Not exact matches
Prior to joining UCS
in 2005, Ms. Spanger - Siegfried was an associate scientist at the U.S. Center of the Stockholm Environment Institute, where for six years her work focused on understanding and building the adaptive capacity of
vulnerable populations and sectors
in developing countries in response to climate change.
The most affected
populations are the urban poor — i.e. slum dwellers
in developing countries — who tend to live along river banks, on hillsides and slopes prone to landslides, near polluted grounds, on decertified land,
in unstable structures
vulnerable to earthquakes, and along waterfronts
in coastal areas.
(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
The poor are least able to protect themselves from heat waves, and limited accessibility to water makes
populations in many
developing countries especially
vulnerable to droughts.
Thus, to the greatest extent possible, policies at all levels should be designed and implemented to meet four goals: (i)
In sustainable ways, maintain and increase the security of food supplies for food insecure people, particularly in developing countries; (ii) Enable small - scale food producers and other vulnerable populations to become more resilient to climate change; (iii) Sustainably reduce emissions from the agricultural sector; and (iv) Reduce emissions from the conversion of other land to agricultur
In sustainable ways, maintain and increase the security of food supplies for food insecure people, particularly
in developing countries; (ii) Enable small - scale food producers and other vulnerable populations to become more resilient to climate change; (iii) Sustainably reduce emissions from the agricultural sector; and (iv) Reduce emissions from the conversion of other land to agricultur
in developing countries; (ii) Enable small - scale food producers and other
vulnerable populations to become more resilient to climate change; (iii) Sustainably reduce emissions from the agricultural sector; and (iv) Reduce emissions from the conversion of other land to agriculture.
A common thread throughout the report is that poor nations, particularly
developing countries in and near the tropics, as well as poor and
vulnerable populations within wealthy nations, are likely to suffer the most severe climate change - related consequences.