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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2015 Oxford Adaptation Academy for Leaders and Practitioners

Alexa Froger created a new event | 8 January 2015

09 Aug

From 9 August 2015 to 28 August 2015
in (United Kingdom)

Organised by The Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment at Oxford University and the Global Climate Adaptation Partnership (GCAP)

The Academy brings climate practitioners together to discuss the links between climate science, vulnerability and decision making. Now in its 6th year, previous participants include representatives from the UNFCCC, Asian/African/Inter-American Development Banks, NGOs and national governments.

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
UNEP Executive Director Invites EU Environment Ministers to Engage Further towards Successful Outcome of Sustainable Development Goals Negotiations

Alexa Froger updated the Information | 8 January 2015

UNEP Head Achim Steiner addresses the EU Environment Council. Image Copyright, Council of the EU Brussels, 17 December 2014 - UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Environment Programme Executive Director Achim Steiner today addressed the EU Environment Council on the post-2015 process and the...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Guiding principles for delivering coastal wetland carbon projects

Alexa Froger updated the Document | 8 January 2015

guiding_principles_for_delivering_coastal_wetland_projects_1.pdf 1.13 MB

This guidance document distils best practice principles for coastal wetland carbon projects, drawing on a long history of project development and implementation in fields of wetlands restoration, terrestrial carbon projects, carbon policy and community engagement. The primary focus is on experience...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
SEED Annual Report 2014

Alexa Froger updated the Document | 8 January 2015

seedannualreport2014screen.pdf 7.26 MB

SEED is a global partnership for action on sustainable development and the green economy. Founded by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) at the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Demistifying Private Climate Finance

Alexa Froger updated the Document | 8 January 2015

demystifyingprivateclimatefinance.pdf 1.67 MB

What is private finance? Where and how does it connect with climate change mitigation and adaptation? And how can it be mobilised by public actors? This report aims, firstly, to increase policy-makers’ and climate negotiators’ understanding of the essentials of private finance. It also suggests and...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Monitoring Mangrove Restoration from Space

Alexa Froger uploaded a new Document | 8 January 2015

monitoring_the_restoration_of_mangroves.pdf 10.32 MB

Mangrove establishment and rehabilitation projects have had varying levels of success at different locations around the world. Given the money that has been invested in restoring mangrove coverage, it is useful to map, monitor and compare results and experiences in different parts of the globe to...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Guiding principles for delivering coastal wetland carbon projects

Alexa Froger uploaded a new Document | 8 January 2015

guiding_principles_for_delivering_coastal_wetland_projects_1.pdf 1.13 MB

This guidance document distils best practice principles for coastal wetland carbon projects, drawing on a long history of project development and implementation in fields of wetlands restoration, terrestrial carbon projects, carbon policy and community engagement. The primary focus is on experience...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
SEED Annual Report 2014

Alexa Froger uploaded a new Document | 8 January 2015

seedannualreport2014screen.pdf 7.26 MB

SEED is a global partnership for action on sustainable development and the green economy. Founded by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) at the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Demistifying Private Climate Finance

Alexa Froger uploaded a new Document | 7 January 2015

demystifyingprivateclimatefinance.pdf 1.67 MB

What is private finance? Where and how does it connect with climate change mitigation and adaptation? And how can it be mobilised by public actors? This report aims, firstly, to increase policy-makers’ and climate negotiators’ understanding of the essentials of private finance. It also suggests and...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Assessment for Decision-Makers - Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 2014 - 2014

Alexa Froger uploaded a new Document | 7 January 2015

adm_2014ozoneassessment_final.pdf 7.92 MB

The Scientific Assessment Panel (SAP) assesses the status of the depletion of the ozone layer and relevant atmospheric science issues. Pursuant to Article 6 of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, a report is prepared every three or four years by the SAP which consists...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development

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