This new chapter sets forth specific ways in which the Clean Water Act may be used as a climate change adaptation tool, primarily through the Act's implementation by the Environmental Protection Agency, the Army Corps of Engineers, and state governments.
These questions, along with the limitations and potential implications of using water trading (and MBIs in general) as a climate change adaptation tool, must be carefully considered if past Australian drought and water policy failures are not to be repeated.
Primary research interests and expertise include: soil and water conservation and management; plant stress physiology; and new tools for climate change adaptation and mitigation for managed and natural ecosystems.
These benefits make urban parks an important tool in climate change adaptation, says Payam Dadvand, a researcher and assistant professor at the Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology CREALL) in Barcelona.
With climate change scenarios strongly suggesting that if current trends continue, extreme weather events are likely to become ever more common and more intense in mountain areas, it is necessary integrate indigenous agricultural systems and their historical perspectives on climate variability as key-tools in climate change adaptation strategies.
Nora Berrahmouni is the Forestry Officer for drylands at FAO. Nora has a background in forest ecology and her main area of work involves supporting, in collaboration with partners, member countries and stakeholders in sustainable management and restoration of forests and other wooded lands in drylands as a tool for climate change adaptation, prevention, combating desertification and food security.
Apart from experimenting with innovations in governance, Hencken is also excited about the potential for seasteading to serve as a platform for developing tools to help with climate change adaptation as well.
Based on study results we also conclude that such an integrated approach is advantageous and is a valuable tool for locally relevant climate change adaptation policymaking.
The New York Climate Change Science Clearinghouse (NYCCSC) is a gateway for policymakers, local planners, and the public to identify and access documents, data, websites, tools, and maps relevant to climate change adaptation and mitigation across New York State.
Adaptive forest management is regarded as an important tool for plantation managers and the industry has responded in Australia through the development of capacity building tools such as a plantation forest industry climate change adaptation handbook (Stephens et al. 2012).
Panelists introduced earth observation tools – 'eye in the sky' tools that circumnavigate the globe capturing data – that can assist decision-making on farm management, climate change adaptation, irrigation and natural resource management.
