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Jul 9, 2024 · The experience of unmanageable debt can place significant stress on individuals and families, damaging relationships, and impacting negatively on physical and mental health and wellbeing. There is evidence supporting a positive relationship between financial status and health outcomes.
- So, What Is The Unavoidable?
- Building Resiliency
- Avoiding The Unmanageable
- Taking Action
According to the NCC’s Climate Projections report, the climate in our region is changing in three main ways; Ottawa is becoming hotter, wetter and wilder. *Hotter:The region will be hotter in all seasons, with an average temperature increase of 3.2 degrees by 2050. *Wetter:The region will experience more precipitation in general and more intense pr...
To manage in this hotter, wetter and wilder climate we need to prepare ourselves and build our resiliency. Climate adaptation can take many forms, but some of the most important aspects of managing these changes in Ottawa are urban trees, stormwater management and emergency preparedness. *Keep the shade and protect the trees: Trees are critical to ...
You already know the answer to this question: the only way to avoid the unmanageable, is by drastically reducing our greenhouse gas emissions. There are a few main places where we can focus our efforts when we are looking at eliminating GHG emissions in our city. In 2018, 90% of Ottawa’s GHG emissionscame from the transportation and building sector...
On all of these counts, there are many ways each of us can take direct action in our daily lives to reduce GHG emissions and build our community’s resiliency to climate change. On the personal level, we can work to reduce our emissions in each of these key sectors as much as possible, whether it’s leaving your car in the driveway more often and opt...
4 days ago · Yet, it also provides clear pathways and solutions, demonstrating that with urgent, decisive action, we still can avoid unmanageable outcomes," emphasizes PIK director Johan Rockström, co-chair of The Earth League. '10 New Insights in Climate Science' span a vast range of climate research.
Oct 3, 2021 · By placing different unintended consequences in the framework, we can highlight those to which we need to apply most effort in researching further, as indicated by the distance from the origin, and those on which we could (and should) act, as indicated by being closest to the origin.
Mar 31, 2020 · Article: Success Always Starts With Failure: Five Techniques for Prospering Amid Uncertainty. Written by Charles Orton-Jones Tuesday 31 March 2020. By looking at data and forecasting, can we accurately predict outcomes? Or do we need to adopt a practice of preparing for multiple outcomes simultaneously? Forecasting is a rough game.
Apr 1, 2016 · Such an understanding can help (a): planning more efficient and effective interventions by capitalising on positive unintended effects; (b) altering the programme strategy of an ongoing or future intervention to avoid negative effects.
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Facing up to uncertainty leads to more informed and better decision making. To help do this, we offer guidance through five further principles: Deconstruct the problem. Don’t be fooled (un/intentional biases) Models can be helpful, but also dangerous. Think about adaptability and resilience.
