Environment & green economy

A healthy environment and equitable access to ecosystem goods and services are crucial for sustainable development, but they are increasingly threatened. To improve lives around the globe for the long term, we must change our relationship with the environment: growth and sustainability can go hand in hand if this imperative is met at all levels. An inclusive green economy offers a possible pathway.

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Funding: New EU Framework Programme on sustainable development

Laura Giappichelli posted Information | 25 April 2013

Dear all, The European Commission is finalising the preparation of Horizon 2020, a new financial instrument for research and innovation that will run from 2014 to 2020 with about €80 billion budget. It replaces the current Framework Programme 7. Horizon 2020 will cover various issues, including:...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Solar Energy has Great Potential in Africa, but Has Yet to Take Off

Coralie Mugerin updated the Article | 25 April 2013

Coordination between policy makers and private partners is key to developing solar energy in Africa, said photovoltaic expert Michael Franz as he presented impressions and conclusions of his extensive work on the development of a solar energy market in Kenya at a recent conference in Brussels.

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[GEWE - sustainable development] - Call for Applications: 2013 SEED Awards seek innovative projects

Laurence Gillois posted Information | 19 April 2013

2013 SEED Awards Applications Now Open (til 12 June) - UN Women joins the EU and international partners in supporting the SEED Award , an initiative that aims to help the most promising start-up entrepreneurs, women-led enterprises and other social and environmental inspiring businesses to...

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Group: Public Group on Gender
New Developments in Environmental Democracy and Opportunities for EU-UN cooperation

James Morris created a new event | 18 April 2013

07 May

From 7 May 2013
in Brussels (Belgium)

Organised by This event is brought to you by UNEP, UNITAR, the European Environmental Bureau and the World Resources Institute, whom work in a partnership to further promote the application of Principle 10.

Eur ope can take justifiable pride in having championed the Aarhus Convention . With its vast experience gained through the Aarhus process, Europe is well-placed to support other parts of the world to make progress in the recognition and protection of environmental democracy – namely, transparency...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
GCCA Partners Take Stock of Climate Change Actions in Developing Countries

Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 16 April 2013

The European Union’s Global Climate Change Alliance, or GCCA, recently held it’s first Global Learning Event to identify achievements and lessons learned so far, and to consolidate thinking towards the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Doha.

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New EC Briefing for Non-Experts on Climate Change: It’s a Mad, Mad World

Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 15 April 2013

When it comes to climate change, it’s a mad, mad world. That’s the message from a new EC-commissioned e-booklet, which uses the abbreviation “MAD” to outline a strategic framework for combating global warning: Mitigation, Adaptation, Development.

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Making Farmers Part of the Climate Change Solution

Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 15 April 2013

To date, the agricultural sector, as a net green house gas producer, has largely been seen as part of the climate change problem. But Dr Alex De Pinto of the International Food Policy Research Institute wants to see farmers become part of the climate change solution. Whether it’s through livestock...

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Ancient Practices with Modern Value

Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 15 April 2013

The roaming farming practices of nomadic pastoralists may appear to have altered little in hundreds of years, but in today’s unpredictable age of climate change these ancient practices may hold the key to flexible farming in hostile environments and donors should do more to support them, say...

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Farming and Agriculture: Looking Out for the Little Guy

Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 15 April 2013

Current perceptions of agriculture are too limited, according to expert Jan Douwe van der Ploeg, who would like to see donors embrace and harness the resilience and adaptability of small scale farmers. Donors should not overlook the advantages of small scale agricultural production, which offers...

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The Humble Potato Combats Hunger in Sub-Saharan Africa

Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 11 April 2013

The Irish Presidency of the European Union is well underway, with an ambitious development programme and a notable focus on hunger, nutrition and resilience. Gay Mitchell MEP, and Ireland’s Minister for Trade and Development, Joe Costello, gathered development stakeholders together last month to...

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