Sentences with phrase «reduce risk from climate change»

To reduce the risk from climate change.

You write that these countries should forego current sources of revenue so that they may «reduce the risk from climate change».

Preston studies how adaptation efforts can reduce risk from climate change, especially at the state and city level (such as impacts to critical energy, water and transportation systems).

A challenge for decision - makers is how to choose adaptations that reduce risks from climate change impacts and provide overwhelmingly beneficial outcomes.

We have a package (a carbon price) that we buy from a shop - keeper (Julia Gillard) in return for a long - term benefit (reduced risks from climate change).

Not exact matches

«Most of the climate resolutions ask companies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions or to re-port on the risks from climate change on business operations,» Passoff of Proxy Impact said.

With the right policy framework, we are confident that America can reduce the economic risks from climate change while seizing new market opportunities.

The documents emerged from negotiations with several activist shareholder groups that had pressed Exxon Mobil to disclose to investors the risks it faces from climate change and steps the company was taking to reduce such risks.

Many of his mistakes are big ones: he bungles the issues involving reserves and resources that are critical to his core argument about oil remaining cheap; he drastically misleads his readers about the extent to which sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions from coal - burning have been reduced; he trivializes the climate - change risks from coals carbon dioxide emissions by suggesting we know the impacts will be worth only 0.64 cents per kilowatt - hour.

However, if we choose a different path — if we act aggressively to both adapt to the changing climate and to mitigate future impacts by reducing carbon emissions — we can significantly reduce our exposure to the worst economic risks from climate change, and also demonstrate global leadership on climate.

Small populations of island endemic taxa are often at risk of extirpation or extinction due to their reduced genetic diversity and increased susceptibility to genetic drift, disease, and climate change, especially in conjunction with over-exploitation, habitat loss, and predation or competition from invasive species [4 — 7].

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They said it would reduce the risks to their investments from climate change.

As discussed previously, the risks arise not from the alleged climate change fears raised by the climate alarmists but rather from their ill - founded, useless, and horrendously expensive measures to reduce human carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.

We are a network of South Africans calling for divestment from fossil fuels — and restorative reinvestment in sustainable energy — to stigmatise fossil fuel use, accelerate sustainable system change, help slow climate change, reduce the financial risks of fossil fuel investments, and so help secure our human rights and common future.

(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

Thirdly, urban agriculture and urban forestry contribute to disaster risk reduction and adaptation to climate change by reducing runoff, keeping flood plains free from construction, reducing urban temperatures, capturing dust and CO2, while growing fresh food close to consumers reduces energy spent in transport, cooling, processing and packaging, whilst productive reuse of urban organic wastes and wastewater (and the nutrients these contain) reduces methane emissions from landfills and energy use in fertilizer production.

Key regional risks from climate change and the potential for reducing risks through adaptation and mitigation

For example, many countries will face increased challenges for economic development, increased risks from some diseases, or degraded ecosystems, but some countries will probably have increased opportunities for economic development, reduced instances of some diseases, or expanded arHow is climate change affecting monsoons?As cities develop economically, do they become better adapted to climate change?

Planning by coastal communities that considers the impacts of climate change reduces the risk of harm from those impacts.

Because it has been scientifically well established that there is a great risk of catastrophic harm from human - induced change (even though it is acknowledged that there are remaining uncertainties about timing and magnitude of climate change impacts), no high - emitting nation, sub-national government, organization, business, or individual of greenhouse gases may use some remaining scientific uncertainty about climate change impacts as an excuse for not reducing its emissions to its fair share of safe global greenhouse gas emission on the basis of scientific uncertainty.

That means that the chief takeaway of HELIX's research for policymakers is that, while the greatest risks from climate change can still be avoided by reducing global emissions, it's too late, at this point, to avoid all impacts.

