Sentences with phrase «reducing human vulnerability»

As I explained earlier this week, questions related to any impact of human - driven global warming on tornadoes, while important, have almost no bearing on the challenge of reducing human vulnerability to these killer storms.

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The LDCF plays a key role in addressing urgent and immediate adaptation needs of least developed countries, focusing on reducing the vulnerability of sectors and resources that are central to human and national development, such as water, agriculture and food security; and infrastructure, as identified and prioritized in their National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPAs).

My response would be that it is irresponsible not to mention the need to reduce inherent and avoidable human vulnerability to tornadoes in the crowding South, particularly in low - income regions with flimsy housing.

The solutions, however, must also include a much better focus than present on climate change adaptation and reducing vulnerability to drought — a «no - regrets» strategy that will help both with natural variability, and the variability that could be made more challenging by human - caused climate change.

(vi) work with appropriate Federal, State, regional, and local authorities to ensure that the Program is designed to produce information needed to develop policies to mitigate human - induced global change and to reduce the vulnerability of the United States and other regions to global change;

(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

Human modifications of ecosystems and landscapes often increase their vulnerability to damage from extreme weather events, while simultaneously reducing their natural capacity to moderate the impacts of such events.

Adaptation aid «intends to reduce the vulnerability of human or natural systems to the impacts of climate change and climate - related risks, by maintaining or increasing adaptive capacity and resilience.»

Major vulnerabilities induced from climatic hazards include human displacement, drinking water shortages, reduced agricultural productivity and food insecurity, loss of livelihoods, health hazards, energy crises, and disasters.

Similarly, a reduction in ice cover would reduce food supplies for seals and walruses and increase their vulnerability to natural predators and human hunters and poachers.

Attempts to significantly influence climate impacts based on just controlling CO2 and a few other greenhouse gases emissions is an inadequate and incomplete policy for this purpose.The goal should be to seek politically and technologically practical ways (with minimal cost and maximum benefit) to reduce the vulnerability of the environment and society to the entire spectrum of human - caused and natural risks including those from climate, but also from all other environmental and social threats.