Spurred by the direct evidence of climate change already impacting the GBR, degradation of the reefs and the likelihood of much worse to come, the Australian government has begun to plan and implement actions to reduce the risk of future damage.
This will allow implementing preventive actions to reduce asthma exacerbations, improve clinical outcomes, increase quality of life, and reduce healthcare cost.
FAO is monitoring the current El Nino event and designing and implementing early actions to reduce the effects on vulnerable populations in all high-risk countries and in some of the countries at moderate risk.
The world is on track to exceed 1.5C of warming unless countries rapidly implement "far-reaching" actions to reduce carbon emissions, according to a draft UN report leaked to Reuters.
First, under Cancun, all the major players pledged to implement targets or actions to reduce emissions between now and 2020.
On balance, if properly implemented, actions to mitigate climate change through energy efficiency in housing can have benefits to health by reducing exposure to cold and outdoor air pollutants.
Actions to reduce straying were implemented beginning with releases in 2007; their effectiveness is not yet known.
A comprehensive energy audit of city-owned facilities and operations measured energy use and proposed actions to reduce it, which have mostly been implemented.
"We're requiring businesses to put together pollution plans that they would implement in their NPDES permits, and they would have to take actions to reduce toxics.
Process engineers want to find out which variables explain the main differences between the three defined types, so they can implement effective action to reduce the percentage of Defective and Bad links.
