Sentence examples for increased adaptation measures from inspiring English sources

Increased adaptation measures here in the United States and around the world will protect against global warming effects already expected because of our delay in cutting emissions.

While current adaptation programs seek to reduce the exposure of communities and increase their adaptive capacity, these adaptation measures only cater for a certain range of climate change impacts.

Farmers' previous knowledge of climate change adaptation measures increases their adaptation decision in both the wet and dry lowland parts of the study locations.

A traditional framing approach would be to consider only the urban drainage sector in the analysis, leading to the result that pipe enlargements and open basins are equally suitable as adaptation measures against increased risk of flooding.

Providing agricultural extension services helps to increase the implementation of the adaptation measures since farmers can able to acquire new skills and hence ensures sustainable use of the techniques.

By taking highly visible adaptation measures to increase floodwater storage and retention (like the water plazas described below), program officials seek to marshal public support for the climate adaptation program by demonstrating to their fellow citizens that adaptation measures provide many economic and other benefits in addition to flood protection.

Two principal aims are to guide adaptation measures to increase resilience, and to guide mitigation policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, thereby reducing health risks past mid-century.

A one unit increase in the extension contact is likely to increase the probability of the farmer to adapt the three adaptation measures by 51, 13 and 19 %, respectively higher than those households' who do not access extension services.

But this increased adaptive capacity does not necessarily lead to the implementation of adaptation policies and measures.

Moreover, proven adaptation measures, such as increased vegetated areas or water surfaces, are not always possible due to a lack of space or undesired aesthetic effects.

Low-income countries tend to be more vulnerable to climate risks and some adaptation measures – such as increasing access to education and health facilities – will overlap with existing development programmes.