Sentences with phrase «whether adaptation and mitigation»
It simply opens up the tired debate over whether adaptation and mitigation are in conflict.
http://blogs.nature.com/ Not exact matches
and whether our goals are adaptation or mitigation — too many people going at their own pace and time is one of the reasons we are in this mess.
Our task is to discuss adaptation and mitigation, not to wonder whether denialists» misinformation should be included in the discussion
Participants reaffirmed that the risks posed by ongoing climate change require a strong commitment to mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions, adaptation to unavoidable climate change, and development of low - carbon energy sources, independent of whether climate intervention methods ultimately prove to be safe and feasible....
Today, the President will be giving a speech at Georgetown University on climate change issues, with announcements of initiatives that will be taken leveraging the powers of the Administrative Branch because the Congress is unable (and, to a large extent, unwilling) to take meaningful action to address climate change: whether mitigation or adaptation.
Thus, heading into COP 19 in Warsaw, the centre stage of climate finance will be the question of whether any climate finance will be adequate, predictable and sustainable, new and additional, and will address issues of mitigations and adaptation equitably.
So I suggest we should very concerned about whether the relevant decision makers have the necessary moral character to take tough decisions on mitigation and adaptation, rather than adopting the hope of geoengineering as an excuse for not upsetting political allies, campaign funders or particular groups of voters.
«A central issue will be whether loss and damage continues to fall within adaptation or whether it becomes a separate, third pillar (alongside adaption and mitigation), which we believe would lead the [United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change] UNFCCC to focus increasingly on blame and liability, which in turn would be counterproductive from the standpoint of public support for the convention,» the document adds.