"The majority of natural gas must stay in the ground if we want any chance of avoiding climate disaster, " Nardone said.
So rather than drill for more fossil fuels, we must keep 80 percent of those reserves locked away safely underground to avoid a climate disaster.
One problem: Digging it out could cause a global climate disaster.
Within this framework, NIEM and the Centre will focus on research and training efforts to provide targeted training to education managers, university students and school principals in the area of climate change and disaster risk reduction.
Stormy Future for U.S. Property and Casualty Insurers: The Growing Costs and Risks of Extreme Weather Events lays out a plan of action for insurance companies, regulators and investors to deal with the increased risks tied to climate-driven disaster.
To address issues related to environment, climate change and disaster risk management, the UN will support central and local authorities in the sustainable management of the environment and natural resources across all sectors, and better environmental education and awareness - ultimately contributing to sustainable economic growth and increased quality of life.
The Centre, run by NIEM, aims to improve educational management capacities for climate change response and disaster risk mitigation.
But the Ogallala is completely interconnected underground and significant pipeline spills and wellhead catastrophes could affect more cropland and human health than any other disaster, including climate-induced droughts.
Use of the K computer is expected to have a groundbreaking impact in fields ranging from global climate research, meteorology, disaster prevention, and medicine, thereby contributing to the creation of a prosperous and secure society.
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It will highlight the role of ESD for the transition to green economies and societies and as a catalyst for cross-sector planning and implementation of programmes in areas such as climate change, biodiversity and disaster risk reduction.
The panel on Indigenous Knowledge noted the expanding recognition of indigenous and traditional knowledge as an essential building block for global sustainability in numerous domains such as biodiversity conservation and management, food security, natural disaster preparedness, climate change assessment and adaptation, amongst others.
That spells disaster in a market climate where B2B buying is social, transparent and trust-based.
Using a holistic approach, pedagogical approaches and techniques in their own school environment, teachers can develop the capacities to facilitate climate change mitigation, adaptation and disaster risk reduction learning.
We live in a time when the risk of disaster is growing thanks to climate change, population growth, and economic development itself.
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Programmes target a wide range of national, regional and global challenges such as climate change, ocean health and fisheries, disaster warning and mitigation, capacity building, and data availability and exchange.
The particularity and high significance of this document lies in an eighteen month long collaboration of two different scientific communities: one on climate change (IPCC) and one on disaster risk reduction (ISDR).
This conference and the workshops intent to provide solutions for effective and efficient global disaster and risk management and for climate change adaptation, which needs the involvement of all stakeholders of the public and the private sector.
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We also discussed cooperation on combatting terrorism and how to deal with the climate change issue, especially in the term of disaster relief.
The Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS), a UN system-wide initiative, will amplify the benefits from global to national levels of efforts to adapt to climate variability and change for improved health, water management, disaster risk reduction, agriculture and food security from 2013.
If anywhere was the canary in the mine forewarning us of the disaster predicted in low lying areas of the world if runaway climate change takes hold, it's right here.
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Coordinate and act as the Education Sector focal point for the development of Disaster Risk Reduction and Education and, within the framework and orientation of ESD, promote and support the effective and reciprocal linkage between Disaster Risk Reduction and Education, on the one hand, and key thematic issues, notably climate change, loss of biodiversity, deforestation, etc.
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Assaulted by climate change, massive air pollution, and biologically dead rivers, the cities of the South are becoming environmental disaster areas.
The UN Special Representative on Disaster Risk Reduction, Margareta Wahlstrom, said the disaster showed that more must be done "to ensure early warning systems are effective in an age when climate change is intensifying the impact of typhoons".
In September 2011, MOET adopted its Action Plan to implement the National Strategy for Natural Disaster Prevention, Response and Mitigation 2011-2020, acknowledging and aiming to tackle both the impacts of climate change and disasters on the education sector and the important role education can play in mitigating these risks.
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