Sentences with phrase «societal resilience»

The critical policy response then becomes one of building societal resilience to whatever the planet throws at us.

But we do know which endeavors are most likely to limit threats and bolster societal resilience in the face of inevitable hard knocks, and which choices are making us more vulnerable.

Yet policy - makers need to understand the limitations of mitigation for reducing vulnerabilities, and give more urgent consideration to broader adaptation policies — such as improved management of coastal zones and water resources — that will enhance societal resilience to future climate impacts regardless of their cause.

Amir AghaKouchak is an editor of Earth's Future, which is encouraging submissions to the theme issue «Avoiding Disasters: Strengthening Societal Resilience to Natural Hazards.»

These actions, alongside the support of science in tackling the major challenges in projecting the impacts of ocean warming and climate change more generally, will help the insurance industry to avoid market failures and increase societal resilience.

The new framework now emerging will succeed to the degree to which it prioritizes agreements that promise near - term economic, geopolitical, and environmental benefits to political economies around the world, while simultaneously reducing climate forcings, developing clean and affordable energy technologies, and improving societal resilience to climate impacts.

It would conserve soil and water, restore environments and biodiversity, enhance food security and increase global wealth and societal resilience.