Database on local coping strategies

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.

Thus, the Scandinavian way is more than a mere accounting trick, but it is also less than a truly recommendable strategy for coping with the challenges of globalization.

Iranians have already been coping with this restrictions.

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.

But they may choose different strategies for coping with these disadvantages.

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

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

The difficulties of coping with multiple address spaces are of secondary concern to speed of execution.

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

Noting that climate variability, rather than climate change, is an ever present regional concern, he said that coping with present day variability would go a long way down the road towards adapting for climate change.

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.

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

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

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

In the current crisis, China, India, and certain other emerging market countries are coping fairly well.

But such social structures are not well adapted for coping with today s complex information based world.

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

After coping well initially, Europe entered choppy waters when confronted with the prospect of Greece defaulting on its public debt.

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.

Virtual Doug talks about the floods in Vietnam and how the Vietnamese people are coping with the floods.

Europeans have a shared appraisal of many of the world s problems, and often put forward common methods and strategies for coping with them.

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.

In situations of unjustified loss of life the elevated concept of the martyr in Palestinian society has become survival and coping mechanism for women.

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.

So there is a structural failure in coping with complex private activities that risk leading to large societal damage.

The growth of small and medium size enterprises will be a key factor in coping with the risks associated with rapid economic expansion.

Coping with this global challenge also offers an enormous opportunity for future prosperity and social justice that we must seize.

But traditional democratic institutions, such as political parties, parliaments, and consultation committees, are not experienced in coping with such challenges.

It is a coping mechanism that does not require delusions of reality, which makes it more plausible than some alternatives (denial, sublimation, projection, etc.).

In the medium term, the two governments should work out a formula for coping with scenarios that now play out regularly.

Interactions with peers who are successfully coping with their experiences or illness are more likely to result in positive behavior change.

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

Russia s burning summer of 2010 underscores something that political scientists everywhere acknowledge. Authoritarian regimes, owing to their lack of accountability, are dreadful at coping with anomalous situations.

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.

Such programmes also provide income generating opportunities and relate to coping strategies in relation with population pressure, water scarcity, poverty and migration.

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.