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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Achieving Sustainable Development: are the SDGs fit for purpose?

Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 25 June 2015

The idea of “sustainable” development seems here to stay, but what does unsustainable development look like? Three members of the senior management team at the United Nations Environment Programme shared their views on how to consume sustainably, how to measure the success of the Sustainable...

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SPC advances drone use during disaster assessment in Vanuatu

Yentyl Williams posted Information | 25 June 2015

A specialised team from the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) has successfully completed its contribution to the Cyclone Pam damage assessment in Vanuatu, using unmanned aerial vehicles or drones. The technical assessment team was deployed to assist with the Vanuatu Government’s damage...

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Group: Building resilience of small island economies
Low cost solar water disinfection campaign rolled out in Kiribati

Diane KELECOM updated the Information | 24 June 2015

This week, a national campaign was launched in Kiribati to roll out solar water disinfection (SODIS) to improve health and curb diarrheal diseases throughout the country. SODIS is a simple, low cost method to disinfect contaminated drinking water. While endorsed by the World Health Organisation in...

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Group: GCCA+ Community
Guidelines nr. 4: Guidelines on the Integration of Environment and Climate Change in Development Cooperation

Diane KELECOM updated the Document | 23 June 2015

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This guide has been prepared by the Natural Resources unit of the Directorate for Quality Support of EuropeAid, with the support of external consultants working under the environmental advisory services and in collaboration with DG DE V, DG RELE X and DG EN V. It has drawn upon consultations with...

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Group: Tools and Methods Series
Kenya

Florent Martin created a new WIKI page | 23 June 2015

INTRODUCTION Kenya is the leading economy in east and central Africa. It has the potential to become a middle income country. However, poverty level is still high and Millennium Development Goals have not yet been achieved. The development is weakened by recurrent severe droughts that overall...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Burundi

Florent Martin created a new WIKI page | 23 June 2015

INTRODUCTION Burundi is a fragile state. It suffers from a high birth rate and a high density of inhabitants whereas development was weakening by civil war. The country faces many challenges in terms of economic and political governance. Two out of three people live under the poverty line. The...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Democratic Republic of the Congo

Florent Martin created a new WIKI page | 23 June 2015

Introduction The economy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has been improving, although not all benefits have reached those most in need. Three out of four people remain under the poverty line and the DRC has the lowest human development index in the world, which is mostly attributed to...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Vanuatu: New project to build long-term resilience to climate change - UNDP

Yentyl Williams posted Information | 22 June 2015

A project to support recovery from tropical cyclone Pam and to build long-term resilience of communities to climate change was launched today in Port Vila, Vanuatu. The commencement of the project Adaption to Climate Change in the Coastal Zone of Vanuatu (or V-CAP) was endorsed by the National...

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Group: Building resilience of small island economies
Building climate-resilient food systems for Pacific Islands

Yentyl Williams posted Information | 22 June 2015

This World Fish report on "Building climate-resilient food systems for Pacific Islands" focuses on the challenges of climate change and food security for the Pacific Islands. It summarises: 1) the projected effects of climate change on agriculture, fisheries and aquaculture in the Pacific region; 2...

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Group: Building resilience of small island economies
UNEP Chief Achim Steiner Welcomes Papal Encyclical on Environment

Alexa Froger posted Information | 19 June 2015

UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme Achim Steiner issued the following statement today following the release of His Holiness Pope Francis' second encyclical: "The UN Environment Programme welcomes Pope Francis' unambiguous call to action in the face of...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development

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