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

A week after Lima: what role for women in climate action?

Katya Ivanova posted Information | 19 December 2014

In this voice podcast made available by SciDev.Net, Lakshmi Puri - Deputy executive director of UN Women - answers a number of important questions about the role of women in climate action and the progress made towards reflecting gender in global climate policy. Ms. Puri emphasises the fact that...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
It’s time countries took climate-linked migration seriously

Jo De Backer posted Information | 19 December 2014

Climate talks must take increased human mobility into account, argues the head of the International Organization for Migration By William Lacy Swing Key policy decisions on climate change must be considered as important migration policy decisions. The climate is increasingly central to effective...

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How to finance low-carbon and climate-resilient development? #climatefinance

Enrique Rebolledo uploaded a new Document | 18 December 2014

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How to finance low-carbon and climate-resilient development? HERNÁN CARLINO WORKING PAPERS N°20/2014. IDDRI, 2014. 24 P. This publication is part of a collection of papers that analyze several of the technical and political issues in the UN climate change negotiations, including those related to...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
The LAC region in the face of Climate Change: perspectives on national policy and international cooperation

Enrique Rebolledo uploaded a new Document | 18 December 2014

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This publication is part of a collection of papers that analyze several of the technical and political issues in the UN climate change negotiations, including those related to climate finance and to the international adaptation framework; and how to support and encourage low-carbon and climate-...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Towards Effective Climate Finance - Country experiences and innovations in Latin America and the Caribbean

Diane KELECOM updated the Document | 18 December 2014

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Feeding into the preparations of the First Regional Dialogue on Climate Finance and Development Effectiveness in Latin America and the Caribbean, held on 2-4 May 2012 in Tela, Honduras, with support of the EuroClima program, a number of countries have systematized their climate finance experiences...

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Financial institutions taking action on climate change

Diane KELECOM updated the Document | 18 December 2014

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A report on how climate leadership is emerging in the finance sector - and on how public and private actors need to work together to grow leadership into a new normal. There is a growing community of financial institutions taking action and demonstrating leadership on climate change. Some...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Bonds & Climate Change: The State of the Market in 2014

Diane KELECOM updated the Document | 18 December 2014

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Bonds & Climate Change 2014 The Report 'Bonds & Climate Change - The State of the Market in 2014' is an in depth analysis of the climate-themed bonds market's size. Download the report A4 version / A3 version Download the presentation from the London launch event on the 17 Jul Some of the...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
New Finance Instruments that Can Drive Billions to Developing Countries #climatefinance

Diane KELECOM updated the Document | 18 December 2014

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The Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance is a new, global initiative comprised of leaders from governments, pension funds, investment banks, project developers, and development finance institutions that aim to drive billions of dollars of private investment into climate change mitigation and...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Sustainable and Responsible Investment Defined #climatefinance

Diane KELECOM updated the Document | 18 December 2014

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The Study highlights the scale of Sustainable and Responsible Investment practices and trends in Europe and across 13 European countries. For the first time, the Study provides new detailed insights on Exclusions, European Impact investing and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) integration...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Moving to a Low Carbon Economy: The Financial Impact of the Low-Carbon Transition

Diane KELECOM updated the Document | 18 December 2014

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Moving to a Low Carbon Economy: The Financial Impact of the Low-Carbon Transition,” compares the costs of low-carbon electricity and low-carbon transportation systems with current systems. The second, “Moving to a Low Carbon Economy: The Impact of Different Policy Pathways on Fossil Fuel Asset...

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