The Case for Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emissions

(iv) Mitigating the social and economic impact of the epidemic

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(d) Understanding, assessing, predicting, mitigating and adapting to climate variability and change

The key to preventing or mitigating pandemic bird flu is early detection and rapid response.

The project will assist the Investment Management Service in mitigating exposure to various risk factors.

During FY 1994, NASA made significant progress in measuring, modeling, and mitigating the orbital debris environment.

Presence of external mitigating factors such as the United Nations or other recognized invited third parties.

Nevertheless, it is true that mitigating circumstances have led to delays in implementation in the past.

Environmental management approaches for combating desertification, mitigating climate change and conserving biodiversity are interlinked in many ways.

This can be done by inter alia enhancing the understanding of, and consequently mitigating, possible negative implications.

Finally, I welcome the vital role of the United Nations in mitigating the effects of the natural disaster.

Israeli law recognizes no mitigating circumstances in such cases and prosecutes, indicts and punishes the perpetrators in all severity.

(i) Measures for the rehabilitation of degraded land and for early warning systems for mitigating the effects of drought

Reforestation was also recognized as a priority for protecting watersheds, mitigating natural disasters, and protecting investments in agriculture and infrastructure.

He wondered whether there had been any attempt to develop a collective approach to mitigating the effects of natural disasters.

Developing sustainable sources of energies is, without any doubt, one of the keys to mitigating climate change and its adverse effects.

5. Encourages the Government of Belize, in conjunction with relevant partners, further to develop strategies aimed at preventing and mitigating natural disasters

Farmers and agriculture as key to mitigating and adapting to climate change farmers driven initiatives as offering new opportunities to expedite implementation

(e) The development and implementation of technical standards to define general requirements for mitigating orbital pollution caused by the exploitation of space technology.

Scientific advances and technological innovation have an important role to play in mitigating climate change and in facilitating adaptation to the new conditions.

The project is aimed at designing, creating and maintaining a web based, multilingual glossary of terms relating to combating desertification and mitigating drought.

Bearing in mind the need for know how in minimizing and mitigating radiological, health, socio economic, psychological and environmental problems in the Semipalatinsk region,

Taking note of the need for know how in minimizing and mitigating radiological, health, socio economic, psychological and environmental problems in the Semipalatinsk region,

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER FOR COMBATING DESERTIFICATION AND OR MITIGATING THE EFFECTS OF DROUGHT, AS WELL AS OF PROMOTING EXPERIENCE SHARING AND INFORMATION EXCHANGE AMONG PARTIES

The Risk and Disaster Management Programme provides local government, communities and business organizations with practical strategies for mitigating and recovering from conflicts and natural disasters.

At the same time, agriculture worldwide has a huge potential to provide answers with respect to mitigating and adapting to the consequences of climate change.

3. Also welcomes the efforts undertaken by the agencies of the United Nations system, members of the Inter Agency Task Force on Chernobyl to implement a new developmental approach to studying, mitigating and minimizing the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster, and requests the Inter Agency Task Force on Chernobyl to continue further its activities to that end

Mitigating the negative effects of globalization, as the Secretary General notes in his report, can undoubtedly greatly enhance the potential for success in addressing youth problems.

The strategy adopted concentrated on fighting the pest, and insufficient attention was given to mitigating the impact of the infestation on local livelihoods and the environment.

All Security Council sanctions should be effectively implemented and enforced by strengthening State capacity to implement sanctions, establishing well resourced monitoring mechanisms and mitigating humanitarian consequences.

On the issue of preference erosion, he expressed the hope that due attention would be given to the range of mitigating options suggested by the secretariat.

We are meeting here today to discuss ways and means of mitigating to the greatest extent possible the impact of the substantial damage suffered by the affected countries.

All designated officials and security management teams acknowledge the fundamental importance of Minimum Operating Security Standards in mitigating risks and have established implementation plans, including budget and resource allocations.

That is an initiative that needs the meaningful support of the international community, especially given that it takes short term responses into consideration, whilst preventing and mitigating future vulnerabilities.

As agreed at Johannesburg, the primary responsibility for mitigating climate change and other unsustainable patterns of production and consumption must lie with the countries that contribute most to the problems.

5. Encourages the Government of Belize, in conjunction with relevant partners, further to develop strategies aimed at preventing and mitigating natural disasters, in accordance with the International Strategy For Disaster Reduction

The letter also noted that various reports by expert sanctions monitoring bodies had included recommendations for improving the implementation and effectiveness of sanctions as well as for mitigating their unintended impact.

Further support from development partners was necessary in providing assistance for mitigating costs associated with trade reform and liberalization, as well as for building the trade competitiveness of Arab developing countries.

High and rising inflation creates great costs and is difficult to reverse. After mitigating the downturn, central bankers must withdraw the immense infusion of liquidity before inflation takes off, a tricky maneuver.

It also sought assistance in combating toxic discharges and mitigating the consequences of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, including the rehabilitation of the manufacturing base in the affected areas.

I ask members to bear in mind those mitigating circumstances as they consider the very personal closing comments I am about to offer, barely six weeks after taking on my current assignment.

The challenge consists in intensifying collective efforts to reduce the number and effects of natural and man made disasters, preventive and mitigating measures, and turning disasters and crises into future oriented opportunities.

The stockpiling and pre positioning of key emergency supplies is highly effective in mitigating the effects of emergencies, especially in countries that experience cyclical emergency events such as cholera outbreaks, droughts and floods.