Sentences with phrase «with mitigating climate change»

«The scenarios from the research community form the backbone of our analysis of potential climate change impacts as well as mitigation and adaptation solutions,» said Ottmar Edenhofer at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and co-chair of Working Group III, which deals with the mitigating climate change.

The decision to retain holdings in the fossil fuel industry flies in the face of recommendations from a climate change committee appointed by Reif, which this summer issued a report noting that three - quarters of the committee supported «targeted divestment from companies whose operations are heavily focused on the exploration for and / or extraction of the fossil fuels that are least compatible with mitigating climate change.»

«We should not expect the tropical forests to help us much with mitigating climate change.»

Not exact matches

Job Description: Research interns work directly with Rodale Institute's Research Department to address current and future agricultural needs by conducting high - quality research using regenerative, organic methods for agricultural production and identifying tools and practices to help grow organic agriculture by addressing pest and fertility issues; mitigate and adapt to climate change, and improve human health by addressing nutrient density in crops.

«Our missions are very similar, to work with farmers and communities in an effort to protect the natural environment and help mitigate the effects of climate change on a global scale.

With sustainable agriculture playing an important role in mitigating climate change and food security, how can adoption rates rise?

Working with Worms to Fight Climate Change Global studies show that water scarcity and water stress are increasing, and as much as 15 % to 35 % of human withdrawals of water for agriculture are considered unsustainable.1 Achievement of climate change - related commitments like those made at last year's Paris Climate Conference («COP21») will require that businesses strategically manage their water footprints for maximum efficacy while mitigating negative iClimate Change Global studies show that water scarcity and water stress are increasing, and as much as 15 % to 35 % of human withdrawals of water for agriculture are considered unsustainable.1 Achievement of climate change - related commitments like those made at last year's Paris Climate Conference («COP21») will require that businesses strategically manage their water footprints for maximum efficacy while mitigating negative imChange Global studies show that water scarcity and water stress are increasing, and as much as 15 % to 35 % of human withdrawals of water for agriculture are considered unsustainable.1 Achievement of climate change - related commitments like those made at last year's Paris Climate Conference («COP21») will require that businesses strategically manage their water footprints for maximum efficacy while mitigating negative iclimate change - related commitments like those made at last year's Paris Climate Conference («COP21») will require that businesses strategically manage their water footprints for maximum efficacy while mitigating negative imchange - related commitments like those made at last year's Paris Climate Conference («COP21») will require that businesses strategically manage their water footprints for maximum efficacy while mitigating negative iClimate Conference («COP21») will require that businesses strategically manage their water footprints for maximum efficacy while mitigating negative impacts.

With such episodes projected to occur more often even if climate change is mitigated, researchers are redoubling efforts to identify the factors that can make a reef resilient to harsh conditions.

You know, that is, we could create a world, where we combated and mitigated climate change but without paying attention to what's going on in the realm of biodiversity, we could save the climate and wake up in a world with so many fewer plants and animals.

Today, with deforestation accounting for a substantial portion of human - induced carbon emissions, the researchers describe the payment program they studied as «a cost - effective way to avert deforestation in developing countries — and hence a powerful tool to mitigate climate change.»

He points out that globally, companies are also seeking geological structures with good seal, which can store CO2, helping to mitigate climate change and produce more oil by EOR.

«Looking at changes in the number of dry days per year is a new way of understanding how climate change will affect us that goes beyond just annual or seasonal mean precipitation changes, and allows us to better adapt to and mitigate the impacts of local hydrological changes,» said Polade, a postdoctoral researcher who works with Scripps climate scientists Dan Cayan, David Pierce, Alexander Gershunov, and Michael Dettinger, who are co-authors of the study.

Obama, he said, elevated the role of science and technology advisers throughout the executive branch, put in place plans to mitigate and prepare the United States for the impacts of climate change, set up health research initiatives to tackle such priorities as cancer and brain research, worked with international partners on scientific issues and used the White House as a platform from which to herald science and education, particularly for children.

