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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Adaptation - Climate Change - Clean energy technology - Climate finance - Climate smart agriculture - Desertification/land degradation - Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) - Drought - Flood prevention/control - Mitigation

Climate Change Likely to Displace Millions

Jo De Backer posted Information | 12 February 2015

GENEVA- Environmental advocates warn of a looming migration crisis as a result of climate change. They are urging negotiators drafting a climate change agreement to include provisions aimed at preventing mass migration by helping vulnerable communities adapt to the new climate reality. “Polar bears...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Sustainable Energy for All and the Post-2015 Development Agenda

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) updated the event | 10 February 2015

17 Feb

From 17 February 2015
in Brussels (Belgium)

Organised by EGMONT, UNRIC & APNU

Dr. Kandeh Yumkella, Under Secretary-General of the United Nations and Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All, CEO - Sustainable Energy for All Former Director-General of the UN Industrial Development Organisation Former Minister of Trade and Industry -...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Allesandro Grassani's "The Last Illusion" exhibit

Jo De Backer posted Information | 10 February 2015

The 105 th session of IOM Council gave specific visibility and preeminence to the topic of migration, environment and climate change, in particular the High Level Panel on Human Mobility, Environment and Climate. Watch the video on IOM Youtube channel .

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Pre-Investment in Infrastructure in Latin America and the Caribbean: case studies from Chile, Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay

Diane KELECOM updated the Document | 10 February 2015

pre-investment-infrastructure.pdf 4.95 MB

During a public consultation process, conducted by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) several participating stakeholders from the public and private sectors indicated a particular need to improve the pre-investment phase of the infrastructure project cycle in LAC. This report studies why the...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Pre-Investment in Infrastructure in Latin America and the Caribbean: case studies from Chile, Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay

Enrique Rebolledo uploaded a new Document | 9 February 2015

pre-investment-infrastructure.pdf 4.95 MB

During a public consultation process, conducted by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) several participating stakeholders from the public and private sectors indicated a particular need to improve the pre-investment phase of the infrastructure project cycle in LAC. This report studies why the...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Guarantees for Green Markets: Potential and Challenges

Enrique Rebolledo uploaded a new Document | 9 February 2015

cmf_mon_guarantees_for_green_markets.pdf 806.55 KB

This publication outlines the challenges of investing in low-carbon and climate-resilient technologies and activities in Latin America and the Caribbea n. It explores how guarantees can respond to those challenges and highlights the crucial role national development banks can play in structuring...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Better use of long-term climate information could reduce risks for African investments

CDKN (Climate and Development Knowledge Network) uploaded a new Document | 9 February 2015

cdkn_fcfa_synthesis.pdf 1.75 MB

African governments and businesses are putting their investments at risk from the long-term impacts of climate change because they are failing to take climate information into account, says a new report from the Overseas Development Institute and SouthSouthNorth for the Future Climate For Africa (...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Understanding Risk: Producing Actionable Information

Enrique Rebolledo uploaded a new Document | 9 February 2015

ur_proceedings_2014_-compressed.pdf 15.03 MB

How can we communicate risk information in a way that leads decision makers to take concrete actions to reduce risk from adverse natural events? In June 2014, almost a thousand risk assessment experts and practitioners from around the world gathered in London to answer this question at the third...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Sustainable Energy for All and the Post-2015 Development Agenda

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) created a new event | 5 February 2015

17 Feb

From 17 February 2015
in Brussels (Belgium)

Organised by EGMONT, UNRIC & APNU

Dr. Kandeh Yumkella, Under Secretary-General of the United Nations and Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All, CEO - Sustainable Energy for All Former Director-General of the UN Industrial Development Organisation Former Minister of Trade and Industry -...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
The Economics of Climate Change Mitigation Options in the Forest Sector

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) created a new event | 5 February 2015

06 Feb

From 6 February 2015 to 27 February 2015
Organised by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Join the 'The Economics of Climate Change Mitigation Options in the Forest Sector' International online conference here . This online conference will explore how a wide range of different interventions in the forest sector might help to mitigate climate change, based on existing country experiences...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development

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