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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Global Opportunity Report 2015

Katya Ivanova uploaded a new Document | 20 January 2015

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The Global Opportunity Report 2015 aims to show how five major global risks to building a sustainable and prosperous society (the lack of fresh water, unsustainable urbanization, continued lock-in to fossil fuels, the rise in non-communicable diseases, and extreme weather) can be turned into 15...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Global Opportunity Report 2015

Katya Ivanova posted Information | 20 January 2015

The Global Opportunity Report 2015 aims to show how five major global risks to building a sustainable and prosperous society (the lack of fresh water, unsustainable urbanization, continued lock-in to fossil fuels, the rise in non-communicable diseases, and extreme weather) can be turned into 15...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Launch of the first Global Opportunity Report

Katya Ivanova created a new event | 20 January 2015

20 Jan

From 20 January 2015
in Zurich (Switzerland)

Organised by Global Opportunity Network, the UN Global Compact and Monday Morning Global Institute

There is an opportunity in every risk.

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Fast-Tracking Elimination of Production of Remaining Ozone-Depleting Substances Could Speed Up Ozone Layer Recovery by 11 Years

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) updated the Information | 16 January 2015

The assessment report projects that atmospheric ODS amounts will continue to decline through the 21st century, assuming continued compliance with the Montreal Protocol Nairobi, 19 December 2014 - The recovery of the ozone layer - the shield that protects life on Earth from harmful levels of...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Water, Energy, Environment and Climate change Mainstreaming Seminar

Capacity4dev Team updated the event | 16 January 2015

12 May

From 12 May 2014 to 15 May 2014
in (Fiji)

Organised by Organised by DEVCO C2 and hosted by the EU Delegation in Fiji

*UPDATE: All presentations from this seminar are now available here [1]. * The seminar will address the following topics (the list is not exhaustive) 1.EU water policies and programmes: Agenda for Change, SWIM etc. 2.Water for economic growth: opportunities and challenges for a greener economy 3...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Delivering the 2015 ambition

Katya Ivanova created a new event | 16 January 2015

20 Jan

From 20 January 2015
in London (United Kingdom)

Organised by Overseas Development Institute (ODI)

Helen Clark, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) shares her views on what success in 2015 – and beyond – will look like.

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Group: Public Group on Development Policy
Pacific Seminar on Water, Energy, Environment and Climate Change Mainstreaming

Capacity4dev Team created a new event | 16 January 2015

12 May

From 12 May 2014 to 15 May 2014
in (Fiji)

Organised by EU Delegation in Fiji

The seminar addresses the following topics (the list is not exhaustive): 1. EU water policies and programmes: Agenda for Change, SWIM etc. 2. Water for economic growth: opportunities and challenges for a greener economy 3. Water-energy-agriculture nexus 4. Mainstreaming climate change and...

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Group: Public Group on Water and Sanitation
New Making It - UNIDO's quarterly magazine

UNIDO Inclusive and Sustainable Industrial Development Organization posted Information | 16 January 2015

As a follow-up to the United Nations Third International Conference on Small Islands Developing States, held in Samoa in September 2014, this issue of Making It takes a look at the SIDS' potential to pursue sustainable economic development by raising productivity. Find below the link for the...

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Group: UNIDO Brussels - United Nations Industrial Development Organization
9th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation (CBA9): Measuring and enhancing effective adaptation

Katya Ivanova created a new event | 16 January 2015

24 Apr

From 24 April 2015 to 30 April 2015
in Nairobi (Kenya)

Organised by International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS) and African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS)

CBA conferences were created to highlight that effective adaptation to climate change takes place at community level. A bottom-up approach to adaptation enables local knowledge and practices to be shared among communities, academics and project managers so that those most exposed to the impacts of...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
GCCA climate project breathes new life into Ethiopian communities

Fannie Delavelle posted Information | 15 January 2015

Launched in 2012, the GCCA–Ethiopia project pilots climate-smart agriculture in 34 Woredas (districts), representing different agro-ecological and socio-economic zones. The project contributes to adaptation, mitigation and livelihood improvements. It has five components: promoting sustainable...

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Group: GCCA+ Community

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