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 Climate Situation Room: a Friends of Europe event on the use of space date for climate action

Alexa Froger posted Information | 28 May 2021

The Climate situation room event on 26 May 2021 organised by Friends of Europe, aimed at exploring the role digital and data governance plays for environmental policies. The event featured a panel of experts, including from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), who highlighted different ways in...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
REPORT: State of play: Climate-smart (sub)tropical food crops in the EU outermost regions

Francois Stepman posted news | 28 May 2021

EIP-AGRI (2021) EIP-AGRI Focus Group Climate-smart (sub)tropical food crops in the EU 48 pp . The Focus Group was launched by the European Commission, DG AGRI in 2020 as part of the activities carried out under the European Innovation Partnership for Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability (...

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Programme: DeSIRA
WEBINAR + REPORT: Building evidence for transforming agricultural innovation systems under climate change

Francois Stepman posted Information | 26 May 2021

26 May 2021 . The first in a series of webinars to set a path for transformation in agricultural innovation systems, in the lead up to COP26. This webinar provided an insight into the global baseline for investment , categorized by types of funder, implementer, and topic, and estimate how much of...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
World met target for protected area coverage on land, but quality must improve

Alexa Froger posted Information | 20 May 2021

UNEP/IUCN Protected Planet Report: great progress since 2010 with over 22 million km 2 of land and 28 million km 2 of ocean protected or conserved and 42% of current coverage added in the last decade; but a third of key biodiversity areas lack any coverage, and less than 8% of land is both...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Youth event to launch the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration

Alexa Froger posted Information | 20 May 2021

On 17 May UNEP Brussels Office, FAO Liaison Office Brussels and Youth & Environment Europe jointly organized the virtual webinar “#GenerationRestoration : YOUth reconnecting with Nature” to mark the launch of the  UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration  for youth in Europe. The objective of this...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
New: Quick Tips guide on green cities

Patricia Rodriguez Fortun posted Information | 19 May 2021

A new guidance note is now available to assist partner countries and EU staff at headquarters and in delegations with planning programmes that make the world's cities greener. Check out this fascicle. Cities are drivers of economic prosperity and hubs for human development, innovation and...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Activities that Qualify for Rio Markers in Green Urban Development

Patricia Rodriguez Fortun uploaded a new Document | 19 May 2021

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This guidance note shows activities that qualify for Rio Markers in the green urban development sector. Also, check the associated Quick Tips for Green Cities: Integrating Environment and Climate Change Ambitions in Urban Development For further guidance on environment and climate change...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Quick Tips for Green Cities: Integrating Environment and Climate Change Ambitions in Urban Development

Patricia Rodriguez Fortun uploaded a new Document | 19 May 2021

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This new ‘ Quick Tips for Green Cities: Integrating environment and climate ambitions in urban development’ , prepared by the European Commission Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA), provides practical tips for applying an environmental and climate lens to integrated and...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
European Green Deal: Developing a sustainable blue economy in the European Union and strategic guidelines for EU aquaculture

Patricia Rodriguez Fortun posted Information | 18 May 2021

European Commission Press release | 17 May 2021 The European Commission is proposing a new approach for a sustainable blue economy in the EU for the industries and sectors related to oceans, seas and coasts. Sustainable blue economy is essential to achieving the objectives of the European Green...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
GCCA+ SUPA: Communities highlight flooding and inundation as major issues for Tongatapu

Justine Marchal posted Information | 18 May 2021

Tonga lies between 15° and 23°S and 173° and 177°W making it susceptible to tropical cyclones. Tongatapu, the island which hosts the capital, Nuku’alofa, is a relatively flat island and much of the north coast, including the urban area of Nuku’alofa, the capital city, is only 1-2 meters above sea...

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