Sentences with phrase «to cope with the effects of climate change»

Action that helps cope with the effects of climate change - for example construction of barriers to protect against rising sea levels, or conversion to crops capable of surviving high temperatures and drought.

Henriette: «Good agricultural practices farmers can adopt to better cope with the effects of climate change include things like planting shade trees, implementing efficient irrigation methods and covering the soil with compost to make it more resilient.»

PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines (23 August 2016)- At the annual gathering of ASEAN's top agriculture policymakers taking place this week in Palawan, the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) will showcase tools, practices, and expertise that could help countries cope with the effects of climate change and strengthen food security in the region.

The expected 15,000 delegates will try to firm up rich nations» pledges to help developing nations cope with the effects of climate change.

The resulting adaptation cost figures range from between U$ 6 billion to U$ 14 billion / year that Pakistan would have to spend at an average in the 2010 - 2050 time frame to cope with the effects of climate change while it will be also left to, unavoidably, bear significant «residual damage» costs induced due to climate change.

The main adaptation measures to be initiated by the community leaders, aimed at coping with the effects of climate change and minimizing carbon emissions include:

«The results of our study suggest that efforts to mitigate local perturbation such as nutrient enrichment in the Baltic Sea could pay off in the future, because it might help key species such as the bladder wrack to better cope with the effects of climate change and to maintain their ecosystem services.»

President Barack Obama on Friday will announce a $ 3 billion U.S. contribution to the green climate fund, an international effort to help poor countries cope with the effects of climate change, according to an administration official.

Adaptation Action that helps cope with the effects of climate change - for example construction of barriers to protect against rising sea levels, or conversion to crops capable of surviving high temperatures and drought.

Growing scarcity In addition to a growing scarcity of natural resources such as land, water and biodiversity «global agriculture will have to cope with the effects of climate change, notably higher temperatures, greater rainfall variability and more frequent extreme weather events such as floods and droughts,» Diouf warned.

Launched last week, the project is part of the Wellcome Trust's # 5 million Our Planet, Our Health programme, which aims to improve human health while at the same time protecting a world struggling to cope with the effects of climate change.

A study by Laura Carbognin at the Institute of Marine Sciences in Venice and colleagues provides the best estimate yet of how the city will cope with the effects of climate change.

«This suggests that some species might be able to cope with the effects of climate change better than expected.»

And so everyone will have to adapt to and cope with the effects of climate change.

The aim of the mechanism is to channel $ 100 billion a year towards the world's poorest nations in an attempt to help them cope with the effects of climate change.

Local governments show consistently strong leadership in mitigating and coping with the effects of climate change.