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

IOM participates in COP 20 Lima Climate Change meeting

Jo De Backer posted Information | 12 December 2014

Recognizing that climate change is an important driver of migration in many parts of the world, IOM is actively contributing to a number of events at the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP20) climate change negotiations taking place this week in Lima, Peru. IOM is advocating for human mobility to...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
IOM launches Environmental Migration Platform

Jo De Backer posted Information | 12 December 2014

IOM today launchedthe Environmental Migration Portal : Knowledge Platform on People on the Move in a Changing Climate , the first-ever online global platform solely focusing on the migration-environment nexus. The Environmental Migration Portal is part of the European Union (EU)-funded and IOM-led...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
United Nations Environment Programme at the COP 20

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) updated the Information | 12 December 2014

United Nations Environment Programme at the UNFCCC COP 20 Some highlights of the engagement of UNEP and hosted secretariats during the COP20 (a comprehensive overview can be found here ): Monday, 1 December - Innovation and Collaboration for Transforming Knowledge into Climate Action Relevant,...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
5. Tools and Methods

Fannie Delavelle updated the WIKI page | 11 December 2014

GCCA+ support is provided through two mutually reinforcing pillars serving as a platform for dialogue and cooperation, and as a source of technical and financial support through country or regional programmes delivered in five priority areas across a range of sectors. These areas are mainstreaming...

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Group: GCCA+ Community
Africa Sustainable Transport Forum - Summary of the Outcomes

Marc Stalmans created a new event | 11 December 2014

28 Oct

From 28 October 2014 to 30 October 2014
in (Kenya)

Organised by UN-Habitat, WB, UNEP and SSATP

The Africa Sustainable Transport Forum (ASTF) held its 1 st Ministerial and Experts Conference on 28 to 30 October 2014 at the UN Headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. The event was hosted by the Kenyan Government with support from UNEP, The World Bank, the SSATP programme based in the World Bank, and UN...

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Group: Public Group on Transport
ASTF - outcomes

Marc Stalmans uploaded a new Document | 11 December 2014

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Group: Public Group on Transport
Full Economic Potential of Carbon-Rich Mangroves Remains Untapped, Finds New UNEP Report

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) updated the Information | 11 December 2014

Estimated Worth of Climate Benefits from Central African Mangroves up to US$66 billion. And New Satellite Technology Could Help Monitor Mangrove Restoration. UNEP estimates the economic cost of the destruction of carbon-rich mangroves, which are being cleared 3 – 5 times faster than terrestrial...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
The IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report: What’s in it for Latin America?

CDKN (Climate and Development Knowledge Network) uploaded a new Document | 10 December 2014

ipcc_ar5_whats_in_it_for_latin_america.pdf 3.49 MB

What’s in it for Latin America? presents key findings from the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) for Latin America. It extracts Latin America-specific data, trends and analysis directly from AR5, summarising it in a short volume to make it accessible to all audiences, and highlights key...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Seychelles is ready to work with France and SIDS to help reach an agreement at the Paris negotiations on climate change in 2015

Lebo Mofolo posted Information | 10 December 2014

The Paris negotiations on climate change in December next year and the resolve of both Seychelles and France to see the adoption of a legally binding agreement at the meeting was amongst the main topics discussed when the Seychelles President James Michel met with his French counterpart Francois...

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Group: Building resilience of small island economies
C2T4 Presentation: "Air Quality Governance and CLIMA EAST: Opportunities for cooperation" EN

Iliyana Arnaudova uploaded a new Document | 10 December 2014

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Project: Air Quality Governance in the ENPI East Countries

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