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

GCCA+ in the news: Appealing for active participation to coastal zone management in the Gambia

Justine Marchal posted Information | 2 weeks ago

Governor Lamin Saidykhan of North Bank Region of the Gambia has reiterated that climate change is and continues to be a major economic, social and environmental problem and therefore called for aggressive and integrated approach in building local capacities on climate resilience in a bid to reduce...

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Group: GCCA+ Community
GCCA+ in the news: Flourishing crop for local communities in Zambia

Justine Marchal posted Information | 3 weeks ago

In Mufumbwe District in the north-western part of Zambia an EU GCCA+ funded climate smart agriculture project has begun to bear fruit: 5 000 people are benefitting from tomatoes, green vegetables, egg plants, ginger, garlic, beans, groundnuts, potatoes, sweet potatoes, onions and bananas produced...

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Group: GCCA+ Community
InfoPoint Virtual Conference via Webex Meetings: "Migration and environment: making the case for sustainable reintegration"

Rebecca GRAZIOSI created a new event | 4 weeks ago

25 May

From 25 May 2022
Organised by International Partnerships InfoPoint

Towards a “green” reintegration of returning migrants in Africa Land degradation, pollution and desertification push many in Africa to migrate in search for better opportunities abroad. At the same time, many returning migrants choose to get involved in environmentally sustainable reintegration...

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Group: Public Group on Migration & Asylum
HIGH-LEVEL POLITICAL FORUM ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 2022

Patricia Rodriguez Fortun created a new event | 4 weeks ago

05 Jul

From 5 July 2022 to 18 July 2022
in (United States)

Organised by United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs

Are we on track to realize the SDGs? The meeting of the HLPF in 2022 will be held from Tuesday, 5 July, to Thursday, 7 July, and from Monday, 11 July, to Friday, 15 July 2022 , under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council . This includes the three-day ministerial segment of the forum from...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
#GreeningEUcooperation: International Day for Biological Diversity

Patricia Rodriguez Fortun created a new learning event | 1 month ago

22 May

From 22 May 2022
Organised by DG INTPA (F1 & F2) and DG NEAR

22 May is the International Day of Biological Diversity. Thirty years ago at the Rio Earth Summit, the text of the Convention on Biological Diversity was opened to signatures; 168 countries signed the international legal instrument for the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Wilderness Camp for Children, organised by DEAR project “Game On”

DEAR Support Team created a new event | 1 month ago

13 Jun

From 13 June 2022 to 16 June 2022
in (Hungary)

Organised by ''Game On'' project partner, Magosfa Foundation

The Camp offers children an interactive way to learn about nature through a thematic programme based on four key elements. There will also be plenty of other activities, games, individual and team competitions, so participants can go home with a more varied experience! The camp will be held in...

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Group: EU DEAR Programme Group
Public and youth ambassador lecture “A postcolonial Reflection on Climate Justice”

DEAR Support Team created a new event | 1 month ago

31 May

From 31 May 2022
Organised by Charles University’s Head of the Social Sciences and Philosophy Department of the Faculty of Education, for the DEAR Project “Game On”

The lecture's goal is to help to understand the contemporary situation, not only in post-colonial countries, but also in the context of globalisation in the light of climate change. Postcolonial theories and reflections bring a critical review of historical, anthropological and cultural identities...

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Group: EU DEAR Programme Group
DEAR project activity, organised by young ambassador: “Climate Joins Us”

DEAR Support Team created a new event | 1 month ago

28 May

From 28 May 2022
in (Slovakia)

Organised by DEAR Project “Game On”

Young “Game On” ambassador from Slovakia is running an informal education activity about the climate crisis. It will bring together people devoted to researching and solving ecological issues through a wide range of spheres (via politics, public events, science and/or activism).

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Group: EU DEAR Programme Group
GCCA+ in the news: Gomba residents in Uganda use solar stoves to curb deforestation

Milena Parotti posted Information | 1 month ago

In Uganda residents in Gomba District are embracing the use of solar-powered cooking stoves to curb the alarming rate of tree cutting in the area. Gomba District Farmers Association (GODFA) with support from Global Climate Change Alliance Plus (GCCA+) are training the youth on two types of solar-...

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Group: GCCA+ Community
Women farmers hold the key to a sustainable future for shea trees in West Africa

Milena Parotti posted Information | 1 month ago

On a remote farm in Oyo State, Nigeria, a group of women work the dusty fields, sowing maize, okra, spinach, tomatoes and other crops ready for the coming dry season. Dressed in brightly coloured clothing and headscarves, the women sing as they work in a scene typical of rural West Africa. But the...

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Group: GCCA+ Community

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