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

Emissions Gap Report 2017 - Press Release

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) updated the Information | 31 October 2017

Governments and non-state actors need to take urgent action to meet Paris Agreement goals Paris pledges only a third of what is needed to avoid worst impacts of climate change Adopting new technologies in key sectors, at investment of under US$100/tonne, could reduce emissions by up to 36...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
RESET: South Omo Cluster

Luis Lechiguero created a new Photo album | 31 October 2017

The Resilience Building for Sustainable Livelihoods & Transformation (RESULT) in South Omo cluster, SNNPR, Ethiopia is one of the eight projects under the RESET Programme (Resilience Building in Ethiopia). The contract with VITA (consortium lead) was signed on September 23th, 2016 for a total...

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Group: Social Protection & Resilience Building in Ethiopia
Factsheet on UN Environment Assembly III

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) updated the Document | 26 October 2017

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A short background information sheet on the upcoming UN Environment Assembly, which is scheduled for the 4-6 December 2017 in Nairobi.

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Environmental and Climate Risk Assessment guidance documents now available

Patricia Rodriguez Fortun posted Information | 25 October 2017

Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA), Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Climate Risk Assessment (CRA) guidance documents developed by the European Commission are now available on the Capacity4dev group page: 'Environment, Climate Change & Green Economy'. SEAs, EIAs and CRAs can...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
SAVE THE DATE! Spaced: Using Earth Observations To Protect Natural Landscapes - Photo Exhibition

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) created a new event | 23 October 2017

09 Jan

From 9 January 2018
in Brussels (Belgium)

Organised by ECOPOTENTIAL

Join us for the launch event on Tuesday, 9 January 2018 of the 'SPACED' photo exhibition. The exhibition itself will be open from 8-12 January at the European Parliament. It will showcase images from Europe's latest generation of satellites, which invte you to explore how protected area managers...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
The future of nuclear, oils sands and renewables: risky energy pathways? - TRANSrisk COP23 Side Event

TRANSrisk Transition Pathways and Risk Analysis for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaption Strategies created a new event | 20 October 2017

09 Nov

From 9 November 2017
in Bonn (Germany)

Organised by TRANSrisk

TRANSrisk will organise the side event "The future of nuclear, oils sands and renewables: risky energy pathways?", which will be held at the UK Pavillion, Bonn Zone, Rheinaue Park area, Bonn, Germany. This side event will consist of a panel discussion in which three country case studies from...

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Group: Public Group on Energy
Implementing NDCs: Diversity of Actors and Actions TRANSrisk COP23 Side Event

TRANSrisk Transition Pathways and Risk Analysis for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaption Strategies created a new event | 20 October 2017

06 Nov

From 6 November 2017
in Bonn (Germany)

Organised by TRANSrisk and TERI

TRANSrisk and The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) will co-organise the event "Implementing NDCs: Diversity of Actors and Actions". To understand, interpret and implement the ‘Paris Agreement’ it is essential to understand the diversity of actors and their actions. This will have bearing upon...

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Group: Public Group on Energy
TRANSrisk Newsletter: Issue #9, October 2017

TRANSrisk Transition Pathways and Risk Analysis for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaption Strategies uploaded a new Document | 20 October 2017

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The latest TRANSrisk newsletter features TRANSrisk organisation of 2 side events in COP23, previous TRANSrisk events, the latest TRANSrisk report “Synergies and conflicts of different transition pathways”, and the latest Scientific Publications within the framework of TRANSrisk.

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Group: Public Group on Energy
TRANSrisk Newsletter: Issue #7, April 2017

TRANSrisk Transition Pathways and Risk Analysis for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaption Strategies uploaded a new Document | 20 October 2017

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The 7 th TRANSrisk newsletter features previous TRANSrisk events, TRANSrisk reports, The 1st TRANSrisk Policy Brief, and the latest Scientific Publications

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Group: Public Group on Energy
Juan Palerm commented on information | 16 October 2017

Success Story: Strategic Environmental Assessment of Rwanda's agriculture sector

Thank you for your comments. The Rwanda SEA remains one of our best examples of a successful SEA. In my experience, working closely with the Government from the very start was one of the key success factors. I hope other delegations get inspiration from this case study, and I remind all that the...

Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy

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