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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Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of the Implementation of the National Sugar Adaptation Strategy for Trinidad & Tobago (2009)

Patricia Rodriguez Fortun updated the Document | 24 July 2017

sea_trinidad_tobago_sugar_reform_2009.pdf 2.66 MB

The Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of the National Sugar Adaptation Strategy (NAS) for Trinidad and Tobago examines the net environmental, social and economic negative impacts and positive effects of the planned activities in the development of the sugar properties (76,000 acres formerly...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Strategic Environmental Assessment of the Energy Sector Policy in Rwanda (2015)

Patricia Rodriguez Fortun updated the Document | 24 July 2017

sea_rwanda_energy_2015.pdf 2.9 MB

The Government of Rwanda (GoR) and key stakeholders are preparing the National Energy Policy and Strategic Plan with financial support from several development partners. The EU delegation in Kigali has commissioned a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of the Energy Sector Policy. This SEA...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of the National Adaptation Strategy to the EU Sugar Reform, Swaziland (2010)

Patricia Rodriguez Fortun updated the Document | 24 July 2017

sea_swaziland_sugar_reform_2010.pdf 4.22 MB

Swaziland has benefited from the European Union (EU)/Africa Caribbean Pacific (ACP) Sugar Protocol, allowing it to export a quota of sugar to the EU market at a preferential price. In 2006, the EU common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector was reformed. This reform involved a reduction...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Strategic Environmental Assessment of the Agriculture sector in Rwanda (2012)

Patricia Rodriguez Fortun updated the Document | 24 July 2017

sea_rwanda_agriculture_2012.pdf 3.2 MB

This is the first Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of the Agriculture Sector in Rwanda and the product of a mission of 9.5 weeks up to 22/12/2011 by a team of three experts from SAFEGE, Belgium under a contract funded by the European Union (EU) and technically guided by the Ministry of...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Evaluation Environnementale Stratégique du Projet d’Appui au Programme Sectoriel des Transports au Mali (2008)

Patricia Rodriguez Fortun updated the Document | 24 July 2017

sea_mali_transport_2008.pdf 1.75 MB

La présente Etude Environnementale Stratégique (EES) vient contribuer à l’élaboration du Programme d’Appui au Programme Sectoriel (PAPS) des transports financé par l’UE, sur le plan de l’évaluation de ses impacts environnementaux et sociaux.

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of the implementation of the Accompanying Measures for Sugar Protocol Countries affected by the reform of the EU Sugar Regime in the Cooperative Republic of Guyana (2013)

Patricia Rodriguez Fortun updated the Document | 24 July 2017

sea_guyana_sugar_reform_2013.pdf 2.82 MB

Guyana is a country that has benefited from the provisions of the European Union (EU)/ACP Sugar Protocol, allowing it to export a quota of sugar to the EU market at a guaranteed price. In 2006, the EU Common Organisation of the markets in the sugar sector was reformed. The reform included a...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
SEA of the Transport Integration Plan of Ghana (2010)

Patricia Rodriguez Fortun updated the Document | 24 July 2017

sea_ghana_transport_2010.pdf 2.37 MB

The purpose of the Transport Sector Planning and Integration Programme (TSPIP) was to help achieve equitable economic growth and accelerated poverty reduction by providing a sound planning framework for the transport sector. The programme had five components, including preparation of an Integrated...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Evaluation Environnementale Stratégique (EES) de l’exploration/exploitation pétrolière dans le nord du Rift Albertin - République démocratique du Congo (2012)

Patricia Rodriguez Fortun updated the Document | 24 July 2017

sea_drc_oilgas_2011.pdf 4.35 MB

Evaluation Environnementale Stratégique (EES) de l’exploration/exploitation pétrolière dans le nord du Rift Albertin (Provinces du Nord-Kivu et de l’Orientale) Phase 1: Etude de cadrage, Septembre 2012 - République démocratique du Congo. Bien que la législation congolaise ne permette pas l’...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Evaluation Environnementale et Sociale Stratégique Burkina Faso (2012)

Patricia Rodriguez Fortun updated the Document | 24 July 2017

sea_burkina_faso_food_and_nutrition_security_2012.pdf 4.1 MB

La présente Evaluation Environnementale et Sociale Stratégique (EESS) traite du Programme de Sécurité Alimentaire et Nutritionnelle au Burkina Faso (PSAN) et, par extension, du Programme National de Secteur Rural (PNSR).

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
FLOATING SUSTAINABILITY: THE CASE OF AQUATIC PHOTOVOLTAIC PLANTS

Mélanie Romat updated the Information | 21 July 2017

This innovative technology offers interesting advantages in term of space and optimization of aquatic resources. Author: Luis Sánchez Torrente The search of energy solutions with no social and environmental impact is still one of the main challenges of the sustainable agenda. The field of renewable...

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