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

Green Carbon: Black Trade Report

Diane KELECOM updated the Document | 24 December 2014

green_carbon_black_trade_small.pdf 13.27 MB

Publication Date: September 2012 This Rapid Response Report looks at the illegal logging trade, which makes up 50 to 90 per cent of logging in key tropical countries of the Amazon basin, Central Africa and South East Asia. It shows that it is being carried out by organized crime and is threatening...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Seeds of Knowledge: Contributing to Climate Change Solutions

Diane KELECOM updated the Document | 24 December 2014

seeds_of_knowledge.pdf 5.87 MB

Publication Date: 2012 This booklet presents 24 case studies from 17 countries on grassroots solutions to the impacts of climate change. Contents Theme: Capacity Building Strengthening capacity for conflict prevention and the protection of natural resources in Peru Strengthening institutional...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
"A New Spring For Bees" International Conference

Diane KELECOM updated the event | 24 December 2014

02 Apr

From 2 April 2014
in Brussels (Belgium)

Organised by EP Intergroup on Climate Change, Biodiversity, and Sustainable Development

High-level conference organised by the sustainable development Intergroup of the European Parliament [1] and partners to raise awareness of policy-makers and the general public on the importance of bees and the precious service offered by pollinators. [1] http://www.ebcd.org/en/EP_Intergroup_CCBSD/...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Climate Change Challenges for Africa: Evidence from selected EU-Funded Research Projects

Diane KELECOM updated the Document | 24 December 2014

climate_change_policy_2012.pdf 6.73 MB

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Democratic People's Republic of Korea: Environment and Climate Change Outlook

Diane KELECOM updated the Document | 24 December 2014

democratic_peoples_republic_of_korea_environment_and_climate_change_outlook.pdf 5.91 MB

Publication Date: 2012 Report by the Ministry of Land and Environment Protection of North Korea on the country's environment and cllimate change outlook. Technical assistance for the report was provided by UNEP.

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Our Planet: Climate for Life

Diane KELECOM updated the Document | 24 December 2014

-our_planet-_climate_for_life-2014our_planet_nov07_2014_lr.pdf 16.66 MB

Publication Date: November 2014 The interaction between biodiversity, climate change and protected areas are the focus of this issue of Our Planet. Protected areas are important carbon storage facilities, so their maintenance and expansion is a key contributor to mitigating climate change...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Low Emission Development Strategies (LEDS) Global Partnership Factsheet

Diane KELECOM updated the Document | 24 December 2014

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The Low Emission Development Strategies (LEDS) Global Partnership was founded to enhance coordination, information exchange, and cooperation among programs and countries working to advance low emissions growth. Launched in early 2011, the partnership currently brings together more than 96...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Green Growth, Resources, and Resilience: Environmental Sustainability in Asia and the Pacific

Diane KELECOM updated the Document | 24 December 2014

green_growth_report.pdf 4.87 MB

Publication Date: 2012 The report was produced jointly by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and UNEP. Focusing on Asia and the Pacific, it highlights changes in the policy landscape that have taken place in the...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Building Natural Capital: How REDD+ Can Support a Green Economy

Diane KELECOM updated the Document | 24 December 2014

irpbuildingnaturalcapitalthroughreddmarch2014.pdf 8.42 MB

Publication Date: March 2014 This report by the International Resource Panel (IRP) and the UN REDD+ Programme provides a concise summary of the elements necessary for integrating REDD+ into a Green Economy. It provides policymakers with innovative ideas for supporting economic development while...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis (Technical Summary with link to full report)

Diane KELECOM updated the Document | 24 December 2014

ipcc_2013_technical_summary.pdf 17.45 MB

Publication Date: 2013 This report confirms that warming in the climate system is unequivocal, with many of the observed changes unprecedented over decades to millennia: warming of the atmosphere and the ocean, diminishing snow and ice, rising sea levels and increasing concentrations of greenhouse...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development

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