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

CAS 2021: Transforming the Sahel’s Blue Lifelines for Peaceful and Resilient Communities

Nicoline Wiederstrøm posted Information | 25 January 2021

Join our event at the Climate Adaptation Summit and learn how we can accelerate adaptation to climate change by reviving wetlands, the blue lifelines, across the Sahel and Horn of Africa. Wetlands are the economic engine of the Sahel. They maintain a supply of water, provide sustenance in the dry...

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Group: Ecosystem-based approaches to DRR and CCA
Climate Adaptation Summit 2021

Alexa Froger updated the event | 22 January 2021

25 Jan

From 25 January 2021 to 26 January 2021
Organised by The Netherlands

CAS 2021: Accelerating Adaptation Action Our planet is getting warmer, which has a growing impact on our societies and economies. We need to adapt to a new, more extreme climate. The online international Climate Adaptation Summit (CAS) 2021 on 25 and 26 January , hosted by the Netherlands, convenes...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
MOOC Launch Webinar - January 22

Nicoline Wiederstrøm posted Information | 22 January 2021

In celebration of our MOOC launch, we are excited to participate in a special high-level event with @PEDRR (Partnership for Environment and DRR) partners and @europeaid in discussing new opportunities for pursuing more sustainable development pathways in a post-COVID society. Join us in discussing...

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Group: Ecosystem-based approaches to DRR and CCA
Wetlands International at the Climate Adaptation Summit

Nicoline Wiederstrøm posted Information | 20 January 2021

On January 25-26, the Climate Adaptation Summit takes place online at www.cas2021.com . Wetlands International organises two new large initiatives through formal CAS side events and contributes to Anchoring events and side events from partners. Wetlands International side events: On 25-26 January...

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Group: Ecosystem-based approaches to DRR and CCA
LoCAL mobilises over 100 million USD for climate adaptation

Justine Marchal updated the Information | 20 January 2021

The Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility, LoCAL has mobilised US $100 million for locally led climate change adaptation action, already benefitting more than 11 million people in some of the world’s most vulnerable countries. News of the landmark achievement came with a commitment to at least...

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Group: GCCA+ Community
Definition of the Disaster Risk Reduction marker

Patricia Rodriguez Fortun uploaded a new Document | 19 January 2021

dcd-dac-stat201852.en_.pdf 1.14 MB

The definition of the DRR marker, its eligibility criteria and examples of typical activities are indicated in document DCD/DAC/STAT(2018)/52. Read more here:

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Validation of the DRR policy marker in the context of COVID-related actions - Guidance Note for evaluators

Patricia Rodriguez Fortun uploaded a new Document | 19 January 2021

guidance_note_on_drr_marker_for_covid_actions.pdf 210.26 KB

In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Commission is rolling out a very substantial response, including new actions and a reorientation of programmes in the pipeline to include COVID-related measures. These actions are being approved through a simplified procedure to cope with the urgency of...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
The effect of coronavirus on climate finance

Justine Marchal posted Information | 19 January 2021

It seems calamitous that at precisely the moment when the need to scale up climate finance is most urgent, the public finance engine room of climate investment could ‘run out of steam’. In this issue, we consider why there are actually many reasons to be optimistic about the future of climate...

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Group: GCCA+ Community
WEBINAR: How research can better support innovation for the transformation of the agrifood systems in Africa?

Francois Stepman created a new event | 14 January 2021

04 Jun

From 4 June 2021
Organised by Leap4FNSSA - Europe Africa Stakeholder Engagement Week for Research and Innovation on Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture (FNSSA)

31 May to 4 June 2021 . FNSSA Stakeholder Engagement Week Stakeholder Engagement on the Africa-EU Research and Innovation Partnership on Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture at the EU-Africa Summit 04/06 09:00 - 11:00 AM CEST. How research can better support innovation for the...

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Programme: DeSIRA
Adaptation Gap Report 2020

Alexa Froger uploaded a new Document | 14 January 2021

agr20211.pdf 17.85 MB

In the lead-up to the Global Stocktake in 2023, the AGR aims to address three important questions: What are we doing today to adapt? To what extent are we currently reducing climate risks? To what extent will our adaptation trajectory help us reduce future climate risks? An answer to these...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development

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