Sentences with phrase «through adaptation and mitigation»

The lawyers in the group routinely counsel clients on addressing sustainable practices such as using renewable and alternative energy, recycling and conserving water and other resources, financing green initiatives, following LEED and green construction practices, implementing corporate sustainability programs, managing climate change risks through adaptation and mitigation, and establishing clean - tech ventures.

Robinson + Cole's Sustainability Group counsels clients seeking to maximize opportunities and manage risks from climate impacts through adaptation and mitigation.

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

Compared with previous reports, the IPCC site says, «the AR5 will put greater emphasis on assessing the socio - economic aspects of climate change and implications for sustainable development, risk management and the framing of a response through both adaptation and mitigation.»

Not exact matches

Climate change may be perceived most through the impacts of extremes, although these are to a large degree dependent on the system under consideration, including its vulnerability, resiliency and capacity for adaptation and mitigation; see the Working Group II contribution to the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report.

GBM's approach empowers communities to take action against climate change, the impacts of which are already being witnessed across Africa, through food security and water harvesting activities (adaptation) and planting the appropriate trees in appropriate places (mitigation).

The Green Belt Movement and The New Course through the support of MacArthur Foundation have partnered to develop a program that will unlock women's potential in natural resource management and in climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies across three East African priority watersheds.

The project — entitled Sustainable Tourism through Energy Efficiency with Adaptation and Mitigation Measures in Pangandaran — aims to serve as a model of innovative climate change mitigation and adaptation measures in tourism destinations in Indonesia and south - Adaptation and Mitigation Measures in Pangandaran — aims to serve as a model of innovative climate change mitigation and adaptation measures in tourism destinations in Indonesia and south - Mitigation Measures in Pangandaran — aims to serve as a model of innovative climate change mitigation and adaptation measures in tourism destinations in Indonesia and south - mitigation and adaptation measures in tourism destinations in Indonesia and south - adaptation measures in tourism destinations in Indonesia and south - east Asia.

I think the statement on «acting on climate mitigation and adaptation» has been mis - interpreted through the prism of CO2 induced climate change.

In order to meet the scale of financial resources required -LCB- and the commitments under Articles -LCB- 4.1 -RCB-, 4.3, 4.4 and 4.5 -RCB- to support enhanced action on adaptation and mitigation by developing country Parties and for technology cooperation and capacity - building, developed country Parties -LCB- and Annex II Parties -RCB--LCB- and other Parties according to agreed eligibility criteria, which shall be updated through a periodic review -RCB--LCB- shall -RCB- provide scaled - up, new and additional, -LCB- over and above -LCB- existing -RCB- ODA -RCB-, sustainable, adequate, predictable and stable financial resources, in a measurable, reportable and verifiable manner.

An International Tribunal of Climate Justice is hereby established to address cases of non-compliance with the commitments of developed country Parties on mitigation, adaptation, provision of finance, technology development and transfer, capacity - building, and transparency of action and support, including through the development of an indicative list of consequences, taking into account the cause, type, degree and frequency of non-compliance.]

The first is a single grand international fund through which all mitigation and adaptation would be financed − such as, say, a greatly expanded version of the Multinational Climate Change Fund proposed by Mexico.

With 40 years» experience in engaging communities at the grassroots to address issues of environmental degradation, community empowerment and advocacy, GBM is uniquely positioned to offer an integrated response to climate change through mitigation, adaptation and promotion of sustainable development.

«[These] ethical, legal, and historical considerations may further inform discussions about carbon producer responsibilities to contribute to limiting climate change through investment in mitigation, support for adaptation, and compensation for climate damages,» they conclude.

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It presents the potential of ICTs towards adaptation and mitigation through the concrete case of Ghana, illustrating the challenges and opportunities faced by developing countries in this field.

Significant efforts made by countries are underlined through analysis of mitigation and adaptation measures implemented.

(Sec. 265) Authorizes the Secretary to establish a research program to: (1) identify the factors affecting consumer actions to conserve energy and make improvements in energy efficiency; and (2) make grants to institutions of higher education to study the effects of consumer behavior on total energy use, the potential energy savings from changes in consumption habits, the ability to reduce GHG emissions through changes in energy consumption habits, increasing public awareness of federal climate adaptation and mitigation programs, and the potential for alterations in consumer behavior to further American energy independence.

Combinations of such trends would need to be developed through a collaborative process including experts in integrated assessment modeling, impacts and adaptation, and other relevant disciplines, with care taken to ensure the internal consistency of pathways taken as a group, keeping in mind the intended part of the space of future challenges to adaptation and mitigation to be covered.

