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ECO-DRR: Ending the Vulnerability of the Poor to Natural Disasters

Photo: Video screenshot of the EU-financed, UNEP-led, ECO-DRR demonstration project in Afghanistan The poorest people in the poorest countries are the most vulnerable to disasters. This is because they lack the capacity for prevention and resources for resiliency. This is true for sudden natural...

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Alexa Froger posted Information 27 June 2019
Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Putting the private sector at the centre of climate-smart agriculture

Published in May 2019 in the CTA Technical Brief Series, this brief Putting the private sector at the centre of climate-smart agriculture by Una May Gordon, Thomas Were and Oluyede Ajayi shows how the private sector contributes to the conceptualisation, design, delivery and evaluation of climate-...

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Sarah Cummings posted Information 24 June 2019
Group: Private sector in agricultural innovation and development
Green Development News #11

The new edition of our quarterly newsletter is now out, in English and French, and with a focus in this edition on climate change and sustainable energy policy and programmes. The newsletter is produced by DG International Cooperation and Development's units for Sustainable Energy & Climate...

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Katharine Mill posted Information 16 May 2019
Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Green Development News, issue #4

The new edition of Green Development News - with a special supplement on biodiversity conservation in DR Congo - is out now at the following links: Green Development News (EN) Green Development News (FR) As usual, we welcome your comments and input to the newsletter!

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Katharine Mill posted Information 6 July 2017
Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
New global action programme for SIDS countries addresses nutrition and climate change challenges

A new United Nations global action programme launched today at FAO seeks to address pressing challenges related to food security, nutrition and the impacts of climate change facing the world's Small Island Developing States (SIDS). The initiative was developed jointly by FAO, the United Nations...

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Isolina Boto posted Information 6 July 2017
Group: Building resilience of small island economies
Act now on wetlands for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (Agenda 2030)

All major global policy agreements conclude: wetlands are vital ecosystems in the landscape and are indispensable to achieve a sustainable and secure world. This policy brief sets out the link between the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – and, in particular, the Goals on Zero Hunger, Clean...

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Lea Appulo posted Information 14 September 2016
Group: GCCA+ Community
Climate Prediction for Small Island Nations: Managing risks, Maximizing opportunities

In 2014 at the Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States, leaders agreed the SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (S.A.M.O.A.) Pathway, which recognizes the critical need for these vulnerable countries to increase their resilience to disasters. The World Meteorological...

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Christophe Legrand posted Information 4 May 2016
Group: GCCA+ Community
Climate Prediction for Small Island Nations: Managing risks, Maximizing opportunities

In 2014 at the Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States, leaders agreed the SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (S.A.M.O.A.) Pathway, which recognizes the critical need for these vulnerable countries to increase their resilience to disasters. The World Meteorological...

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Christophe Legrand posted Information 4 May 2016
Group: GCCA+ Community
UNEP Launches its 2015 Annual Report

Nairobi, 29 April 2016 – The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) today launched its 2015 Annual Report website and print, highlighting many achievements in support of sustainable development, including the redirection of hundreds of billions of dollars in private capital to a better future...

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United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information 29 April 2016
Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Deoxygenation due to climate change threatens marine life - No good news again for SIDS

I did not read the full study but I found the article already quite informative and easy to read for a non specialist. The map shows how SIDS regions will be once again hit first. Christophe Responsibility for the information and views set out in this post lies entirely with the author. Loss of...

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Christophe Legrand posted Information 29 April 2016
Group: GCCA+ Community