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

Full Economic Potential of Carbon-Rich Mangroves Remains Untapped, Finds New UNEP Report

Alexa Froger posted Information | 10 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
4. News

Fannie Delavelle updated the WIKI page | 9 December 2014

Videos related to GCCA+ events or programmes can be accessed on this page (on the left hand side, click on your sub-page of interest). A "GCCA+ Community" section has been created on YouTube. Click here to view all available GCCA+ related videos. Stories about GCCA+ programmes, GCCA+ related events...

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3. GCCA+ programmes

Fannie Delavelle updated the WIKI page | 9 December 2014

The GCCA+ initiative supports climate change projects and programmes in the world’s most climate-vulnerable countries. Over 80 national programmes have been supported in the Africa, Asia, Caribbean, and Pacific regions since 2007 as well as regional and multi-country programmes in the GCCA+ areas...

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Group: GCCA+ Community
1. About the GCCA+

Fannie Delavelle updated the WIKI page | 9 December 2014

What is the EU GCCA+ Initiative? Nukufetau coastal damages by cyclone in Tuvalu © EU GCCA+ LoCAL-UNCDF. Photo Hendrik Visser 2016 Helping vulnerable countries on the front line of climate change The Global Climate Change Alliance Plus (GCCA+) is a European Union flagship initiative which is helping...

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Group: GCCA+ Community
Adaptation Gap Report

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) uploaded a new Document | 8 December 2014

adaptation_gap_report.pdf 4.69 MB

Publication Date: December 2014 The report has been produced in response to requests by parties for an assessment on adaptation, complementary to the annual Emissions Gap report that UNEP has produced since 2010. This first Adaptation Gap report provides an equally sobering assessment of the gap...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Infopoint presentation Irrigation - EAU4Food

Barbara DEQUINZE uploaded a new Document | 8 December 2014

presentation_green_wheel-dg_devco.pdf 1.96 MB

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
Infopoint presentation Irrigation - EAU4Food: the FP7 Africa Call (DG RTD)

Barbara DEQUINZE uploaded a new Document | 8 December 2014

africacall_in_short_dec_2014.pdf 430.13 KB

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
Irrigation - EAU4Food prgramme

Barbara DEQUINZE posted Information | 8 December 2014

Irrigation - EAU4Food prgramme On the 4th December an InfoPoint session was held in DEVCO to present the EAU4FOOD programme funded by DG RTD. The programme is executed in 5 irrigated zones in Africa (Tunisia, Mali, South Africa & Mozambique, Ethiopia) and utilizes a trans disciplinary approach...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
Pastoralism and Conflict

Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 5 December 2014

Pastoralists can get a bad name. These semi-nomadic communities are sometimes portrayed as living an outmoded way of life, feuding and degrading the environment with their herd before moving to a new area. The reality is different. The European Commission supports pastoralism as one of the most...

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Threats to the Congo Basin

Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 5 December 2014

A major report on the Congo Basin has found the world’s “second lung” is struggling to maintain its rich biodiversity amid deforestation, poaching and the worsening effects of climate change.

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