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  6. Number of wildfires to rise by 50% by 2100 and governments are not prepared, experts warn

    Even the Arctic, previously all but immune, faces rising wildfire risk, experts say ahead of the UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi Wildfires and climate change are “mutually exacerbating” Governments are called to radically shift their investments in wildfires to focus on prevention and...
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  7. GCCA+ SUPA: Water quality assessments for atoll islands

    Water systems assessment to the remote atoll islands of Polowat, Pulusuk and Pulap in the Northwest Island group of Chuuk State in the Pacific is part of the Global Climate Change Alliance Plus Scaling Up Pacific Adaptation (GCCA+SUPA) Project. ©EU GCCA+ SUPA The main objectives are to confirm...
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  13. GCCA+ in the news: Equipment for Suriname

    The GCCA+ Suriname Adaptation - Phase 2 Project , provided IT equipment and office supplies to the Water Directorate of the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Department Nature Conservation Division of the Ministry of Land and Forest Management. For the Ministry of Natural Resources, the...
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  16. Handbook on Social Protection Systems (2021) Eds Esther Schüring and Markus Löwe

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    Dear Group Members, The objective of this post is to provide all members with a quick access to the Handbook on Social Protection Systems as part of our library and recommended publications. This...
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  21. Deadly wildfires, noise pollution, and disruptive timing of life cycles: UN report identifies looming environmental threats

    Read the report by clicking above Nairobi, 17 February 2022 - Wildfires are burning more severely and more often, urban noise pollution is growing into a global public health menace, and phenological mismatches – disruptions in the timing of life-cycle stages in natural systems – are causing...
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  22. UN and EU Officials Clear 400 kg of Litter from Forest Near Brussels to Raise Awareness on Plastic Pollution

    Plastic bags, plastic bottles and food packaging, large plastic drink containers, a child seat, plastic vehicle parts, car tires, Styrofoam, sneakers… you name it… In the morning of 11 February 2022, 25 staff from the UN and EU offices in Brussels, together with six workers from the Agency for...
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