the potential options for the rice industry sector to contribute to adaptation and mitigation.

I would simply say that IPCC is a political organization whose charter is to investigate and report the» scientific basis of risk of human - induced climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation», IOW to evaluate the risk of human - induced climate change and any negative effects it may have on our society and environment.

The IPCC in its statement on «PRINCIPLES GOVERNING IPCC WORK» says nothing on data but does say: «The role of the IPCC is to assess on a comprehensive, objective, open and transparent basis the scientific, technical and socio - economic information relevant to understanding the scientific basis of risk of human - induced climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation.»

Details are provided on why these observations are needed to understand the causes of climate change, analyse the potential impacts, evaluate the adaptation options and enable characterization of extreme events such as floods, droughts and heat waves.

What you claimed was IPCC's charter, to investigate and report the «scientific basis of risk of human - induced climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation», was actually its own Principles Governing IPCC Work, 10/1/1998, available on line.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was established in 1988 by the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) to assess on a comprehensive, objective, open and transparent basis the scientific, technical and socio - economic information relevant to understanding the scientific basis of risk of human - induced climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has been established by WMO and UNEP to assess scientific, technical and socio - economic information relevant for the understanding of climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation.

«Principles Governing IPCC Work, ``... to assess on a comprehensive, objective, open and transparent basis the scientific, technical and socio - economic information relevant to understanding the scientific basis of risk of human - induced climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation.