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

GCCA+ in the news: Equipment for Suriname

Justine Marchal posted Information | 4 months ago

The GCCA+ Suriname Adaptation - Phase 2 Project , provided IT equipment and office supplies to the Water Directorate of the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Department Nature Conservation Division of the Ministry of Land and Forest Management. For the Ministry of Natural Resources, the...

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Group: GCCA+ Community
EU GCCA+ in the news: Supporting West Africa in climate negotiations

Justine Marchal posted Information | 4 months ago

The West Africa project is supporting the Economic Community of West African States #CEDEAO in strengthening its leadership in international climate negotiations. With the technical and financial support of the GCCA+ West Africa project, implemented by Expertise France with financing from the...

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Group: GCCA+ Community
#GreeningEUcooperation: Glasgow Climate Pact (COP26)

Patricia Rodriguez Fortun posted Information | 4 months ago

What happened in Glasgow? Why was coal the centre of attention? Are we on track to limiting global warming? The climate deal reached in Glasgow included a hard-fought commitment to “phase-down” coal-fired power generation (coal is the dirtiest fossil fuel and needs to be phased out in order to have...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Deadly wildfires, noise pollution, and disruptive timing of life cycles: UN report identifies looming environmental threats

Anders Morris posted Information | 5 months ago

Read the report by clicking above Nairobi, 17 February 2022 - Wildfires are burning more severely and more often, urban noise pollution is growing into a global public health menace, and phenological mismatches – disruptions in the timing of life-cycle stages in natural systems – are causing...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
UN and EU Officials Clear 400 kg of Litter from Forest Near Brussels to Raise Awareness on Plastic Pollution

Anders Morris posted Information | 5 months ago

Plastic bags, plastic bottles and food packaging, large plastic drink containers, a child seat, plastic vehicle parts, car tires, Styrofoam, sneakers… you name it… In the morning of 11 February 2022, 25 staff from the UN and EU offices in Brussels, together with six workers from the Agency for...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Frontiers 2022: Noise, Blazes and Mismatches

Alexa Froger updated the Document | 5 months ago

frontiers_2022.pdf 11.14 MB

Nairobi, 17 February 2022 - Wildfires are burning more severely and more often, urban noise pollution is growing into a global public health menace, and phenological mismatches – disruptions in the timing of life-cycle stages in natural systems – are causing ecological consequences. These critical...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
EU GCCA+ Climate solution panels

Justine Marchal uploaded a new Document | 5 months ago

climate_solution_panels.pdf 3.36 MB

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Group: GCCA+ Community
EU GCCA+ Barometer N°7: EU GCCA+ and NDCS

Justine Marchal uploaded a new Document | 5 months ago

barometer_7_-_ndcs_en.pdf 1.01 MB

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Group: GCCA+ Community
The EU GCCA+ Barometer N°6: EU GCCA+ Climate Finance

Justine Marchal uploaded a new Document | 5 months ago

eu_gcca_barometer_ndeg6.pdf 1022.25 KB

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Group: GCCA+ Community
The EU GCCA+ Barometer N°3: Direct Effect on GHG Emission Reduction

Justine Marchal uploaded a new Document | 5 months ago

barometer_3.pdf 1.15 MB

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Group: GCCA+ Community

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