In the realm of research, academic hydrogeologists are broadening their time horizons to help forecast and mitigate the effects of climate change, and they're stretching the traditional boundaries of their field to explore questions such as how groundwater interacts with the surface water of lakes and rivers.

«There may not be much we can do to mitigate climate change, but steps could be taken to make sure the Earth's largest colony of Magellanic penguins have enough to eat by creating a marine protected reserve, with regulations on fishing, where penguins forage while raising small chicks.»

«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.»

At the same time, the agency said, adverse health effects from climate change «will be distributed unequally within and between populations,» with wealthier countries and regions generally being better able to adapt to and mitigate against the harshest effects.

Leal said the revised conceptual framework, along with a greater emphasis on collecting observational data in the field, will both help to better predict and mitigate the effects of climate change on these vulnerable animals.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) budget request reveals a strong focus on planning for and mitigating the impacts of climate change and extreme weather events, with money set aside for new weather satellites, climate mitigation planning, and additional grants for coastal resilience studies.

As a consequence, the model results were important during the preparatory negotiations leading up to the Paris Agreement that came into effect in November 2016 with the intention of mitigating climate change.

FARMERS can now zap their crops with a handheld scanner to instantly determine nutritional content, which could prove crucial in mitigating the effects of climate change on food quality.

Those with high levels of biospheric concern also were most likely to engage in pro-environmental day - to - day behaviors, such as recycling or energy savings measures, and were the most likely to engage in coping mechanisms to deal with environmental stress, ranging from denying one's individual role in climate change to seeking more information on the issue and how to help mitigate it.

Students can opt for choices that mitigate the effects of climate change, like putting housing next to transit, while «if you make other choices, you end up with waterfront property» because of flooding, he said.

Towards their safeguarding research within HERACLES project («HEritage Resilience Against CLimate Events on Site», GA 700395) is dedicated to the design, testing and promotion of responsive systems, methodologies and techniques with the aim to mitigate the impact of climate changes and natural hCLimate Events on Site», GA 700395) is dedicated to the design, testing and promotion of responsive systems, methodologies and techniques with the aim to mitigate the impact of climate changes and natural hclimate changes and natural hazards.

PNNL scientists have contributed to the IPCC's authoritative assessments of the state of the global climate, the impacts associated with climate change, and the set of technological, institutional and policy options available to mitigate and adapt to climate change.

Such is the scenario the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change paints in its recent report outlining ways climate change can be mitigated as civilizations across the globe continue to burn fossil fuels with little sign they'll stop anytimClimate Change paints in its recent report outlining ways climate change can be mitigated as civilizations across the globe continue to burn fossil fuels with little sign they'll stop anytimeChange paints in its recent report outlining ways climate change can be mitigated as civilizations across the globe continue to burn fossil fuels with little sign they'll stop anytimclimate change can be mitigated as civilizations across the globe continue to burn fossil fuels with little sign they'll stop anytimechange can be mitigated as civilizations across the globe continue to burn fossil fuels with little sign they'll stop anytime soon.

A hearing to address the research agenda required to mitigate the environmental impact of the transportation infrastructure on the environment, with an emphasis on climate change.

If we're going to achieve global progress in mitigating or reversing climate change, advocates on both sides will need to stop mixing fact with hyperbole:

Combined with extreme weather events the inability to find sufficient cheap fuel to mitigate climate change (e.g., moving whole cities from coastal areas) will relegate whole populations to hunger and starvation.

Here on our doorstep at Columbia University in NYC there is a huge team of scientists along with Al Gore who just won the Noble Prize for doing the research and spreading the word on climate change and with the Columbia Earth Institute as an advisor the city on how to adapt to this crisis and do our fair share in mitigating it, the members of this Noble Prize winning team should be brought front and center to explain the dire situation to the people of this town.