A free MOOC on coursera.org by The World Bank Group called From Climate Science to Action provides a good overview of the real risks that are already happening around the world and strategies that real communities are taking to try to cope with change and manage climate change to help reduce risk of natural disClimate Science to Action provides a good overview of the real risks that are already happening around the world and strategies that real communities are taking to try to cope with change and manage climate change to help reduce risk of natural disclimate change to help reduce risk of natural disasters.

Prof David Keith from Harvard University was the only presenter to address the controversial topic of solar radiation management (SRM), hypothesising that if the technology could be used to offset half of the growth in human - caused radiative forcing, it could substantially reduce the aggregated risks of climate change.

This research shows that we need to transition away from fossil fuels not just to mitigate the risks associated with climate change, but to reduce the economic and health impacts of air pollution in general.

What are recommended pathways forward to reduce the risk from climate, including changes in climate over time?

There is also the challenge of political will: President Trump has announced that rather than work with the rest of the world to reduce the risks of climate change, the US will withdraw from the 2015 Paris Agreement, and other researchers have repeatedly pointed out that the Paris accord is itself not enough, and is not being acted upon with sufficient vigour, anywhere.

Peabody Energy, the world's biggest private sector coal company, has agreed to make more robust disclosures to its investors about the financial risks it faces from future government policies and regulations related to climate change and other environmental issues that could reduce demand for its product.

The effective use of mitigation and adaption to reduce the risk to water resources, food, energy, human health and well - being, and ecosystem function from climate (including changes in the climate system) requires a multi-disciplinary, multi-faceted approach.

The Statement on Climate Change that was adopted by the majority on the Committee, unfortunately, does not provide an accurate summary of our understanding of climate change issues, and, thus, is not an effective policy framework to reduce risks from the climate Climate Change that was adopted by the majority on the Committee, unfortunately, does not provide an accurate summary of our understanding of climate change issues, and, thus, is not an effective policy framework to reduce risks from the climate sChange that was adopted by the majority on the Committee, unfortunately, does not provide an accurate summary of our understanding of climate change issues, and, thus, is not an effective policy framework to reduce risks from the climate climate change issues, and, thus, is not an effective policy framework to reduce risks from the climate schange issues, and, thus, is not an effective policy framework to reduce risks from the climate climate system.

«In the two years since Paris, governments, companies, and communities around the world have stepped up to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and address the risks they face from climate change.

Climate change adaptation specialist Yusuke Taishi helps communities in Tuvalu reduce the risk from...

The document emphasizes the importance of integrating gender in CSA practices, which is to reduce gender inequalities and ensure that men and women can equally benefit from any intervention in the agricultural sector to reduce risks linked to climate change.

From the available literature it appears uncertain at this stage whether climate change effects will significantly strengthen or reduce the Rossouw and Theron: Port and maritime climate change impacts — SA coast Agulhas current (or increase storminess off the SA southeast coast), and thereby reduce or increase the risk «freak» waves pose to shipping.»

Significant progress in reducing emissions and limiting climate change could be achieved if companies 1) unequivocally communicate to the public, shareholders, and policymakers the climate risks resulting from continued use of their products, and therefore the need for restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions consistent with the 2 °C global temperature target; 2) firmly reject contrary claims by industry trade associations and lobbying groups; and, 3) accelerate their transition to the production of low - carbon energy.

Also on his wish list: global superconducting power grids for distributing renewable energy, and fusion - powered breeder nuclear reactors (see «Geoengineering Could Be Essential to Reducing the Risk of Climate Change,» «Startup to Beam Power from Space,» and «ABB Advance Makes Renewable - Energy Supergrids Practical»).

According to the Climate and Health Alliance, neither of the major parties has credible climate change policies, and nor do they have any substantive policies to reduce the risks to the health of the Australian community from climate Climate and Health Alliance, neither of the major parties has credible climate change policies, and nor do they have any substantive policies to reduce the risks to the health of the Australian community from climate climate change policies, and nor do they have any substantive policies to reduce the risks to the health of the Australian community from climate climate change.