Biodiversity & Ecosystem services

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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Air pollution and preservation - Bio trade - Bio-diversity monitoring - Bio-diversity policies - Biodiversity conservation accompanying measures - Conservation - Ecosystem services - Ecotourism - Hunting and poaching - Marine pollution control - Natural resource management - Sustainable Land management - Water resources conservation - Wildlife crisis - Wildlife trade & trafficking

New: Quick Tips for integrating the environment and climate change in development cooperation sectors

Patricia Rodriguez Fortun updated the Information | 30 November 2020

How can education contribute to the ecological transition? How can EU cooperation promote green and smart mobility, in line with the ambition of the European Green Deal? How can digital solutions contribute to smarter use of energy and resources? These questions and more are answered in new, short...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Inspiring change: Stories of transformational shifts towards greener development

Patricia Rodriguez Fortun updated the Information | 30 November 2020

Truly inspiring new stories are available to EU staff at headquarters and in delegations which showcase examples of transformative sectors on more sustainable paths. Development cooperation experts, working together with partner countries, can hopefully draw from these examples and seek to recreate...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Geneva Beat Plastic Pollution Dialogues | Plastics and Waste

Alexa Froger updated the event | 25 November 2020

26 Nov

From 26 November 2020
Organised by Geneva Environment Network with the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions Secretariat, the Center for International Environmental Law, the Global Governance Centre at the Graduate Institute, Norway, and Switzerland.

The world is facing a plastic crisis, the status quo is not an option. Plastic pollution is a serious issue of global concern which requires an urgent and international response involving all relevant actors at different levels. Many initiatives, projects and governance responses and options have...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
You Did It!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Marc LINTS posted Information | 17 November 2020

You Did It!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is an unbelievable story. Thousands of British Columbians, and people from around the world, have come together to protect a beautiful place, forever, through the spirit of gratitude. We have a feeling this story is not over and is part of something much bigger. If...

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Group: crowdfunding-financement participatif
Quick tips: Integrating the environment and climate change in and by digitalisation

Patricia Rodriguez Fortun uploaded a new Document | 10 November 2020

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Digital solutions can be powerful enablers to realise the objectives of the Green Deal. Digitalisation can contribute to the transition to a carbon neutral, green and circular economy in virtually all sectors. Digital entrepreneurship and connectivity infrastructure can serve as the backbone of IT-...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Activities that qualify for Rio markers in digitalisation

Patricia Rodriguez Fortun uploaded a new Document | 10 November 2020

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This guidance note shows activities that qualify for Rio Markers in digitalisation projects. Also, check the associated Quick tips: Integrating the environment and climate change in and by digitalisation For further guidance on environment and climate change mainstreaming, please contact: INTPA -...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Activities that qualify for Rio markers in private sector development and trade

Patricia Rodriguez Fortun uploaded a new Document | 10 November 2020

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This guidance note shows activities that qualify for Rio Markers in the private sector and trade sector. Also, check the associated Quick tips: Integrating the environment and climate change in private sector and trade cooperation For further guidance on environment and climate change mainstreaming...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Quick tips: Integrating the environment and climate change in private sector and trade cooperation

Patricia Rodriguez Fortun uploaded a new Document | 10 November 2020

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As spelled out in the Green Deal, the EU’s new growth strategy, the EU aims to achieve a climate-neutral, resource-efficient and competitive economy where economic growth is decoupled from emissions, resource use and environmental degradation. By aiming to maintain the value of products, materials...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Green Development News #15

Patricia Rodriguez Fortun posted Information | 5 November 2020

In our 15th edition, read how the green recovery will mark the way forward out of today's health and economic crisis. New investments will be made to promote the circular economy and clean technologies. President Ursula von der Leyen announced the historic decision to allocate 37 % of Next...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Newsletter

Patricia Rodriguez Fortun updated the WIKI page | 5 November 2020

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

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