Sentences with phrase «resilience in coastal communities»

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I'm honored to be given this opportunity and eager to participate by providing my input on the economic benefits from resilience projects in coastal communities.

These photos explore the human capacity for resilience in some of the richest and poorest of the world's coastal communities.

The study, supported by the Department of Homeland Security and the National Science Foundation (NSF), found that most of the coastal communities do not have an overarching strategy for building urban disaster resilience and lack coordination between multiple urban systems, including land use activities, natural environments and public infrastructure investments, particularly in Texas.

A multi-partner initiative led by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) that supports climate resilience, food security, poverty alleviation and sustainable management of living aquatic resources in coastal communities, especially in small island developing states.

Since last one and half decades, UDYAMA has demonstrated few evidence based initiatives working directly with community and engaging partner NGOs in coastal, tribal areas and carved out good learning on community resilience process.

I was out on Nantucket, Mass., over the weekend for the first «Living on the Edge» conference exploring how coastal communities can build resilience in the face of rising sea levels.

It builds on other signs that common ground can be found on boosting community resilience to coastal and climatic hazards and even on renewable energy, as was illustrated in passage of a big spending bill in December extending tax credits for solar and wind energy (even as it ended the 40 - year - old ban on oil exports, a move with minor environmental consequences, as Michael Levi of the Council on Foreign Relations explained).

In a related and creditable move, the White House and some partners today (including the Thriving Earth Exchange) announced the launch of «Resilience Dialogues» — a way for communities at risk from climatic or coastal threats to connect with experts to reduce their vulnerability.

(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

Investing in coastal communities and their future resilience through more strategic and better integrated conservation and restoration;

This activity report showcases a set of case studies that present the work of a wide range of financed and supported projects that make a case for further investment in marine protected areas to restore the health of oceanic and coastal ecosystems, strengthen resilience in the face of climate change, sustain fisheries and other economic activities, and improve the lives of the world's poorest communities.