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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International Bee Conference Creates Buzz - Report available

Diane KELECOM updated the Information | 24 December 2014

On Wednesday 2nd April 2014, a high-level conference organised by the EP Intergroup on “Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development” entitled: “ A New Spring for Bees ” The conference was organised under the patronage of Gaston Franco MEP in the presence H.S.H. Prince Albert II of...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Leaders Meet to Discuss Growing Need for Climate-Resilient Health Systems

Diane KELECOM updated the Information | 24 December 2014

Discussions at the World Health Organization Conference on Health and Climate include ways to promote links between health policy and climate policy, enhance climate resilient health systems, and support health-promoting climate change policies. Geneva, Switzerland, 29 August 2014 - Key...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States Opens in Samoa

Diane KELECOM updated the Information | 24 December 2014

Apia, Samoa, 1 September 2014 - Heads of State, policymakers, business leaders and representatives from civil society have gathered in Apia, Samoa, to pledge their support for small island developing states by forging partnerships that will help these nations to overcome a unique set of...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Methane and black carbon – air quality and climate change (Green Week)

Diane KELECOM updated the event | 24 December 2014

05 Jun

From 5 June 2013
in Brussels (Belgium)

Organised by UNEP, DG Enivronment, DG Climate Action, CCAC

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Decoupling economic growth from air pollution and climate change (Green Week)

Diane KELECOM updated the event | 24 December 2014

05 Jun

From 5 June 2013
in Brussels (Belgium)

Organised by UNEP, DG Enivronment, International Resource Panel

This session will be organized under the scope of UNEP International Resource Panel and will make the case for the potential of resource efficiency/decoupling policies in terms of reductions in air pollution and climate change mitigation. It will examine the potentials and limits of resource...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
The Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States

Diane KELECOM updated the event | 24 December 2014

01 Sep

From 1 September 2014 to 4 September 2014
in Apia (Samoa)

Organised by United Nations

*Governments, business leaders and civil society to advance action for Small Island Developing States at UN global gathering in Apia, Samoa * *The Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States* Facing a range of challenges, small island developing states (SIDS) are counting on a...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
CC DARE - Supporting Sub Saharan Africa including small Island counties with Climate Change Adaptation

Diane KELECOM updated the Document | 24 December 2014

cc_dare_-_supporting_sub_saharan_africa_including_small_island_counties_with_climate_change_adaptation.pdf 2.78 MB

Issue Date: 2011 This report covers the major challenges that climate change poses to human survival in Sub Saharan. It is part of The ‘Climate Change and Development – Adapting by Reducing Vulnerability’ (CC DARE) Programme is jointly implemented by UNEP and UNDP.

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Green Carbon: Black Trade Report

Diane KELECOM updated the Document | 24 December 2014

green_carbon_black_trade_small.pdf 13.27 MB

Publication Date: September 2012 This Rapid Response Report looks at the illegal logging trade, which makes up 50 to 90 per cent of logging in key tropical countries of the Amazon basin, Central Africa and South East Asia. It shows that it is being carried out by organized crime and is threatening...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Seeds of Knowledge: Contributing to Climate Change Solutions

Diane KELECOM updated the Document | 24 December 2014

seeds_of_knowledge.pdf 5.87 MB

Publication Date: 2012 This booklet presents 24 case studies from 17 countries on grassroots solutions to the impacts of climate change. Contents Theme: Capacity Building Strengthening capacity for conflict prevention and the protection of natural resources in Peru Strengthening institutional...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
"A New Spring For Bees" International Conference

Diane KELECOM updated the event | 24 December 2014

02 Apr

From 2 April 2014
in Brussels (Belgium)

Organised by EP Intergroup on Climate Change, Biodiversity, and Sustainable Development

High-level conference organised by the sustainable development Intergroup of the European Parliament [1] and partners to raise awareness of policy-makers and the general public on the importance of bees and the precious service offered by pollinators. [1] http://www.ebcd.org/en/EP_Intergroup_CCBSD/...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development

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