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

What does the latest IPCC report mean for human health?

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information | 5 February 2015

Read the 'Climate change: Health impacts and opportunities - a summary and discussion of the IPCC working group 2 report' here . The Global Climate and Health Alliance has developed this briefing report, film and series of infographics to explain the health implications of the Intergovernmental...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Migration, Environment and Climate Change - News - January 2015

Jo De Backer uploaded a new Document | 5 February 2015

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
The State of Environmental Migration 2014: A Review of the Year 2013

Jo De Backer posted Information | 5 February 2015

As the environment, climate change and migration complex nexus is drawing increasing attention in the contemporary international agenda, The State of Environmental Migration 2014: Review of the Year 2013 is the fourth of our annual publication , with a specific focus on the year 2013 and aiming to...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Introduction to Waste Management and Climate Change - Webinar organised by the Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN)

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) created a new event | 2 February 2015

04 Feb

From 4 February 2015
in (Belgium)

Organised by Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN)

This webinar will address the relevance of the waste sector to climate change and the main challenges related to waste management in developing regions.

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Review of EU experience with the budget support aid modality

Fannie Delavelle posted Information | 2 February 2015

This paper reviews recent and on-going EU experience in the design and implementation of budget support programmes benefiting EU partner countries that are vulnerable to climate change, particularly though the Global Climate Change Alliance (GCCA) initiative. Budget support was highlighted in the...

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Group: GCCA+ Community
World Wetlands Day - 2 February 2015

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information | 2 February 2015

Latest research shows that 64% of wetlands worldwide have been lost since 1900, and that 76% of populations of freshwater plants and animals have disappeared in the last 40 years alone (according to the WWF's Living Planet report), which is worse than any other ecosystem. To combat the downward...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Wastewater Management- A UN-Water Analytical Brief

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) uploaded a new Document | 2 February 2015

un-water_analytical_brief_wastewater_management.pdf 3.47 MB

This report looks at some of the problems caused by the neglect of wastewater management, but also at the benefits and opportunities that can be realized through proper attention to this area, and highlights why it is crucial that wastewater management and water quality stop being the ‘poor...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
eCourse: Economics of Climate-Resilient Development

Katya Ivanova created a new event | 2 February 2015

03 Mar

From 3 March 2015 to 18 March 2015
in (XX)

Organised by World Bank Institute

The course starts with a review of the scientific consensus on changes in climate patterns and projections to the future, and explains the rationale for countries to develop climate-resilient plans that will help them to move away from a business-as-usual development path. It then continues with a...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Webinar on Waste Management and Climate Change in developing countries

Katya Ivanova created a new event | 2 February 2015

04 Feb

From 4 February 2015
in (XX)

Organised by Bariloche Foundation

This webinar will address the relevance of the waste sector to climate change and the main challenges related to waste management in developing regions. During the seminar, experts will address the impacts of climate change on the waste sector, as well as the vulnerability and potential...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
SPC signs partnership agreement with regional farmer network and launches value chain guide

Yentyl Williams posted Information | 29 January 2015

The Pacific Agricultural Policy Program PAPP enhances the regional (Pacific) and inter-regional capabilities of the agricultural sector in eradicating poverty. Specifically, the program works towards increasing the capability of Regional Agricultural Development Organizations of the Pacific region...

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Group: Building resilience of small island economies

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