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Raising awareness of climate change: A handbook for government focal points
… their behavior in ways that limit emissions and promote adaptation. Fortunately, governments have several tools at … the costs of activities that lower emissions and promote adaptation. Regulations and standards can mandate changes in … make a big difference in reducing emissions and promoting adaptation to climate impacts. ● Using public transport and …
UN Watercourses Convention User’s Guide
… water law, global water governance, climate change adaptation and water security. Previously Ruby practiced as … standard would obviously be more flexible and allow for adaptation in different situations, its intrinsic uncertainty … provides an important bridge to strategies concerning the adaptation to climate change. • While Article 27 focuses on …
Initiating effective transboundary conservation - A practitioner’s guideline based on the experience from the Dinaric Arc
… change and applies an ecosystem-based approach in the adaptation to climate change. The Dinaric Arc represents an … monitored and evaluated as implementation unfolds. 10. Adaptation: the ongoing process of monitoring, evaluating and … the key elements should be adapted to each setting. This adaptation occurs in two ways (Brunner et al., 2005; Lee, …
Guidelines for Protected Areas Legislation
… areas and their role in mitigating and facilitating adaptation to these threats. While these developments have … of protected area legal frameworks to accommodate both adaptation and mitigation, including by creating corridors … the impact on protected areas may be greater because fewer adaptation options may be available in such areas, compared …
National Blue Carbon Policy Assessment Madagascar
… Mitigation Action NAP New Protected Areas NAPA National Adaptation Programme of Action NSSMB National Strategy for … of the BNCCCC is twofold: 1) to promote climate change adaptation to improve economic resiliency, and 2) to promote … flood and erosion control was recognized in the National Adaptation Programme of Action (Programme d’Action National …
Rights-based approaches - Exploring issues and opportunities for conservation
… of endemic disease, water scarcity and other issues. Adaptation is a pressing need, linked to many substantive … points, which would require further development and adaptation by any conservation organisation. They are … methods and tools vary, and all would require further adaptation for use by any particular conservation …
Protected areas as natural solutions to climate change
… and peat and through providing ecosystem services for adaptation to existing and projected climate change in terms … are already building protected areas into their climate adaptation strategies; AWARE that in 2012, Canada, Mexico and … climate change, through mitigation strategies as well as adaptation; 2. NOTES key elements of the REDPARQUES …