Sentence examples for a fund for adaptation from inspiring English sources
Other important issues will be under negotiation in Bali, including adaptation to climate change, the launch of a fund for adaptation, reducing emissions from deforestation, issues relating to the carbon market, and arrangements for a review of the Kyoto protocol.
Under its umbrella, we can help create a substantive global fund for adaptation and mitigation that can make the clean energy transition a "win win win" for energy, the environment, and the global economy.
Given the complicated nature of funding for adaptation, an improved understanding of governance structures and processes that influence the development and financing of adaptation activities, particularly in relation to health, is required [ 40].
This is a bad outcome for Latin American countries; it jeopardises funding for adaptation to climate change and support for the transfer of green technologies.
There has been a substantial increase over recent years in international development funding for adaptation activities in the health sector [ 17].
Taking this and our assumption that (a ne 0) when (pi = 1) together with the continuity of the function (beta) in its argument (a) leads to the conclusion that there is a threshold level (underline{pi }) over which it is worthwhile to assign funds for adaptation investments.
The environment secretary, Owen Paterson, is an enthusiastic supporter of GM crops but has almost halved the funding for adaptation to climate change in the UK.
"The role of funding for adaptation in middle- and low-income countries is taking a central place in negotiations," write the authors of new report released last week — a joint effort of numerous British scientists and academics under the auspices of the International Institute for Environment and Development in London and the Grantham Institute for Climate Change at Imperial College.
Substantial new funding for adaptation needs to be put on the table by developed nations.
For its part, Britain must adhere to international commitments to reduce emissions in line with keeping warming below dangerous levels (in other words 2C above pre-industrial levels) as well as providing adequate funds for adaptation.
