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

GCCA+ SUPA: Enhancing a Climate Resilient Marine Sector in the Cook Islands

Justine Marchal posted Information | 18 May 2021

©GCCA+ SUPA In the island of Aitutaki, Cook Islands, efforts are underway to reverse the major declines in important marine resources caused by a combination of climate-driven and human-derived stressors. Livelihoods in the outer islands are closely tied to the natural environment and fisheries...

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Group: GCCA+ Community
GCCA+ SUPA: Scaling up of coastal protection in Tongatapu

Justine Marchal posted Information | 18 May 2021

Women lead coastal planting and clean-up activities in Hihifo, Tongatapu Tongatapu 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 level and is subject to periodic flooding during heavy rain. The risk of...

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Group: GCCA+ Community
Water, Wetlands and Fires: Innovative solutions for Green Recovery in South America

Lea Appulo created a new event | 17 May 2021

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From 3 June 2021
Organised by Wetlands International

To celebrate the World Environment Day, dedicated this year to ecosystem restoration and the official launch of the UN decade for ecosystem restoration (2021-2030), Wetlands International is pleased to invite you to an online event: ‘Water, Wetlands and Fires: Innovative solutions for Green...

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Group: Ecosystem-based approaches to DRR and CCA
WEBINAR: Launch Accelerating the Impact of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA)

Francois Stepman posted news | 17 May 2021

17 May 2021. Accelerating the Impact of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA) is a new initiative that will enhance access to climate information services and validated climate-smart agriculture technologies in Africa. With the support of AICCRA projects, farmers and livestock keepers will be...

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Programme: DeSIRA
Newsletter

Patricia Rodriguez Fortun updated the WIKI page | 13 May 2021

The Green Development News is a quarterly publication produced and promoted by members of our capacity4dev group with the aim to raise awareness and enhance cooperation on environmental themes (environmental mainstreaming, biodiversity, green economy, forestry, climate change). If you are...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
WEBINAR: The Sahel Renaissance: Enabling a Just Rural Transformation

Francois Stepman posted Information | 12 May 2021

12 May 2021. WEBINAR: The Sahel Renaissance: Enabling a Just Rural Transformation . As Africa and Europe seek to re-set their partnership, the Africa Europe Foundation is engaging with our partners across both continents to understand the long-term vision and the converging and diverging priorities...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
VIRTUAL EVENT: Global Food Security Symposium Changing the Game for Food Systems Innovation

Francois Stepman posted Information | 11 May 2021

10 May 2021. This year is marked by a once-in-a-generation event, the UN Food Systems Summit. In the lead-up to this historic event, speakers will discuss high-impact innovations that are radically transforming food systems for the better. Our world is changing—can we change with it? The pandemic...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
EU and FAO call for the transformation of agri-food systems

Francois Stepman posted Information | 6 May 2021

6 May 2021 , Brussels/Rome - The European Union (EU) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have agreed to increase joint efforts to transform agri-food systems, in order to make them more inclusive, efficient, resilient and sustainable. The FAO Director-General QU...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
VIRTUAL EVENT: High-level dialogue: Feeding Africa: leadership to scale up successful innovations

Francois Stepman updated the Information | 30 April 2021

29-30 April 2021. High-level dialogue: Feeding Africa: leadership to scale up successful innovations. by The African Development Bank and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), in partnership with the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) and the CGIAR System...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
Global Report on food crises

Francois Stepman posted Information | 30 April 2021

On 5 May 2021 , the Global Network against Food Crises will hold a high-level virtual event to release the latest figures on how many people are facing acute hunger and malnutrition in crisis prone countries, in a new edition of its annual report, the Global Report on Food Crises. The event will...

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