Coping with Catastrophic Risks

Database on local coping strategies

Coping with environmental stressors is tricky.

Palestinian households living behind the Barrier have depleted their coping strategies.

It's actually a sensible way of coping with the inevitability of aging.

He enumerated coping strategies, such as polyculture, rainwater harvesting, migration, and afforestation.

There is also the issue of the capacity of the Rwandan judicial system to handle such cases at a time when it faces difficulties in coping with thousands of local cases connected with the genocide.

There is also the issue of the capacity of the Rwandan judicial system to handle such cases at a time when it faces difficulties in coping with thousands of local cases connected with the genocide.

Only a few developing countries currently had telecommunications systems capable of coping with disasters.

The pandemic has a great effect on youth, weakening family and social coping mechanisms.

National capacity building and early warning systems were crucial in coping with these crises.

Acknowledging the value of traditional knowledge, the LEG developed a database of local coping strategies.

It takes time and energy and public servants have enough trouble coping with their current responsibilities.

UNCTAD meeting on Coping with trade reforms a developing country perspective on the WTO tariff negotiations

UNCTAD meeting on Coping with trade reforms A developing country perspective on the WTO tariff negotiations

The proposal before us, which my country sponsors, forms a good basis for coping with such catastrophes.

What if obesity is a coping mechanism for a far more sinister problem going on underneath the cell?

In collaboration with FAO, CILSS, and the Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWS NET), WFP led missions to four of the most potentially affected countries Mauritania, Mali, Niger and Senegal to evaluate the impact on food security and coping mechanisms developed to face the crisis.

You know, perspective is one of these critically important life coping strategies that mountain biking can really teach you.

In all cases, upheaval, or the breakdown of coping mechanisms, stems from inequitable or unsustainable patterns of resource distribution.

However, the depletion of coping mechanisms has led to food shortages in more remote areas, particularly in Northern Darfur.

Coping with the changing workplace and the need for the constant upgrading of skills is a difficult but essential task.

The aim of the project is to identify the peoples' adaptation techniques and traditional knowledge in coping with dryland conditions.

Documentation of existing coping strategies At its sixth meeting, the LEG agreed that work be initiated on developing a database on local coping strategies, noting the importance of disseminating information on experience in using indigenous knowledge to support the identification of adaptation options by LDCs which share similar climatic conditions.

The economy of the region is disrupted, opportunities for local food production are reduced and coping mechanisms have been seriously compromised.

Mr. Moussa Sanon, Burkina Faso, presented a case study on transfer of technology and capacity building for coping with climate variability.

Possible areas for collaboration include work relating to TNAs and NAPAs and to TT CLEAR and the database on local coping strategies.

Kazakhstan, which was still coping with the grave effects of the nuclear tests conducted in its territory, underscored the importance of speeding up the ratification and entry into force of CTBT for its part, it had put its seismic control stations at the disposal of the international monitoring system.

The Millennium Development Goals could not be achieved without eradicating domestic violence, if only because of the cost of coping with the phenomenon.

One of the greatest environmental and development challenges in the twenty first century will be that of controlling and coping with climate change.

The country is still coping with a locust invasion that started in December 2004, which has affected crops, including the important cashew cash crop.

The Indian Ocean tsunami disaster has demonstrated yet again that closer international and regional cooperation is an effective means for coping with natural disasters.

15. Calls upon the international community to continue to assist those countries receiving refugees in coping with the resulting economic, social, humanitarian and environmental challenges

Activities aimed at raising the level of preparedness of local communities should take due account of local realities, indigenous coping mechanisms and perceptions of risk.

The MA scenarios also show that coping with desertification and its related economic conditions is likely to fare better when proactive management approaches are used.

Coping with disasters so as to pave the way for world's sustainable development is, therefore, one of the most critical challenges facing the international community.

Coping with and reducing disasters so as to enable and strengthen nations' sustainable development is, therefore, one of the most critical challenges facing the international community.

One of the greatest environmental and development challenges in the twenty first century will be that of controlling and coping with climate change. (A 59 2005, para.

We can't solve all the problems by looking only at the oceans, but if we don't understand the fundamental life support system of this planet much more thoroughly than we do now, then the stresses that we will face, and that Cody will face, and even Nancy, who's going to live till she's 98, will have really problems coping.

On the whole, prevention is a much more effective way if coping with desertification, because subsequent attempts to rehabilitate desertified areas are costly and tend to deliver limited results.

Local coping strategies Integrating work on NAPAs into second national communications Benchmarking of adaptation Adaptation technologies Methodological work Capacity building needs during NAPA implementation Funding constraints faced by LDCs.

Furthermore, universality is essential for coping with the increasing threat of the use of chemical weapons by terrorists and with other risks associated with the proliferation of dangerous chemical materials.

We reaffirm the commitment to implement the Habitat Agenda and the Cities without Slums initiative to assist developing countries in coping with rapid urbanization and associated migration within and between countries.

The first program, on April 24, was entitled Iraqi Families Coping with Conflict and Uncertainty. The title of the second program, on October 23, was Migrant Families Global Human Rights Challenge.

This state of affairs, combined with the residual effects of war, the underperformance of the economy and the loss of assets and coping mechanisms, has further exacerbated the situation of vulnerable populations.