Sentences with phrase «supporting adaptation projects»

Globally, there are more than 50 different funds supporting adaptation projects.

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What is more worrying is that government is engaging in this environmentally unfriendly action at a time Ghana's development partners and the international community are sympathizing with the Ghanaian people on the increasing impacts of climate change on livelihoods and supporting the country with huge resources to implement a number of climate adaptation projects to help the people especially rural communities to improve livelihoods under severe climate change impacts through effective adaptation interventions.

In recent years, S&T Fellows have helped to set up a digital library for Iraqi scientists, provided key data to support the Endangered Species Act, contributed to a federal task force on global climate change adaptation, and worked on recovery and reconstruction projects in Haiti just weeks after the country's devastating January 2010 earthquake.

The Initiative for the Adaptation of African Agriculture to Climate Change (AAA) and the Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) Fund Project have joined forces to support land rehabilitation in Africa.

In addition to supporting adaptation efforts through its pipeline of infrastructure projects (which will average $ 1.1 billion per annum over the next three years), the Bank is providing (in countries such as Morocco, Tunisia, Djibouti, and Yemen) knowledge and technical expertise for better analyzing likely impacts of climate change, and for designing least - cost adaptation interventions to minimize such impacts.

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Innovative methods for conducting research incorporate the use of a web portal to disseminate project based learning curricula, collect teachers» adaptations, build community, support teachers, and gather analytics.

As part of the Programme, with support from PRBB Foundation, the Green Belt Movement developed a specialised Training of Community Trainers project which sees local women taught about climate change adaptation strategies that can be used to provide practical solutions to effects of climate change at a local level.

Certain other projects were recognized under the aegis of NEH on the Road, an initiative that supports the adaptation of projects to fit into spaces smaller than 2,000 square feet, so as to help with wider distribution of NEH grant - funded exhibitions.

Developing countries typically don't have the resources to support these large projects, so putting the information in several easily understood tables can greatly aid researchers and government officials in developing countries to not only understand future climate projects but also deveop adequate adaptation programs.

A new research project supported by the Research Council of Norway titled «CLIMATRANS — Coping with Climate: Assessing Transport Sector Strategies for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation for Indian Cities» will be examining the GHG emissions contributions of transport sector in cities in India.

Rockefeller Foundation grant for «For use by the climate community and biodiversity alliance in support of developing an agriculture standard that will help to elevate the quality of smallholder farmer - and community - led climate change mitigation and adaptation projects in developing coun»

It also supports the sharing of experiences and lessons learned from this pilot project with other developing countries through the formulation of a set of draft legal provisions that could serve as a reference tool to policy makers and legal drafters of a larger number of countries, in their efforts to further strengthen existing legislation to support and facilitate adaptation.

Through this 2 year project the RUAF Foundation supports the integration of Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture and Forestry (UPAF) in the UN-HABITAT Cities and Climate Change Initiative, and in local and provincial city climate change mitigation and adaptation policies and programmes in Bobo Dioulasso (Burkina Faso), Kesbewa / Western Province (Sri Lanka) and Kathmandu (Nepal).

A 2012 research report from Yale University's Project on Climate Change Communication found that placing the conversation within a public - health frame was more likely «to elicit emotional reactions consistent with support for climate change mitigation and adaptation» than a traditional environmental frame, or even one focused on national security.

At last week's Africa Carbon Forum (ACF), delegates called for stronger emphasis on results - based climate finance for both mitigation and adaptation to climate change, and they reiterated their support for market - based mechanisms like the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), which allows emissions - reducing projects to earn certified emissions reduction (CERs) that can be traded to meet overall national reduction goals.

Rand Abu Ajamia, Student Assistant Supports the regional assessment of barriers to adaptation as part of the EmBARK project >> > Javascript deactivated.

Dr. Edmond Totin, Climate Impact and Adaptation Expert Based in Benin, and contributes to the implementation of the PAS - PNA project that aims at supporting a science - based National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process in in francophone sub-Saharan Africa.

The key areas of achievement of the project since 2014 have been in the areas of capacity building, generation of climate change adaptation decision support tools and strengthening partnership and collaboration among the PREPARED partners in implementing the program.

ECOTRUST is working with The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to support the implementation of an incentive based mechanisms for the Ecosystem Based Adaptation (EbA) project in the Mt. Elgon Ecosystem in Uganda.

Anne's most recent work has been in developing and applying decision - support tools for climate change adaptation, conducting participatory field research on livelihoods and climate change, and building the capacity of governments and civil society to integrate climate risk into policies and field projects.

Although a curiously specific European affair, TERI was invited to take part in ADAM a huge project on «Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies: supporting European climate policy.»

FP7 ToPDAd project developed state - of - the - art socioeconomic methods and tools for an integrated assessment supporting regional adaptation decision - making.

This policy document offers a brief summary of the results of the research project «climate change and adaptation strategies for human health» (cCASHh), coordinated by WHO and supported by the European Commission.

The main goal of the CLIMTRAIN project is to support directly IFAD's Programme Management Department (PMD) in building its capacity both in climate change mitigation and adaptation.

Private investors leave unprofitable ventures, including most adaptation projects, by the wayside, so they can not be a substitute for direct public support.

This project supports communities in Peru, Guyana, Ecuador and Mexico in utilizing robust tools for conservation of bio-diverse hot - spots climate change adaptation.

We decide that the Copenhagen Climate Fund shall be established as an operating entity of the financial mechanism of the Convention to support projects, programmes, policies and other activities in developing cotmtries related to mitigation including REDD - plus, adaptation, capacity - building, technology development and transfer as set forth in decision - / CP.l 5.

This video shows the results of the rooftop gardening project that was implemented by the NGO ENHPO in close collaboration with Kathmandu Municipality and with technical support of RUAF Foundation in the context of the broader project undertaken by these organisations together with UN Habitat aiming at the integration of (intra - and peri --RRB- urban agriculture into the city climate change mitigation and adaptation plans.

These projects highlight the expansion of legal supports, the development of innovative approaches, new pro bono services and adaptations to meet the specific needs of people who face unique barriers to accessing the justice system.

The intervention core, led by Philip Fisher, supports projects that are focused on developing and pilot testing new interventions, as well as projects that aim to refine current interventions for specific community adaptations.