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

Patricia Rodriguez Fortun commented on information | 6 October 2017

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

Dear Arnaud: Many thanks for your comment. By prioritised we meant, that actions further recommended were categorised by level of priority and by their need to be (a) continued; (b) reinforced/increased; (c) modified; or (d) introduced for the first time. However, I leave the floor to Juan Palerm,...

Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Arnaud DE VANSSAY commented on information | 6 October 2017

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

Good article, thank you. But we need to temper the conclusions. Not all recommended actions were prioritised (some were considered contentious). Many recommendations remain valid in the current set-up and were proposed again in the process of elaborating PSTA IV.

Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Green Development News, Issue #5

Patricia Rodriguez Fortun updated the Information | 6 October 2017

The fifth edition of Green Development News is out. Green Development News (EN) Green Development News (FR) In this issue you will read about EU initiatives for an inclusive green economy, environmental and climate risk assessment guidance documents, GCCA+ eco-villages in Tanzania, the EU and...

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Caribbean Climate Change Conference and the EU GCCA+ Regional stakeholder meeting for the Caribbean region

Patricia Rodriguez Fortun created a new event | 6 October 2017

09 Oct

From 9 October 2017 to 12 October 2017
in Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago)

The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) and the European Commission Directorate General for International Cooperation and Development (DG DEVCO), under the framework of the EU Global Climate Change Alliance Plus (GCCA+) flagship initiative, are hosting the Caribbean Climate Change...

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

Patricia Rodriguez Fortun posted Information | 6 October 2017

Enhancing environmental sustainability and climate resilience of national agriculture planning and EU support © John Pratt Rwanda's economy is heavily dependent on the agriculture sector, due to its current contribution to the economy, its potential for growth and its role in sustaining rural...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Sharing GCCA+ experiences in Mali

Patricia Rodriguez Fortun posted Information | 5 October 2017

Sharing experiences between practitioners is a key dimension of the Global Climate Chance Alliance Plus (GCCA+). Through a participatory writing experience involving authors in governmental and civil society organisations, the GCCA-Mali programme shares with us solutions which can help facilitate...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Land degradation tops agenda at major UN conference, China

Patricia Rodriguez Fortun posted Information | 5 October 2017

The European Union and its Member States attended the 13th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Ordos, China (UNCCD CoP13), 6-16 September. The COP adopted a strategic framework for 2018-2030 to guide global efforts to achieve a Land Degradation...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
ESDC course on Disaster Relief in CSDP Context (pilot-course)

Ovidiu Simina created a new learning event | 3 October 2017

28 Nov

From 28 November 2017 to 1 December 2017
in Sofia (Bulgaria)

Organised by European Security and Defence College

Invitation to the ESDC pilot-course "Disaster Relieg in CSDP Context" Within the framework of the European Security and Defence College (ESDC), the Diplomatic Institute to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria (also known as the Bulgarian Diplomatic Institute) in cooperation with G.S...

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Christophe Legrand commented on an event | 3 October 2017

Climate Chance Summit 2017 - The progress of Climate Action by Non-State Actors : Sommet Mondial Climate Chance - Le progrès de l'action des acteurs non étatiques

(In English below) Bonjour, Vous trouverez la version française de la rétrospective du Sommet Mondial Climate Chance 2017, de la déclaration d'Agadir « Intensifions ensemble l’action et l’ambition » ainsi que la déclaration des élus locaux et régionaux africains “Combattre le changement climatique...

Group: GCCA+ Community
Climat : L’Union européenne invite la RDC à ratifier l’accord de Paris

Arnold Jacques de Dixmude posted Information | 2 October 2017

S’adressant aux journalistes du réseau [Green Journalist Network], lors d’un café de presse organisé à Kinshasa, le jeudi 28 septembre 2017, l’Ambassadeur de l’Union européenne en RDC, Bart Ouvry, a souligné l’engagement de son institution en faveur du climat et l’importante implication attendue de...

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