The issues that have arisen through this research point to an even greater urgency for ambitious mitigation and adaptation that are sufficient to manage climate stressors.

Through the IPCC, thousands of experts from around the world synthesize the most recent developments in climate science, adaptation, vulnerability, and mitigation every five to seven years.

By 2020, ecosystem resilience and the contribution of biodiversity to carbon stocks has been enhanced, through conservation and restoration, including restoration of at least 15 per cent of degraded ecosystems, thereby contributing to climate change mitigation and adaptation and to combating desertification which has a benefit of $ 7 for every dollar spent.

It notices that this country is facing two difficult and intertwined environmental tasks: minimizing the adverse impact of climate change through varied mitigation / adaptation measures and restoring its degraded environment.

Through the program the Secretary will make grants to public and private institutions of higher education to study the effects of consumer behavior on total energy use; potential energy savings from changes in consumption habits; the ability to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through changes in energy consumption habits; increase public awareness of Federal climate adaptation and mitigation programs; and the potential for alterations in consumer behavior to further American energy indepeThrough the program the Secretary will make grants to public and private institutions of higher education to study the effects of consumer behavior on total energy use; potential energy savings from changes in consumption habits; the ability to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through changes in energy consumption habits; increase public awareness of Federal climate adaptation and mitigation programs; and the potential for alterations in consumer behavior to further American energy indepethrough changes in energy consumption habits; increase public awareness of Federal climate adaptation and mitigation programs; and the potential for alterations in consumer behavior to further American energy independence.

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).

The Green Belt Movement and The New Course through the support of MacArthur Foundation have partnered to develop a program that will unlock women's potential in natural resource management and in climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies across three East African priority watersheds.

It finds in all cases that efforts to reduce vulnerability to losses, often called climate adaptation, have far greater potential effectiveness to reduce damage related to tropical cyclones than efforts to modulate the behaviour of storms through greenhouse gas emissions reduction policies, typically called climate mitigation and achieved through energy policies.

Fourth, international cooperation allows for linkages across policies at different scale, notably through harmonizing national and regional policies, as well as linkages across issues, and through enhanced cooperation may reduce mitigation costs, create opportunities for sharing the benefits of adaptation, increase credibility of price signals, and expand market size and liquidity.

Through this extensive experience, we are able to understand the different perspectives and concerns of various stakeholders and are capable of delivering well - founded expertise in capacity building, readiness, mitigation and adaptation.

Other measures are aimed at the mitigation of «heat islands» through urban planning, the adaptation of housing design to local climate and expanding air conditioning, shifts in work patterns and mortality monitoring (Keatinge et al., 2000; Ballester et al., 2003; Johnson et al., 2005; Marttila et al., 2005; Penning - Rowsell et al., 2005).

Which is to say, an outcome of limited harm that is more appropriately handled through mitigation and adaptation rather than radical socio - economic - political policies.

Two key objectives of the framework are: the prevention of loss and damage through mitigation and adaptation efforts, and compensation and rehabilitation following the occurrence of loss and damage.

Through training workshops, communities will gain knowledge on different mitigation and adaptation strategies as well as capacity building on how to monitor emissions from their households and community level.

A wide range of inter-relationships between adaptation and mitigation have been identified through examples in the published literature.

Copernicus, through its Climate Change Service, provides climate analysis, indicators and projections for helping develop mitigation and adaptation strategies in various sectors and provides information on societal challenges.

Parties were also considering how to increase funds for adaptation through the carbon market, with discussions focusing on extending the current 2 % levy on mitigation projects under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) to the other Kyoto mechanisms, Joint Implementation and Emissions Trading, Mr. de Boer said.

Africa is looking for an agreement that will assure to undertake mitigation and adaptation through effective finance mechanism and technology transfer.

Paragraph 2: Parties are encouraged to take action to implement and support, including through results - based payments, the existing framework as set out in related guidance and decisions already agreed under the Convention for: policy approaches and positive incentives for activities relating to reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing countries; and alternative policy approaches, such as joint mitigation and adaptation approaches for the integral and sustainable management of forests, while reaffirming the importance of incentivizing, as appropriate, non-carbon benefits associated with such approaches.

This activity report demonstrates that Small Island Developing States (SIDS) have time and again risen to the task of managing their fragile environments to meet their sustainable development goals through a broad range of actions, including conservation and sustainable use of critical marine and coastal resources, climate change mitigation, adaptation efforts and more.

We highlighted the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy as a means through which to establish this linkage, as it already fosters an integrated approach combining mitigation, adaptation and access to energy at the urban scale.