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

5. Impact & Sustainability Study : The Gambia

Justine Marchal uploaded a new Document | 6 months ago

the_gambia_is_report_-_formatting_25.06.pdf 1.87 MB

This Impact and Sustainability Assessment of GCCA support project to The Gambia in the mainstreaming of climate change (2010/022-527) is one of the 21 case studies that were conducted to feed into the overall EU GCCA/EU GCCA+ Impact and Sustainability Study. This case study report provides a...

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Group: GCCA+ Community
4. Impact & Sustainability Study : Ethiopia

Justine Marchal uploaded a new Document | 6 months ago

ethiopia_report_formatted_26.01.pdf 3.13 MB

This Impact and Sustainability Assessment of the project “Building the National Capacity and Knowledge on Climate Change Resilient Actions in Ethiopia” (2010/022-456) is one of the 21 case studies that were conducted to feed into the overall EU GCCA/EU GCCA+ Impact and Sustainability Study. This...

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Group: GCCA+ Community
3. Impact & Sustainability Study : Democratic Republic of Congo

Justine Marchal uploaded a new Document | 6 months ago

drc_report_10.05.pdf 2.86 MB

This Impact and Sustainability Assessment of Forest and Climate Change in Democratic Republic of Congo (FCCC) (2011/023-162) is one of the 21 case studies that were conducted to feed into the overall EU GCCA/EU GCCA+ Impact and Sustainability Study. This case study report provides a summary list of...

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Group: GCCA+ Community
2. Impact & Sustainability Study : Cambodia

Justine Marchal uploaded a new Document | 6 months ago

cambodia_report-04112020.pdf 1.94 MB

This Impact and Sustainability Assessment of the Cambodia Climate Change Alliance (2009/021-475) Project is one of the 21 case studies that were conducted to feed into the overall GCCA/GCCA+ Impact and Sustainability Study. This case study report provides a summary list of outputs delivered, a...

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Group: GCCA+ Community
1. Impact & Sustainability Study : Belize

Justine Marchal uploaded a new Document | 6 months ago

belize_report_18.05.pdf 1.32 MB

This Impact and Sustainability Assessment of Enhancing Belize’s resilience to adapt to the effects of climate change (2010/022-636) is one of the 21 case studies that were conducted to feed into the overall EU GCCA/EU GCCA+ Impact and Sustainability Study. This case study report provides a summary...

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Group: GCCA+ Community
LoCAL Annual Board Meeting

Sarah Simpson created a new meeting | 6 months ago

10 May

From 10 May 2022
Organised by LoCAL

The annual meeting of the LoCAL Board, taking place this year in Brussels and online

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Project: LocaL Climate Adaptive Living Facility, LoCAL
Sarah Simpson commented on information | 6 months ago

Burkina Faso to roll-out LoCAL for locally led adaptation action

Find out more about the Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility on capacity4dev here: https://europa.eu/capacity4dev/local

Group: GCCA+ Community
Palau addresses environmental health issues one household at a time

Zhiyad Khan updated the Information | 3 February 2022

Environmental health encompasses everything about our lives as human beings, from the air we breath to the water we drink, and from the food we eat to the cleanliness of our surroundings. It is not just the domain of government agencies rather it is the responsibility of every individual person and...

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Group: GCCA+ Community
LoCAL Board Decision 2021

Sarah Simpson uploaded a new Document | 2 February 2022

8th_local_board_decision_2021_en-_final.pdf 179.39 KB

These are the decisions of the 8th Board meeting of the LoCAL Facility that brought together the various LDC SIDS and African countries to exchange their experiences and push the LoCAL agenda in its global expansion as an internationally recognised instrument for locally led adaptation. Among other...

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Project: LocaL Climate Adaptive Living Facility, LoCAL
LoCAL Board Decision 2020

Sarah Simpson uploaded a new Document | 2 February 2022

18.06.202-local-board-decision-2020-en-final.pdf 2.57 MB

This is a report on the decisions of the LoCAL Board Meeting held on the 28th of May 2020, in English.

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Project: LocaL Climate Adaptive Living Facility, LoCAL

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