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

The LAC region in the face of Climate Change: perspectives on national policy and international cooperation

Florent Martin updated the Document | 8 May 2015

wp1614_cr_tr_lac_chap_0.pdf 2.1 MB

This publication is part of a collection of papers that analyze several of the technical and political issues in the UN climate change negotiations, including those related to climate finance and to the international adaptation framework; and how to support and encourage low-carbon and climate-...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Fuentes de financiamiento para el cambio climático

Florent Martin updated the Document | 8 May 2015

cepal._2014._fuentes_de_financiamiento_para_el_cambio_climatico.pdf 934.48 KB

Fuentes de financiamiento para el cambio climático En el presente trabajo se brinda un análisis comprensivo del funcionamiento de los principales fondos existentes y los instrumentos para el financiamiento del cambio climático, con el acento en el flujo de recursos principalmente de origen público...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
BACKGROUND DOCUMENT Planned relocations, disasters and climate change: Consolidating good practices and preparing for the future

Florent Martin updated the Document | 8 May 2015

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This background paper has been prepared to underpin discussions at the Sanremo consultation on planned relocations, disasters and climate change: Consolidating good practices and preparing for the future, to be held from 12-14 March 2014. This UNHCR-Brookings-Georgetown consultation, supported with...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
REDD Credits in a Global Carbon Market

Florent Martin updated the Document | 8 May 2015

redd_credits_in_a_global_carbon_market.pdf 2.53 MB

How can REDD credits be included in a future global carbon market, and what are the impacts of inclusion? We analyze ten different scenarios through 2020, varying the global emission caps and the REDD rules. An inclusion of REDD credits without any adjustments in the global cap will lower carbon...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action (NAMA) to accelerate geothermal power: Lessons from Kenya

Florent Martin updated the Document | 8 May 2015

kenya_geothermal_nama_cdkn.pdf 1.62 MB

The Government of Kenya has ambitions to significantly expand its power supply from geothermal sources to underpin low-carbon, climateresilient development, as encapsulated in its National Climate Change Action Plan (NCCAP). Although progress has been made, greater private sector involvement is...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Development and implementation of a comprehensive national MRV institutional framework in Mexico

Florent Martin updated the Document | 8 May 2015

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Mexico has shown international leadership in developing legislation, policy and programmes to support its transition to a low carbon economy. A general law on climate change was recently approved and a long term climate change strategy is under implementation, together with a multi-stakeholder...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Annual Report on the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises 2013. Responsible Business Conduct in Action

Florent Martin updated the Document | 8 May 2015

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The Guidelines are far-reaching recommendations addressed by governments to multinational enterprises operating in or from adhering countries. They provide voluntary principles and standards for responsible business conduct in areas such as human rights, employment and industrial relations,...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
The EU and and Flood Recovery : lessons learnt for the next disaster _ event 260613

Florent Martin updated the Document | 8 May 2015

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
REPORT Planned Relocations, Disasters and Climate Change : Consolidating Good Practices and Preparing for the Future

Florent Martin updated the Document | 8 May 2015

planned_relocations-final.pdf 965.57 KB

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement and Georgetown University’s Institute for the Study of International Migration organized an expert consultation on Planned Relocation, Disasters and Climate Change: Consolidating Good Practices and...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Climate Change and Migration: How are they linked?

Florent Martin updated the Document | 8 May 2015

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Both climate change and migration are complex and politically sensitive topics . This briefing, a collaboration between the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the UK Climate Change and Migration Coalition (UKCCMC), will explore what recent research and policy developments tell us...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy

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