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

Tobago Is Using Solar Power for Natural Disaster Warnings

Yentyl Williams posted Information | 18 June 2015

Tobago has just commissioned four new solar powered Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems. These devices will be used to alert the public of disasters such as earthquakes, tsunamis, and hurricanes. At a commissioning ceremony the agency held in collaboration with the US Embassy last week, Tobago...

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Group: Building resilience of small island economies
Intra-ACP in the “Supporting a Climate for Change” Publication 2014

Lisa Kistler updated the Document | 17 June 2015

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Three examples of Intra-ACP GCCA technical assistance missions were included in the 2014 Annual "Supporting a Climate for Change Publication." 1. Designing Projects for Climate Funding in Samoa 2. Creating a REDD+ Roadmap for Cote d’Ivoire 3. Developing Dominica’s Land Use Policy and Physical...

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Project: Intra-ACP Global Climate Change Alliance Plus (Intra-ACP GCCA+)
Initiatives by Non-State Actors to Curb Emissions Can Help Win the Fight against Climate Change - New UN Report Wed, Jun 10, 2015

Alexa Froger posted Information | 17 June 2015

Actions by Cities, Companies, and Sectors Could Complement Government Efforts and Save Close to 1.8 GtCO2e by 2020 Initiatives by non-state actors to cut greenhouse gas emissions are becoming increasingly significant in fighting climate change, and could bring savings of close to 1.8 gigatonnes of...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Mapping climate-relevant incentives and investment at country level: a diagnostic tool to mobilise private climate finance

Enrique Rebolledo uploaded a new Document | 16 June 2015

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This paper provides an updated methodology to support governments and development partners seeking to understand the role of public support in mobilising private finance for climate-compatible development (CCD). The first aim of this methodology is to fill key information gaps about incentives and...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Africa and Europe Combatting Climate Change - ECDPM 2015

Florent Martin uploaded a new Document | 16 June 2015

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The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris(COP21) in December 2015 is fast approaching. Success at COP21 is critical to the post-2015 global climate regime that could keep climate change under control. If a new climate agreement is not reached, the world’s sustainable development path...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Linking agriculture to tourism markets in Pacific - New CTA Briefing, Fiji, 1-3 July 2015

Yentyl Williams posted Information | 16 June 2015

The agribusiness forum in Fiji will highlight successes in strengthening links between agriculture and tourism industries in the Pacific region. While highly diversified, Pacific Island Countries (PICs) share common challenges that impede their efforts to achieve balanced economic growth and...

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Group: Building resilience of small island economies
Marshall Islands fisheries to benefit from $2.2 million in grants

Yentyl Williams posted Information | 16 June 2015

The United States government is backing major expansion of fisheries and aquaculture development projects for remote atolls in the Marshall Islands that local officials say will be a "game changer" for economic advancement in a nation heavily dependent on donor aid. The US Agency for International...

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Group: Building resilience of small island economies
Surprising Citizens' Views on Climate Change

Alexa Froger posted Information | 15 June 2015

Close to Three Quarters Say Action Will Boost Quality of Life. Vast Majority Back Long Term Goal for New United Nations Agreement in Paris. Education for the Masses Cited as Best Bet for Cutting Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Bonn, 10 June 2015 - Almost 80 per cent of citizens across the globe are very...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Evaluating the EU’s Fight against Illegal Logging

Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 12 June 2015

Twelve years after the European Union launched a plan to tackle illegal logging, independent evaluators are assessing progress and shortcomings. Their findings could contribute to the definition of any future EU forest policy.

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World Environment Day 2015

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) updated the Information | 11 June 2015

World Environment Day is celebrated each year on 5 June. World Environment Day (WED) is the United Nations’ principal vehicle for encouraging worldwide awareness and action for the environment. Over the years it has grown to be a broad, global platform for public outreach that is widely celebrated...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development

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