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

Webinar: Green and sustainable cities

Patricia Rodriguez Fortun updated the learning event | 12 November 2021

23 Nov

From 23 November 2021
in (Belgium)

Organised by INTPA

A green and sustainable city incorporates eco-friendly practices, green spaces and supporting technology into the urban environment to reduce air pollution and CO 2 emissions, enhance air quality, and protect natural resources. The 2-hour session will focus on the fundamental roles of cities to...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Webinar: Integrated Landscape management can make a difference to a green and just transition

Patricia Rodriguez Fortun updated the learning event | 12 November 2021

16 Nov

From 16 November 2021
in (Belgium)

Organised by INTPA

The future of most landscapes is increasingly being determined by human activities. These activities modify existing landscape patterns and processes either deliberately or inadvertently. It is becoming increasingly apparent that an understanding of these landscape-level patterns and processes is...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
UN-led partnership to accelerate electric mobility shift in 27 countries

Anders Morris posted Information | 10 November 2021

Glasgow, 10 November 2021 – With vehicle emissions in the headlights at COP26, the United Nations and Global Environment Facility (GEF) today announced plans to help 27 developing countries accelerate their shift to zero-emissions electric mobility. The GEF Global Electric Mobility Program ,...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
EU GCCA+ 360° Virtual Exhibition

Justine Marchal posted Information | 10 November 2021

EXPLORE 360 EU CLIMATE ACTION

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Group: GCCA+ Community
Laos aims to lead the way in post-pandemic sustainable tourism

Justine Marchal updated the Information | 10 November 2021

Covid-19 has hit the global travel industry hard. World-wide tourism losses are put at US$4.7 trillion, with 62 million jobs lost in 2020 alone. At the same time, climate action demands we drastically reduce our travel footprint. Even as the first tourists start once to enjoy post-pandemic foreign...

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Group: GCCA+ Community
Generation Restoration Film Festival

Anders Morris posted Information | 9 November 2021

We invite you to join us at the Generation Restoration Film Festival , which will air a series of short and feature films focused on the global land restoration movement. The Festival is brought to you by the Global Landscape Forum (GLF) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). This...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
GLF Climate: Forests, Food, Finance - Frontiers of Change

Francois Stepman posted Information | 9 November 2021

5-7 November 2021 . GLF Climate: Forests, Food, Finance - Frontiers of Change The first two days of GLF Climate set the scene as to why COP15 of Glasgow is the most important climate summit in history. Plenary speakers responded to the urgency and clarity of the IPCC report, built on the momentum...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
The EU-OACPS Partnership: strengthened cooperation on climate action and the use of science-based information to build resilience

Patricia Rodriguez Fortun created a new event | 8 November 2021

09 Nov

From 9 November 2021
in (Belgium)

Organised by The Secretariat of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) and the European Union, with the support of the Intra-ACP GCCA+ Programme

On November 9, at 18:30 CET, the Secretariat of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), and the European Union, with the support of the Intra-ACP GCCA+ Programme, will host the high-level event ‘The EU-OACPS Partnership: strengthened cooperation on climate action and the...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
EU-OACPS Partnership side event @COP26

Justine Marchal created a new event | 5 November 2021

09 Nov

From 9 November 2021

“The EU-OACPS Partnership: strengthened cooperation on climate action and the use of science-based information to build resilience” is the theme of the virtual side event at COP26 organized by European Union (EU) and the Secretariat of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (...

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Group: GCCA+ Community
Brussels Finale: #ClimateOfChange Contemporary Circus, Barber Shops and Moss Graffiti

DEAR Support Team updated the news | 5 November 2021

The European tour of the #ClimateOfChange Circus and debate contest is reaching its climax in Brussels 10-13 November, during the last days of COP26. The line-up of thought-provoking artistic and intellectual events on migration and global warming has been traveling across Europe since July 2021...

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Programme: EU DEAR Programme: Development Education and Awareness Raising

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