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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SEED Annual Report 2014

Alexa Froger uploaded a new Document | 8 January 2015

seedannualreport2014screen.pdf 7.26 MB

SEED is a global partnership for action on sustainable development and the green economy. Founded by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) at the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Demistifying Private Climate Finance

Alexa Froger uploaded a new Document | 7 January 2015

demystifyingprivateclimatefinance.pdf 1.67 MB

What is private finance? Where and how does it connect with climate change mitigation and adaptation? And how can it be mobilised by public actors? This report aims, firstly, to increase policy-makers’ and climate negotiators’ understanding of the essentials of private finance. It also suggests and...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Assessment for Decision-Makers - Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 2014 - 2014

Alexa Froger uploaded a new Document | 7 January 2015

adm_2014ozoneassessment_final.pdf 7.92 MB

The Scientific Assessment Panel (SAP) assesses the status of the depletion of the ozone layer and relevant atmospheric science issues. Pursuant to Article 6 of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, a report is prepared every three or four years by the SAP which consists...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Biodiversity Damage Mapped by Global Land-Use Study

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information | 4 January 2015

Cambridge, 01 April 2015 - Humanity's use of land for agricultural production has come at a cost to local ecosystems worldwide, but some of the damage can be reversed, according to a major collaborative research project from the Natural History Museum, United Nations Environment Programme World...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS: INNOVATION POTENTIAL FOR SMART, SUSTAINABLE & INCLUSIVE GROWTH IN EUROPE

Diane KELECOM updated the event | 26 December 2014

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From 30 September 2014
in Brussels (Belgium)

Organised by European Parliament Intergroup on 'Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development', in partnership with IUCN - International Union for Conservation of Nature and the European Commission

The objective of this conference is to raise awareness on the numerous environmental, economic and social benefits that can be realised by implementing nature-based solutions and by restoring the natural functions of ecosystems.

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
The European Commission and UNEP Strengthen Cooperation in Renewed Memorandum of Understanding

Diane KELECOM updated the Information | 26 December 2014

The European Commission and UNEP Strengthen Cooperation in Renewed Memorandum of Understanding Nairobi, [25] June 2014 - UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Achim Steiner and EU Commissioner for Environment Janez Potočnik signed today...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Climate and Clean Air Coalition at EU Green Week 2013

Diane KELECOM updated the Information | 26 December 2014

Fast action to reduce short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs), such as black carbon and methane, has the potential to prevent a significant proportion of the estimated 6 million deaths annually from air-pollution related disease, avoid annual crop losses of over 30 million tons annually, and slow...

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Green Economy report

Diane KELECOM updated the Document | 24 December 2014

green_economy_report.pdf 21.58 MB

Release Date: 21 February 2011 UNEP's Green Economy report is a ground-breaking report. It demonstrates that the greening of economies is not generally a drag on growth but rather a new engine of growth; that it is a net generator of decent jobs, and that it is also a vital strategy for the...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Food Security in the Horn of Africa: The Implications of a Drier, Hotter and More Crowded Future

Diane KELECOM updated the Document | 24 December 2014

food_security_in_the_horn_of_africa_the_implications_of_a_drier_hotter_and_more_crowded_future.pdf 2.64 MB

Release Date: November 2011 Nearly 44 per cent of the population in the Horn of Africa is already subject to extreme food shortages. What will happen if the population continues to grow and climate change exacerbates the harsh conditions?

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Women at the Frontline of Climate Change - Gender risks and hopes

Diane KELECOM updated the Document | 24 December 2014

women_at_the_frontline_of_climate_change_-_gender_risks_and_hopes.pdf 8.89 MB

Release Date: 6 December 2011 According to this report, women in communities vulnerable to climate change are often more likely than men to lose their lives during natural disasters, due to poor access to coping strategies such as basic lifesaving skills or cultural factors that restrict the...

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