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

Planned Relocations, Disasters and Climate Change : Consolidating Good Practices and Preparing for the Future

Diane KELECOM updated the Information | 18 December 2014

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement and Georgetown University’s Institute for the Study of International Migration organized an expert consultation on Planned Relocation, Disasters and Climate Change: Consolidating Good Practices and...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
10 things not to do with climate aid

Diane KELECOM updated the Information | 18 December 2014

Interesting article: http://www.odi.org.uk/opinion/8230-climate-change-aid-resilience-conflict-mistakes?utm_source=ODI+email+services&utm_campaign=9dbf1619f7-ODI_Newsletter_27_February_20142_26_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_bb7fadfa38-9dbf1619f7-75500869 Here is the full report on "...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Curbing climate change. The deepest cuts. The Economist

Diane KELECOM updated the Information | 18 December 2014

On the effectiveness of climate policy (via The Economist) Link to full article : http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21618680-our-guide-actions-have-d...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Workshop GIZ in Munich: Climate Change Adaptation in Agriculture

Diane KELECOM updated the Information | 18 December 2014

Dates: 8 - 12. December 2014 Vulnerability of agriculture to climatic disturbances and changes can be regarded as comparably high. Therefor decisions need to be taken at an earliest stage with regard to adaptation strategies and development pathways. A workshop designed by GIZ leads you through the...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
REPORT: Biennial Assessment and Overview of Climate Finance Flows 2014

Diane KELECOM updated the Document | 18 December 2014

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This guide provides climate change negotiators with a synopsis of the key elements in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)’s Biennial Assessment of climate finance flows. This is of relevance not only to the overall landscape of climate finance, but also to the...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
UNEP Executive Director Invites EU Environment Ministers to Engage Further towards Successful Outcome of Sustainable Development Goals Negotiations

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information | 18 December 2014

UNEP Head Achim Steiner addresses the EU Environment Council. Image Copyright, Council of the EU Brussels, 17 December 2014 - UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Environment Programme Executive Director Achim Steiner today addressed the EU Environment Council on the post-2015 process and the...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Training on Sustainable Agriculture

Diane KELECOM updated the Information | 18 December 2014

MOSA - Modules on Sustainable Agriculture 5 days training for program managers and advisory services in food production and food markets June 29 to July 3, 2015 Venue: GIZ International Training Center in Feldafing http://www.giz.de/en/worldwide/16583.html Price: €2.070,- Registration: kundenportal...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
UNEP Post 2015 Note #8 : Integration and universality key to the post-2015 sustainable development agenda

Alexa Froger uploaded a new Document | 17 December 2014

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UNEP Note #8 Briefing note produced by UNEP as part of a series on the post 2015 agenda.

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Training on Sustainable Agriculture

Michael Schneider posted Information | 17 December 2014

MOSA - Modules on Sustainable Agriculture 5 days training for program managers and advisory services in food production and food markets June 29 to July 3, 2015 Venue: GIZ International Training Center in Feldafing http://www.giz.de/en/worldwide/16583.html Price: €2.070,- Registration: kundenportal...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
Training on Sustainable Agriculture

Michael Schneider uploaded a new Document | 17 December 2014

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