Climate change, disaster risk reduction & desertification

Environment and ecosystem management are key to ensuring urban and rural development and progress towards the achievement of the MDGs. Poor communities directly depend on natural resources for their livelihood and are the most vulnerable to a degraded environment, natural disasters and are the first to suffer from polluted air, water and soil. Sound natural resource use is at the core of effective strategies to strengthen resilience to climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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Grenada: a small island with big climate goals

Yentyl Williams posted Information | 18 May 2015

The island state of Grenada has an ambitious climate policy goal: generating 20% of its electricity using renewable energy by 2020. However, up to now this eastern Caribbean country has relied on fossil fuels to generate 99% of its electricity. The island state must restructure its energy sector in...

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Group: Building resilience of small island economies
Improving nutrition through accountability, ownership and partnerships - upcoming Brussels Briefing 20/05/2015

Diane KELECOM updated the Information | 18 May 2015

The next Brussels Development Briefing n.41 on the subject of “Improving nutrition through accountability, ownership and partnerships” will be held in Brussels on 20th May 2015 at 09.00-13.00 (followed by lunch from 13.00) at the ACP Secretariat (451 Avenue Georges Henri, 1200 Bruxelles, Room C)...

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Group: Building resilience of small island economies
Fisheries development and food security for Kiribati in an era of global climate change

Yentyl Williams posted Information | 15 May 2015

The Republic of Kiribati is a vast South Pacific island group with one of the largest exclusive economic zones (EEZs) in the world. Kiribati waters support a wealth of marine fisheries activities. These activities occur in oceanic, coastal and inshore environments and range from large, foreign,...

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Group: Building resilience of small island economies
Pacific initiatives on climate and disaster resilience showcased in compendium

Yentyl Williams posted Information | 15 May 2015

To provide valuable lessons for the future, initiatives from across the Pacific region that address climate change and disaster risks are showcased in a new compendium. The Compendium of Case Studies on Climate and Disaster Resilient Development in the Pacific showcases 40 case studies from Pacific...

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Group: Building resilience of small island economies
Caribbean Looks to Paris Climate Summit for Its Very Survival

Yentyl Williams posted Information | 13 May 2015

Caribbean leaders advanced their policy position on climate change ahead of the 21st Conference of Parties, ( COP 21). , scheduled for Paris during November and December of this year. Caribbean Community (CARICOM) – made up of 14 independent countries – leaders were represented by the group’s...

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Group: Building resilience of small island economies
Global Opportunity Report 2015

Diane KELECOM updated the Information | 12 May 2015

The Global Opportunity Report 2015 aims to show how five major global risks to building a sustainable and prosperous society (the lack of fresh water, unsustainable urbanization, continued lock-in to fossil fuels, the rise in non-communicable diseases, and extreme weather) can be turned into 15...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
National Conference on Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production in Belarus

Tatiana Chernyavskaya created a new event | 12 May 2015

25 May

From 25 May 2015
in Minsk (Belarus)

Organised by UNIDIO

Conference will present and discuss first results and experiences of the Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production demonstration project implemented by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) under the EaP GREEN programme supporting the greening of economies in the eastern...

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Group: Environment in the EU's Eastern neighbours
Arabica coffee yields decline in Tanzania due to climate change

Samuel Poos posted Information | 12 May 2015

A new study, conducted by researchers at the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa, claims that arabica coffee yields decline in Tanzania due to climate change. According to the study, published in the journal Agricultural and Forests Meteorology, for each 1-degree Celsius rise in nighttime...

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Group: Fair Trade
High level panel on Climate Change, Environment and Migration - report available

Jo De Backer posted Information | 12 May 2015

2015 is the “year of climate” with the major UNFCCC climate negotiations to take place in November/December 2015 in Paris, with significant implications for IOM’s work on human mobility in relation to climate and environmental change. In recognition of the increasing significance of the migration,...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
High level panel on Climate Change, Environment and Migration - Thematic Global Report

Jo De Backer uploaded a new Document | 12 May 2015

iom_council_2014_-_mecc_thematic_global_report_final_0.pdf 1.45 MB

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