Sentences with phrase «programs focusing on climate change»

Marfa Dialogues 2012 featured a weekend of programming focused on climate change, with presentations and discussions with input from Michael Pollan, Rebecca Solnit and Dr. Diana Liverman, among others.

This fall, the Foundation is sponsoring Marfa Dialogues / New York, a two - month cross-disciplinary program focused on climate change, an issue of deep importance to Bob.

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These include: C$ 4.5 billion to support research, training, and infrastructure at universities and colleges; a Strategic Innovation Fund that will provide C$ 1.26 billion for business innovation in the aerospace and automotive sector; a Connect to Innovate Program that will invest C$ 500 million to bring high - speed Internet to remote and rural communities by 2021; and, C$ 70 million over six years to support agriculture innovation with a focus on climate change, and soil and water conservation.

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.

Instead, the most successful bullying prevention programs focus on changing the climate that supports bullying behavior.

«It seems like you're spending a lot of time coming up with really different methodologies to count a few dollars and cents,» said Annaka Peterson, a program officer at Oxfam America who focuses on efforts by communities in developing countries to adapt to climate change.

Much of USDA's climate change communication focuses on risk management practices that improve production and reduce costs, said William Hohenstein, director of the Climate Change Program Office at USDA's Office of the Chief Ecoclimate change communication focuses on risk management practices that improve production and reduce costs, said William Hohenstein, director of the Climate Change Program Office at USDA's Office of the Chief Econchange communication focuses on risk management practices that improve production and reduce costs, said William Hohenstein, director of the Climate Change Program Office at USDA's Office of the Chief EcoClimate Change Program Office at USDA's Office of the Chief EconChange Program Office at USDA's Office of the Chief Economist.

What followed was a rare and relatively new occurrence in Yosemite Valley — a ranger program focused exclusively on how one of the jewels of America's national parks system is responding to a changing climate.

These programs focus on climate, aerosol and cloud physics; global and regional scale modeling; integrated assessment of global change; and complex regional meteorology and chemistry.

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.

The module explores these concepts in 14 experiential activities by using research related to the goals of PINEMAP — a regional research, education, and extension program focused on southern pine management and climate change.

This evidence - based, blended program will address multiple dimensions for transforming, creating, and sustaining a positive school culture and climate with a focus on training teams of elementary school staff (teachers, school mental health providers, and administrators) in the core concepts of social emotional learning, systems change, and coaching.

The program is focused on long - term change that creates a safe and positive school climate.

While the historic U.S. - China Joint Announcement on Climate Change was made in November 2014, both the U.S. and China have had programs that have focused on developing zero emission buses to help reduce greenhouse gas and air pollutant emissions.

Leading up to Earth Day, an interactive project space designed and facilitated by the Public Engagement Program with a focus on climate change and the environment.

• A preview of Marfa Dialogues / NY from the July 15, 2013 New York Times: «Cultural Programs to Focus on Climate Change» by Allan Kozinn

The gallery celebrates 10 years of supporting exceptional artists, filmmakers and musicians, but the benefit (which raised $ 765,000 this year) extends beyond Texas» art scene: Fairfax Dorn, Ballroom Marfa's co-founder and executive director, told DuJour before dinner, «We're going to continue doing what we've been doing, but also expand our Marfa dialog,» the forefront of which is a focus on climate change and environmental issues through programs involving grants and partnerships in New York this fall.

Most of Walsh's criticism is focused on the Republicans using the debt issue as an excuse to cut into programs that offend them, including American support for the budget of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and public broadcasting.

The director of the program, Anthony Leiserowitz, was explaining how President Obama's focus on climate change in the past couple of years likely helped move global warming up a notch in public concern.

Lastly, the study reveals that Exxon found it necessary to also focus its research on international climate change development and research programs.

Socio (s): CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security, The University of Vermont, World Agroforestry Centre, Earth System Science Partnership, Climate Focus

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.

After you take out the occasional embarrassment like the citizens assembly on delaying action against climate change as long as electorally convenient, the climate achievements of those governments come down to remarkably low proposed emission reductions, increases in MRET, a series of on again off again focus group - driven programs like Green Loans and the solar feed - in tariff, and shovelling as much coal as possible out of the ground and exporting it.

Congressional oversight should include a focus on the Climate Change Science Program and the CCSP Office as well as the agencies.

Right now academia, the media, and think tanks are working very hard and the new Next Generation Science Standards require (I read the NAS workshop program that came out recently) that the focus be on changing beliefs about climate change and new values in ways that discredit the rational mind completely.

He has primary responsibility for directing state and regional climate change programs in the United States, with a particular focus on California.

Gordon is director of Carnegie's Energy and Climate Program, where her research focuses on oil and climate change issues in North America and glClimate Program, where her research focuses on oil and climate change issues in North America and glclimate change issues in North America and globally.

Gregory directs LDF's Climate Program grantmaking and investment portfolio, focusing on domestic and international climate change solClimate Program grantmaking and investment portfolio, focusing on domestic and international climate change solclimate change solutions.

We also need to call on local officials to do some intense creative thinking focused on freeing up resources being spent on maladaptive programs (i.e. those that increase GHG emissions and / or threaten human vulnerability to climate change impacts) for worthy causes such as those being presented by ICLEI USA through Climate Commuclimate change impacts) for worthy causes such as those being presented by ICLEI USA through Climate CommuClimate Communities.

The project is one of nine groundbreaking climate change initiatives selected and funded by the NRCS's 2011 Conservation Innovation Grant (CIG) program, and is focused on greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation for one of the least protected and most imperiled ecosystems in the world.

These new projects, managed by the Energy Department's National Energy Technology Laboratory, will focus research on field programs for deepwater hydrate characterization, the response of methane hydrate systems to changing climates, and advances in the understanding of gas - hydrate - bearing deposits.

The current focus of the program is aerosol radiative forcing of climate: aerosol formation and evolution and aerosol properties that affect direct and indirect influences on climate and climate change.»

They basically stopped funding and they totally refocused the program back on trying to look at the science of climate change and not focusing at all on what the potential impacts were.

While something like a Global Apollo program for clean energy (and for other climate change abatement strategies too) is almost certainly a good idea, society risks moving too slowly to curtail climate change by focusing primarily on R&D.

Part of the International program, Erika's work focuses on climate change, at international negotiations and with U.N. Environment Programme and regional bodies like the Arctic Council to reduce emissions of atmospheric pollutants.

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 US Climate Change Science Program has posted a final (third) review draft of a key report, Coastal Sensitivity to Sea - Level Rise: A Focus on the Mid-Atlantic Region (available in.

In March, 2011 En + Group joined The Climate Group, where it will help build climate change leadership and tackle other environmental issues through support of core programs, in particular focusing on accelerating use of renewable energy and energy efficiency in industrial cClimate Group, where it will help build climate change leadership and tackle other environmental issues through support of core programs, in particular focusing on accelerating use of renewable energy and energy efficiency in industrial cclimate change leadership and tackle other environmental issues through support of core programs, in particular focusing on accelerating use of renewable energy and energy efficiency in industrial centers.

Ecojustice is no exception, in that a good percentage of our program work is focused on addressing the issues of climate change.

For younger students, programs may focus on changing the school culture or climate, in an effort to decrease aggression and promote respect among students.