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Showing 1 to 20 of 56 for “"Mitigation and adaptation"”.
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Formulating an FM strategy for climate change mitigation and adaptation of commercial built assets
… rise, increased winter rainfall, heat waves and an increase in frequency and severity of extreme weather events. Such inevitable impacts of climate change will require adaptation measures to be implemented for the management of existing commercial built assets if they are to continue to …
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Linking mitigation and adaptation in local climate change planning : the opportunity facing Somerville, Massachusetts
… climate change impacts are beginning to be felt and scientists project unavoidable levels of future change-cities are beginning to adapt. Simultaneously, they are expanding their commitment to mitigate carbon emissions, knowing that unless emissions are reduced significantly it may not be …
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Behavioural economic applications to climate change mitigation and adaptation: public good games and risk experiments
… insights from behavioural economics. As both mitigation and adaptation are components of any climate change strategy, the four papers presented here use laboratory and field experiments to examine different dimensions of individuals' mitigation and adaptive behaviour. The papers in Section 1 …
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Investigating tagasastes' potential for agricultural climate mitigation and adaptation within the context of South Africa
… has led to the expansion of agriculture and increased land use change, exerting negative impacts on the ecosystem services on which agriculture relies. Given their dependence on ecosystem services, rural communities are especially vulnerable to the effects of climate change and the …
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Climate Change and its Potential Impacts on Construction in Ireland: The Argument for Mitigation and Adaptation
… industry makes a significant contribution to Ireland’s physical and economic milieu. It is therefore important to investigate the potential impacts of climate change upon it and formulate mitigation and adaptation strategies. Observed and modelled data were used to evaluate possible effects in the …
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Leveraging the US Army Corps of Engineers Public-Private Partnerships (P3) Pilot Program to Promote Equitable Outcomes from Local Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Projects
… structural inequities across all sectors and scales, U.S. communities and citizens are increasingly at risk of physical, economic, and environmental harms. Directed federal investment in climate mitigation can reduce disproportionate burdens on at-risk populations, while also providing …
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Climate Change Education and Environmental Education: Perceptions and Knowledge Among Environmental Educators in the Southeastern United States
… change is a global environmental problem and issue. Mitigation and adaptation have been suggested for use in dealing with the impacts, both current and in the future. Climate change education as a mitigation and adaptation effort is one that could have great impact. This quantitative …
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Investigating business' contribution to climate change governance in areas of limited statehood: the case of South Africa and Kenya
Climate change and the related social and economic challenges present society with problems at multiple levels. There is a diverse range of actors who are contributing to climate change governance, including those who are going to be affected by the impacts. In areas of limited statehood were …
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Regional Sea Level Rise Along the United States Coasts
… out into the future. Of greater importance for mitigation and adaptation plans, however, is the rate of local or regional sea level (RSL) rise. Ocean dynamics along with changes in Earth’s gravitational field can cause RSL to deviate from the change in GMSL. During the satellite altimeter era …
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Retrofitting for resilience
This thesis explores the incentives and barriers to retrofit single-family and small multi-family homes in Boston, in response to the city's declared goal of reaching carbon neutrality by 2050 while protecting citizens from extreme weather events induced by climate change. Considering small …
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Burkina Faso: The Effects of Environmental Migration on the Implementation of Agro-ecological methods, Exchanges and Cooperation
… in Burkina Faso that has accompanied the land degradation spurred by a series of severe droughts starting in the late 1960s (Lindqvist, Tengberg, 1993). Drawing from the hypotheses of Gray and Kevane (2001) and Deshinkar (2011) that link agricultural intensification to migration in Burkina …
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Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples in Latin America
… livelihoods, which tie them closely to their land and the surrounding environment. This close relationship often means that indigenous peoples acutely experience the effects of climate change and are more susceptible to its negative outcomes than other populations. Further, indigenous peoples …
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Land Cover Land Use Change and Soil Organic Carbon Under Climate Variability in the Semi-Arid West African Sahel (1960-2050)
<p>Land Cover Land Use (LCLU) change affects land surface processes recognized to influence climate change at local, national and global levels. Soil organic carbon is a key component for the functioning of agro-ecosystems and has a direct effect on the physical, chemical and biological …
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Is there a solution to climate change?
… vinyl text corresponding to each print and 5 stickers with listed references, in the SOAD gallery. The artwork is divided into two sections: mitigation and adaptation, and subsections detailing specific predicaments including ocean acidification, energy production, and thawing …
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NGOs & climate change campaigns : understanding variations in motivations and activities of environmental and development organizations
… inequity, coupled with an inadequate, climate mitigation-focused response, has prompted a growing movement of global civil society actors demanding climate justice. In particular, transnational, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have now developed climate change campaigns that focus on both …
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The Internal Determinants of International Organization Actorness: The European Union and Climate Change?
<p>Climate change mitigation and adaptation requires global, coordinated responses. Each region/country must do its part, led by multinational, multilateral actors and organizations on the local, national and regional level. The European Union (EU) is the region’s representative. The effectiveness …
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MODELING APPROACHES FOR CLIMATE MITIGATION IN ALPINE FORESTS.
… relationship between forests, climate change and management, focusing on their interactions through the lens of ecosystem services and sustainability. The aim of the thesis is to analyse the role of alpine forests, harvested wood product and forest management in climate change mitigation and …
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Estimating Aboveground Biomass (AGB) Throughout the Pacific
… making AGB a good indicator of forest health and carbon storage. AGB has been studied on multiple scales, in which allometric equations were developed to find relationships between AGB and tree parameters. However, despite the presence of AGB studies for specific sites in the Pacific Islands, …
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The Applied Phycology and Biochemistry of Managed Reservoirs in the East of England
… these vulnerable systems is complex, requiring mitigation and adaptation strategies that can combat multiple stressors (i.e. drought and eutrophication). This is especially true for reservoirs in the East of England, which are facing climate extremes such as heat and drought to a greater extent …
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Climate change governance in the SADC region: towards development of an integrated and comprehensive framework policy or protocol on adaptation
… has shown that climate change is occurring and is caused mainly by human activities. This state of affairs has various societal and environmental implications which has demanded attention and raised concerns about the future of human life on earth. Increasing concerns about climate change …
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