Prevention and mitigation

The economic costs of action to mitigate climate change rise non linearly as action is delayed. If those costs are deferred for 15 years or more, mitigation targets will be impossible to achieve, at any cost.

Climate Change 2001 Mitigation.

Recognizing that the Hyogo Framework for Action complements the Yokohama Strategy for a Safer World Guidelines for Natural Disaster Prevention, Preparedness and Mitigation and its Plan of Action,A CONF.172 9, chap. I, resolution 1, annex I.

Radiation mitigation and standard setting

in the workshop on mitigation assessments

Redefinition of risk mitigation as an incentive for action to mean offsetting risks for those who are poorest rather than offsetting risks for companies desiring to profit from entry into a particular market.

Global hands on training workshop on mitigation assessments

Since the effects of climate change have been observed in many areas around the world, thinking about mitigation makes sense everywhere. But we found that mitigation

The Committee noted that the United States had endorsed the IADC space debris mitigation guidelines and that its domestic agencies were implementing debris mitigation practices consistent with them.

Agriculture was cited as a typical sector having considerable potential not only for integration of mitigation and adaptation but also for integration of mitigation into economic and rural development.

The Subcommittee noted that the United States had endorsed the IADC space debris mitigation guidelines and that its domestic agencies were implementing debris mitigation practices consistent with the IADC guidelines.

The Subcommittee had also made significant progress on space debris mitigation, having agreed on a two year workplan to develop a document based on the IADC space debris mitigation guidelines.

The discussion covered various issues, such as Convention synergies, drought management, governance, rural land use practices, and the integration of drought mitigation into investment planning and science and technology for drought mitigation.

Space technology offered tremendous potential for assisting in disaster response and mitigation.

Support by farmers' organizations of individual farmers in adaptation and mitigation initiatives

18. Endorses the proposal of the Secretary General to review the implementation of the Yokohama Strategy for a Safer World Guidelines for Natural Disaster Prevention, Preparedness and Mitigation and its Plan of Action,A CONF.172 9, resolution 1, annex I. within the context of the framework for action for the implementation of the Strategy

Meteorological observation from satellites mitigation was contributing to improved weather forecasting and the prevention and mitigation of natural disasters such as hurricanes, as well as efforts to address the devastating effects of climate change.

22 8 Further improvement of environmental emergency prevention, preparedness, assessment, response and mitigation

These crises have also highlighted the undeniable need to prioritize disaster management and mitigation.

The women's leadership programme on conflict mitigation and peace building has started in Indonesia.

Increased funding opportunities are needed for climate change adaptation as well as mitigation measures.

Recalling that the Inter Agency Task Force for Disaster Reduction has been serving as the main forum within the United Nations system for devising strategies and policies for disaster reduction and ensuring complementarity of action by agencies involved in disaster reduction, mitigation and preparedness,

That handbook would be useful in designing passivation, re orbiting and other debris mitigation activities.

Throughout the sessions, participants had the opportunity to discuss technical concerns relating to mitigation assessments.

Costs associated with climate change mitigation and adaptation already represent an added burden for farmers.

However, in the long run, the gains accruing from climate change mitigation will pay off.

The view was expressed that the IADC space debris mitigation guidelines could be endorsed by the Subcommittee as the technical background to the document on space debris mitigation being developed in the framework of the Working Group on Space Debris.

Possible areas of work on technologies for adaptation should be further discussed Mitigation and adaptation further understanding of the cross cutting nature of mitigation and adaptation technologies and to what extent they can be considered as complementary activities is recommended.

Continue with the intersessional work as required to expedite agreement on a space debris mitigation document.

Don Quijote is a mitigation precursor mission currently under study by the European Space Agency (ESA).

(i) Paragraph (a) should read Increased capacity of developing countries for preparedness in disaster prevention and mitigation.

UNICEF increased its involvement in water quality improvement in 2004 and gains were made in arsenic mitigation.

(a) Support the decision of ASEAN to establish regional mechanisms on disaster prevention and mitigation, inter alia

A few Parties used the Comprehensive Mitigation Assessment Process (COMAP) model and others used cost benefit analysis.

(c) Russian Federation activities in the field of space debris mitigation , by the representative of the Russian Federation

Overview of activities of the European Space Agency in the field of near Earth object research hazard mitigation

Risk mitigation activities and reducing the hazardous conditions under which a threat can materialize are the next step.

Their actions typically fall into the risk mitigation or loss severity reduction phases of the risk management process.

This document is submitted after the due date to include the report of the workshop on mitigation assessments.

Thirdly, there is continuing need to develop and strengthen national and regional capacity in disaster management and mitigation.

Research on mitigation included research on new energy sources and renewable energy, energy efficiency, and GHG abatement technologies.

Extreme events, such as droughts, floods and hurricanes, will be less extreme and less frequent with successful mitigation.

Some delegations expressed the view that the outer space environment should be preserved to enable developing countries to explore outer space for peaceful purposes in the future, without any constraints, and that those States having the capability to take action on space debris mitigation should take the lead in that area.

Some delegations were of the view that IADC should continue to work separately on the development of technical measures on space debris mitigation and should continue to keep the Subcommittee informed of future revisions of the IADC guidelines, as well as evolving technologies and debris mitigation practices.