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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UN Environment Programme and European Commission hold high level policy dialogue on Africa

Alexa Froger started a Debate | 21 October 2019

On the 2 nd October, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the European Commission held a high level Dialogue on Africa. The meeting, which took place in Brussels, was an outspoken occasion for the European Commission and UNEP to engage in a political and policy dialogue with the objective of...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Can Climate Justice drive Climate Ambition? Debate

Alexa Froger created a new event | 18 October 2019

23 Oct

From 23 October 2019
in Brussels (Belgium)

Organised by The EESC Sustainable Development Observatory

Climate Change is one of the greatest challenges of humankind. The UN estimates that the world would need to increase its efforts between three- and five-fold to contain climate change to the levels dictated by science – a 1.5°C rise at most – and avoid escalating climate damage already taking...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Eloise Pelaud commented on information | 17 October 2019

Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility (LoCAL)

Deploying LoCAL Mechanism in Liberia The Government of Liberia through the Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia received delegates from United Nations Capital Development Fund to conduct a mission on Local Climate Adaptive Living (LoCAL) facility scoping design. https://www.uncdf.org/article/...

Group: GCCA+ Community
Eloise Pelaud commented on information | 17 October 2019

Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility (LoCAL)

“Climate Finance and Sustainable Cities” in UNFCCC Forum: how cities assessed their financial needs and investment priorities 12-13 September, Beirut, Lebanon. The Standing Committee on Finance (SCF) of 2019 UNFCCC Forum on “Climate Finance and Sustainable Cities provides a platform for a wide...

Group: GCCA+ Community
Eloise Pelaud commented on information | 17 October 2019

Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility (LoCAL)

UNCDF becomes member of the NDC Partnership, a climate action global coalition On September 2019, UNCDF has joined the Nationally Determined Contributions (or NDCs) Partnership , a global coalition of countries and institutions collaborating to drive transformational climate action through...

Group: GCCA+ Community
Knowledge@Terra Classrooms -- Testing on Climate, Land, Soil and Water 测试关于气候、土地、土壤和水的地域知识环境课堂

Xiaoying LIU updated the Information | 11 October 2019

As a Worldwide Event of World Soil Day 2018, Testing of Knowledge@Terra Classrooms inaugurated in Shanghai, China in subsequent months (04.12.2018 - 30.09.2019), in order to understand and disseminate integrated policy-practice and territorial solutions over land, soil water and climate aspects...

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Group: Knowledge@Terra Classrooms
Presentation of GEO6 at GLOBE EU high-level conference "Sustainability in the EU: the State of Play" - Brussels, October 15, 2019

Alexa Froger created a new event | 11 October 2019

15 Oct

From 15 October 2019
in Brussels (Belgium)

For the latest program, please click here . Presentation of the main observations from Global Environment Outlook 6 by Matt Billot of the UN Environment Programme at 16h30 Second panel discussion Protection of our Natural Capital Chair: Sirpa Pietikäinen MEP , member of GLOBE EU State of the...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Empower to Change: SDG Action through Local Authorities

Sarah Simpson updated the news | 11 October 2019

A Development Education and Awareness Raising project is bringing city dwellers in Germany together with rural farmers in Romania and indigenous communities in the forests of Amazonia. They are uniting in action for a more equitable and sustainable global future, with local authorities playing a...

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Programme: EU DEAR Programme: Development Education and Awareness Raising
Global Environment Outlook 6 Presentation

Alexa Froger created a new event | 10 October 2019

16 Oct

From 16 October 2019
in Brussels (Belgium)

Organised by UNEP Brussels Office

Presentation of the 6 th Global Environment Outlook (GEO), often referred to as the United Nations Environment Programme’s flagship environmental assessment. The 2019 edition of the Report was developed following the theme ”Healthy Planet, Healthy People”, which in the word of UN Secretary General...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Knowledge@Terra Classrooms -- Testing on Climate, Land, Soil and Water 测试关于气候、土地、土壤和水的地域知识环境课堂

Xiaoying LIU updated the Information | 9 October 2019

As a Worldwide Event of World Soil Day 2018, Testing of Knowledge@Terra Classrooms inaugurated in Shanghai, China in subsequent months (04.12.2018 - 30.09.2019), in order to understand and disseminate integrated policy-practice and territorial solutions over land, soil water and climate aspects...

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Group: Knowledge@Terra Classrooms

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