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

EDD2017: Lab debate: Financing city waste management for urban development and climate mitigation

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) updated the event | 11 May 2017

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From 7 June 2017
in (Belgium)

Organised by The Climate & Clean Air Coalition (CCAC), European Investment Bank (EIB), C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group (C40)

Moving city waste management plans to full implementation On 7 June 2017 , the Climate & Clean Air Coalition (CCAC), European Investment Bank (EIB) and C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group (C40) are organizing a lab debate during the European Development Days 2017 (EDD2017) on the topic of "...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
About the United Nations Environment Programme

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) updated the WIKI page | 8 May 2017

Environment for Development www.unep.org Since its inception in 1972, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has been the global authority that sets the environmental agenda , promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Protecting what protect us

Proyecto IAPA uploaded a new Document | 6 May 2017

policy-brief-powpa-2011-2015.pdf 26.96 MB

The Amazon is home to the largest expanse of tropical rain forest remaining on Earth, with great biological diversity– 5 out of the 9 countries with territories in the Amazon are considered mega-diverse according to United Nations1 -. Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, Guyana,...

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Project: Integration of Amazon Protected Areas - Amazon Vision
Vanuatu Develops Drought-Resistant Crops In Response To Climate Change

Isolina Boto posted Information | 3 May 2017

Sweet potato is a stable food for over 70 percent of the Vanuatu population, most from rural areas - where they depend on traditional agriculture to provide for their dietary needs and income. According to the Secretariat of the Pacific Community, root crops such as yam, taro, manioc, sweet potato...

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Group: Building resilience of small island economies
Water Shocks: Wetlands and Human Migration in the Sahel

Lea Appulo updated the Document | 3 May 2017

report_wetlands_v08-digital-sm.pdf 3.4 MB

BRUSSELS, Belgium - 3rd May 2017 - Wetlands International launched a report at the Red Cross EU Office in Brussels, aimed at highlighting to policymakers the relationship between the health of wetland ecosystems and involuntary human migration in the Sahel region of Africa. Entitled ‘Water Shocks:...

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Group: Ecosystem-based approaches to DRR and CCA
Osman S Kanu commented on an learning event | 2 May 2017

Course: Climate Change Resilience and Financing

Hi, I want to this opportunity to thank capacity4dev team for the relentless effort to bring development to our developing countries in West Africa. And also the the organisers of this course climate change, i believe this is a breliant idea that will help educate our people about the effect of...

Group: GCCA+ Community
About the United Nations Environment Programme

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) updated the WIKI page | 28 April 2017

Environment for Development www.unep.org Since its inception in 1972, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has been the global authority that sets the environmental agenda , promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Ethiopia’s PSNP: A social protection programme building climate-resilient communities

Patricia Rodriguez Fortun updated the Information | 27 April 2017

Climate-smart land-use interventions include terraces, soil bunds planted with multi-purpose perennial legumes, cut-and-carry forage systems and multistorey agroforestry systems. Poverty and undernutrition are directly linked to environmental degradation, further aggravated by climate change,...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Contact our Brussels Office

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) updated the WIKI page | 27 April 2017

The UN Environment Programme's Brussels Office Established in April 2001, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP)’s Brussels Office works closely with the EU institutions to increase policy dialogue and build strategic partnerships that fulfill the shared goals of UNEP and the EU. Veronika Hunt...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
About the United Nations Environment Programme

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) updated the WIKI page | 26 April 2017

Environment for Development www.unep.org Since its inception in 1972, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has been the global authority that sets the environmental agenda , promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development

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