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

Reportage: The Quiet Achievers

Justine Marchal posted Information | 23 July 2020

©Ibrahim Shabil Mangrove forests protect us from storms, suck up carbon from the atmosphere, provide a safe haven for endangered creatures and livelihoods for many millions of people. Around 70 species cover more than 150,000 km 2 in 118 tropical and sub-tropical countries. As we celebrate the...

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Group: GCCA+ Community
New GrEEn project to boost climate resilience and create jobs in Ghana

Justine Marchal updated the Information | 14 July 2020

The European Union dedicates € 20 million to four-year project to create jobs for at least 5,000 people A partnership project between the European Union (EU), the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) and SNV Netherlands Development...

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Group: GCCA+ Community
Women embrace leadership roles in central Tanzania

Justine Marchal updated the Information | 13 July 2020

If you live in semi-arid central Tanzania there are many benefits of joining small community groups who have been supported to generate incomes and adapt to the impacts of climate change. The EcoACT project, part of the Global Climate Change Alliance funded by the European Union has done just that...

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Group: GCCA+ Community
أيام من أجل المتوسط : 30 من قيادات مؤسسات المجتمع المدني الشابة معًا من أجل البيئة l0

Fatma Ladgham posted news | 9 July 2020

عاد 30 شابًا من قيادات المجتمع المدني من دول المشرق والمغرب العربي أدراجهم بعدما شاركوا في المخي ّ م التدريبي الأول ل زملاء في حوار المتوسط وبعدما طوّروا أفكار مشاريعهم التي خضعت لفترة احتضان امتدت على أربع أشهر صاحبها دعم تقني من فريق برنامج حوار المتوسط للحقوق والمساواة الأقليمي الممول من الاتحاد...

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Project: Med Dialogue for Rights and Equality
10 jours pour la Méditerranée : 30 Jeunes Leaders d'OSC agissant pour l'environnement

Fatma Ladgham posted news | 9 July 2020

Trente jeunes leaders de la société civile du Maghreb et du Machrek sont revenus de Med Dialogue Fellows’ Le premier bootcamp à leur société d'origine et ont développé leurs idées de projets pour une période d'incubation de 4 mois, accompagnés d'une assistance technique de l'équipe du programme...

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Project: Med Dialogue for Rights and Equality
Preventing the next pandemic - Zoonotic diseases and how to break the chain of transmission

Alexa Froger uploaded a new Document | 9 July 2020

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In this time of crisis, thousands of papers and guidelines have already been published about COVID-19. Most of these consider the important questions of how to respond to the ongoing public health crisis, or how to mitigate the impacts of the pandemic. This report by by UNEP and the International...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Inclusive and adaptive business models for climate-smart value creation

Sarah Cummings posted Information | 6 July 2020

Published in February 2020 in Current Opinion in Environmental Sustianability , this open access research article considers that climate-smart business models target multiple Sustainable Development Goals by fostering agricultural productivity, supporting farm and farmer livelihood resilience, and...

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Group: Private sector in agricultural innovation and development
Rainwater harvesting in Bangladesh: Building resilience, saving lives

Justine Marchal posted Information | 2 July 2020

Villagers in Manikkhali, Bangladesh, are harnessing monsoon rains to provide their communities with clean and affordable drinking water. It’s just one of many schemes funded through the Local Climate Adaptive Living facility that is delivering results and enabling communities to build their climate...

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Group: GCCA+ Community
Policy brief: COVID-19: safeguarding food systems and promoting healthy diets.

Francois Stepman posted Information | 1 July 2020

Policy brief : Global Panel. 2020. COVID-19: safeguarding food systems and promoting healthy diets. Policy Brief No. 14. London, UK: Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition. (June 2020, 15 pages ) This brief focuses on the profound impacts the pandemic has already had on food...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
EP Intergroup online event: “A circular economy at the heart of climate action: how materials connect the dots in the EU Green Deal”

Alexa Froger created a new event | 1 July 2020

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From 6 July 2020
Organised by European Parliament Intergroup on ‘Climate Change, Biodiversity & Sustainable Development’

Hosted by MEP Maria Spyraki, Co-Chair of the European Parliament Intergroup on ‘Climate Change, Biodiversity & Sustainable Development’ & MEP Mohammed Chahim, Vice-Chair of the European Parliament Intergroup on ‘Climate Change, Biodiversity & Sustainable Development’ With the European...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development

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