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

Event 2: Green Finance for Sustainable and Clean Energy

Hemy Bae created a new WIKI page | 9 August 2021

The Climate Action Team co-organized a webinar on green finance with the British Embassy, Embassy of Canada, EU Delegation to Republic of Korea and the Energy Transition Forum (ETF) on 27 January 2021. The purpose of the webinar was to share financial strategies for sustainable energy transition in...

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Project: EU-Korea Climate Action Project
Event 1: Business Webinar to Achieve 2050 Climate Neutrality

Hemy Bae created a new WIKI page | 9 August 2021

The EU-Korea Climate Action project together with the Korea Business Council on Sustainability Development (KBCSD), the European Chamber of Commerce in Korea (ECCK), and Yulchon LLC organized the 'EU-Korea Business Webinar to Achieve 2050 Climate Neutrality' on 27 May 2021. Speakers invited from...

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Project: EU-Korea Climate Action Project
GCCA+ Uganda: four solar power irrigation systems for Kalungu

Justine Marchal posted Information | 4 August 2021

In Uganda agriculture is subject to climate change events such as episodes of drought and irregular rains. In the Kalungu district, the four new irrigation systems installed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), through EU GCCA+ founding, are very timely and will...

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Group: GCCA+ Community
Project Activities

Hemy Bae updated the WIKI page | 3 August 2021

Launched in 2018, the EU-Korea Climate Action Project has delivered numerous activities such as policy forums, public workshops, youth training programs, and joint research focused on renewable energy, building energy efficiency, low carbon mobility, and other cross-cutting issues. Selected...

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Project: EU-Korea Climate Action Project
EU GCCA+ Cross-Visit Seals new dimension of climate change collaboration between African citites and municipalities

Justine Marchal posted Information | 3 August 2021

Five officials from Cotonou, Benin, visited Kigali in Rwanda at the end of March, sealing a new dimension of EU GCCA+ support. Lessons learnt in Kigali have already been integrated by the delegates from Cotonou into their daily jobs. The trip linked officials from two regional capital cities, to...

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Group: GCCA+ Community
Catherine PAUL commented on a document | 2 August 2021

The Economic Case for Nature : A Global Earth-Economy Model to Assess Development Policy Pathways

Most interesting, thank you for sharing!

Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
The Economic Case for Nature : A Global Earth-Economy Model to Assess Development Policy Pathways

Patricia Rodriguez Fortun uploaded a new Document | 28 July 2021

a-global-earth-economy-model-to-assess-development-policy-pathways.pdf 6.68 MB

“The Economic Case for Nature”, is part of a series of reports that lays out the economic rationale for investing in nature. Led by the Environment, Natural Resources and Blue Economy (ENB) Global Practice at the World Bank, the series aims to provide analytical insights to inform the process...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
COP26 >> 31 Oct - 12 Nov 2021

Patricia Rodriguez Fortun created a new event | 28 July 2021

31 Oct

From 31 October 2021 to 12 November 2021
in Glasgow (United Kingdom)

The UK will host the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow on 31 October – 12 November 2021. "As countries begin to recover from the Coronavirus pandemic, we must take the historic opportunity to tackle climate change at the same time – to build back better, and...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
EU GCCA+ Factsheet: Smart Agriculture for Climate

Justine Marchal uploaded a new Document | 28 July 2021

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Group: GCCA+ Community
New report shows slowdown in mangrove losses–providing a ‘last best chance’ for global action to protect coastal forests

Tiisetso Mathole posted Information | 27 July 2021

100 contributors lend expertise to first-ever The State of the World’s Mangroves publication On July 26 2021, the Global Mangrove Alliance released their inaugural report, The State of the World’s Mangroves , a compilation of the most current information available on what we know about mangrove...

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Group: Ecosystem-based approaches to DRR and CCA

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