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

Long-term planning to tackle floods in the Dominican Republic

Justine Marchal updated the Information | 8 December 2020

The Dominican Republic, like other Small Island Developing States (SIDS), faces sustainable development challenges including the fragility of its ecosystems and environmental degradation. Exposed to man-made and natural threats, it is both highly vulnerable to climate change and very poor. In fact...

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Ze ALVES-PEREIRA commented on information | 3 December 2020

Blue power

https://blogs.iadb.org/sostenibilidad/en/can-the-blue-economy-spark-a-sustainable-and-inclusive-recovery-in-the-caribbean/

Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Nnamdi Anene commented on information | 3 December 2020

“Two sides of the same coin” - tackling desertification in Africa

Thank you for the good job. This is a simple but very effective double-barrel-strategy to mitigate climate change and improve food security in areas most volunerable.

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“Two sides of the same coin” - tackling desertification in Africa

Justine Marchal updated the Information | 3 December 2020

For some of us, deserts conjure up images of vast sand dunes rolling away under a blazing sun, devoid of life and water. Think Lawrence of Arabia or The English Patient . The reality, however, is very different and far more complex. Desertification comes in many forms, and climate change is making...

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Group: GCCA+ Community
Blue power

Ze ALVES-PEREIRA posted Information | 2 December 2020

Powering the Blue Economy: an American anthology exploring opportunities for marine renewable energy in maritime markets (DOE, April 2019)

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
The Production Gap Report, 2020

Alexa Froger updated the Document | 2 December 2020

pgr2020_fullrprt_web.pdf 15.26 MB

To limit warming to 1.5°C or well below 2°C, as required by the 2015 Paris Agreement, the world needs to wind down fossil fuel production. Instead, governments continue to plan to produce coal, oil, and gas far in excess of the levels consistent with the Paris Agreement temperature limits. This...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
VIRTUAL EVENT: Climate Smart Agriculture Stakeholders Conference

Francois Stepman posted news | 1 December 2020

1-2 December 2020 . First Biennial Africa Climate Smart Agriculture Stakeholders Conference CAADP-XP4 Organizations (FARA, AFAAS, CORAF, ASARECA, CCARDESA) and Partners (AUDA-NEPAD, FAO, CCAFS, AGNES, CSAYN). See the recordings on the FARA Facebook page The incidence of climate change in the last 2...

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Programme: DeSIRA
The European Green Deal and Nature-based Solutions for people, biodiversity and climate

Alexa Froger updated the event | 30 November 2020

14 Dec

From 14 December 2020
Organised by EU German Presidency with UNEP and IUCN

**** An event overview article by UNEP is available here .* *** Join us at the EU German Presidency Event on the European Green Deal and Nature-based Solutions (NbS) from 14.00 to 17.00 CET on 14 December 2020, hosted together with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Equity Considerations in Nationally Determined Contributions

Alexa Froger updated the event | 30 November 2020

07 Dec

From 7 December 2020
Organised by Geneva Environment Network

Under the Paris Agreement, the countries are due to submit their updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) by 31 December 2020. They are, therefore, invited to report on equity and fairness considerations. This event, convened by Switzerland within the framework of the Geneva Environment...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
DRC: protecting the forest from an early age

Justine Marchal updated the Information | 30 November 2020

‘Batela zamba, tokobatela zamba, toloni nzete, tokobatela zamba’ – let’s protect our forests and plant trees – has become the new favourite song for children in Yangambi. It is National Tree Day, an observance established in 1986 to commemorate the importance of trees for DRC’s economy, society and...

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