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

#ClimateFinance for cities: how can climate funds best support low-carbon and climate resilient urban development? http://ow.ly/O2zaw

Enrique Rebolledo uploaded a new Document | 8 June 2015

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#ClimateFinance for cities: how can climate funds best support low-carbon and climate resilient urban development? http://ow.ly/O2zaw Climate finance for cities: how can climate funds best support low-carbon and climate resilient urban development? The way in which cities develop over the coming...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Intra ACP GCCA Mid-term Evaluation 2010-2014

Michel Jambou uploaded a new Document | 8 June 2015

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The Intra ACP GCCA Programme has undergone a thorough independent Mid-term Evaluation covering the implementation period 2010-2014. The final report is now available. It is used to refine and strengthen the Intra ACP GCCA actions over the coming years. A summary of the evaluation and a french...

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Group: GCCA+ Community
European Development Days 2015 - Feedback

Florent Martin posted Information | 8 June 2015

As you probably know, the European Development Days took place in Brussels the 3-4 June 2015. For those who could not attend it, the website offer presentations of the different lectures and workshops. Here is a selection of some of them dealing with the concerns of this group: Climate change:...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Revised guide helps LDCs and SIDS navigate ‘Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs)’

Diane KELECOM updated the Information | 8 June 2015

CDKN and Ricardo-AEA have revised their popular Guide to INDCs , which provides practical guidance to countries on how to prepare their Intended Nationally Determined Contributions or 'INDCs' for the UNFCCC. This new edition of May 2015 has been revised following discussions with stakeholders and...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
World Environment Day 2015: “Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care."

Diane KELECOM updated the Information | 8 June 2015

World Environment Day gives us an opportunity to reflect on the complex linkages that relate human beings to their environment. One in seven people on this planet is a migrant and the fact that they are on the move impacts the lives of billions more people. Throughout history, human beings have...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Predictions of a drier 2015 period in the Caribbean

Yentyl Williams posted Information | 8 June 2015

The Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) said at its June 1-2 Regional Climate Outlook forum for the 2015 wet/hurricane season that Caribbean countries should prepare for a drier than normal hurricane season and that the effects of the lower rainfalls will be felt in the dry...

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Group: Building resilience of small island economies
Fiji PM thanks UN FAO for contribution to tackling hunger

Yentyl Williams posted Information | 8 June 2015

Fijian Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama, has applauded the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation in Rome for assisting with $8.3 million, which benefitted Fiji significantly over the last 20 years. The Prime Minister met United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation Director General...

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Group: Building resilience of small island economies
Fiji PM receives UN award for fight against hunger

Yentyl Williams posted Information | 8 June 2015

Fijian Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama received a United Nations award for the Pacific island country's fight against hunger. Given by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the UN, the award recognizes that Fiji has reduced the prevalence of undernourishment from 6.6 percent in 1990-1992...

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Group: Building resilience of small island economies
World Environment Day 2015

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information | 5 June 2015

World Environment Day is celebrated each year on 5 June. World Environment Day (WED) is the United Nations’ principal vehicle for encouraging worldwide awareness and action for the environment. Over the years it has grown to be a broad, global platform for public outreach that is widely celebrated...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
World Can Avert Financial and Environmental Costs of Resource Depletion and Save Millions in Efficiency Gains – New UN Report Shows How

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information | 5 June 2015

Cities and Municipalities Lead the Way in Innovation and Adaptability Milan, 4 June 2015 – As the financial and environmental costs of resource depletion begin to affect economic growth worldwide, countries need to find ways to manage finite resources while meeting the needs of a growing and...

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