The report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change last year on options for mitigating emissions concluded that stabilization of greenhouse gases could be accomplished with known technologies, but the new paper contends that the panel's assumptions about technological innovation made a daunting challenge look far more doable than it really is.

«efforts to address climate change should continue to focus most heavily on mitigating greenhouse gas emissions in combination with adapting to the impacts of climate change because these approaches do not present poorly defined and poorly quantified risks and are at a greater state of technological readiness.»

Mar 24: «Debate Night (争论夜晚2010)-- Motion: Given its current state of development, China has taken sufficient steps to mitigate climate change» with Mark Levine, Lawrence Berkeley National Labs & Debbie Seligsohn, World Resources Insitute vs. Even Rogers Pay, Energy Foundation & Huang He, Sino - Danish Programme on Renewable Energy.

The point is that to argue that «there is no such thing as global terrorism», or that «there is no such thing as global warming» is to fail to take issue with the idea that evidence of global terrorism or anthropogenic global warming is sufficient argument for the execution of the «War on Terror», or for «drastic action'to mitigate climate change.

«there is no such thing as global terrorism», or that «there is no such thing as global warming» is to fail to take issue with the idea that evidence of global terrorism or anthropogenic global warming is sufficient argument for the execution of the «War on Terror», or for «drastic action'to mitigate climate change.

With the World Bank's Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF), the Australian government's Global Initiative on Forests and Carbon (GIFC) and other funds catalyzing REDD activities on the ground, and the clock already ticking on the UNFCCC's countdown to a decision at Copenhagen, the next two years offer a unique opportunity to shape how the worlds forests can join the fight to mitigate climate change.

Now, with my recent focus on nuclear power for ending poverty and mitigating climate change, a few friends have asked whether my views on climate have changed.

... they caution that society should fully quantify direct and indirect GHG emissions associated with energy alternatives and associated consequences prior to making policy commitments that have long - term effects on global forests; for they ominously warn «there is a substantial risk of sacrificing forest integrity and sustainability for maintaining or even increasing energy production with no guarantee to mitigate climate change.»»

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If and when climate change becomes a known problem that we can affect, I have confidence we will come up with some mitigating solutions.

Newsweek is out with a major survey of possible ways to modify Earth's systems to mitigate or avoid human - caused climate change.

IFC provides its client companies with expert advice on reducing, managing, and mitigating the impacts of climate change on their businesses and on investing in sustainable energy and carbon finance.

«With the exception of some international initiatives to reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD +), development agencies, governments, and others have failed to give enough weight to the connection between strengthening community forest rights and mitigating climate change,» it says.

I believe that the policy demands of the AGW movement regarding climate all have to do with seeking to somehow use CO2 to mitigate «climate change», even though not one mitigation method actually exists.

You would think researchers would welcome opportunities to balance that vast library of one - sided research with an analysis of the natural causes of climate change — so that they can evaluate the relative impact of human activities, more accurately predict future changes, and help ensure that communities, states and nations can plan for, mitigate and adapt to those impacts.

The Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) is a United Kingdom think tank founded by climate change denialist Nigel Lawson with the purpose of combating what the foundation describes as «extremely damaging and harmful policies» designed to mitigate climate change.

The WGI contribution is the first in the series of four reports with the WGII assessment on impacts, adaptation and vulnerability scheduled for finalization in March 2014; the WGIII contribution on options for mitigating climate change to be finalized in April 2014, and the AR5 Synthesis Report to be completed in October 2014.

The booklet sets out an analytical framework for understanding the water - energy - food security nexus in the Arab region and considers the linkages that affect the achievement of water, energy and food security and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with a view to mitigating climate change and ensuring access to food, water and sustainable energy for all.

The aim of the project is to provide the UAE with an innovative design for a new type of biomimetic space that sustainability reduces carbon production and mitigates against climate change.

The report concludes with a discussion of the reforms needed to scale up the A / R CDM in a significant manner and how this experience could inform the ongoing debate about other landbased carbon market mechanisms to mitigate climate change and support rural development.