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

Q&As with Pacific expert ahead of climate talks in Lima

Fannie Delavelle posted Information | 1 December 2014

What is needed to get a good climate agreement in Peru? What does a good deal look like for the Pacific region? To learn more on these issues, read our Interview with Professor Elisabeth A. Holland , Director of Pacific Centre for Environment Studies and Sustainable Development at the University of...

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Senegal joins the Partnership for Action on Green Economy

Diane KELECOM updated the Information | 1 December 2014

Green Investments Could Lift Half a Million Senegalese out of Poverty Finds New Study 0 48 2 0 Dakar, 18 November 2014 - Up to half a million people could be lifted out of poverty and 30,000 new jobs created in Senegal, with a switch to a Green Economy, according to a new report released today by...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner Videomessage at EEB 40th anniversary

Alexa Froger posted Information | 28 November 2014

UNEP's Executive Director, Achim Steiner, congratulates the European Environment Bureau (EEB) on the occasion of its 40th anniversary in a two day high level conference in Brussels. In a videomessage to the Module 2 – The next 40 years: placing sustainability at the heart of Europe’s policies , Mr...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Senegal joins the Partnership for Action on Green Economy

Alexa Froger posted Information | 28 November 2014

Green Investments Could Lift Half a Million Senegalese out of Poverty Finds New Study 0 48 2 0 Dakar, 18 November 2014 - Up to half a million people could be lifted out of poverty and 30,000 new jobs created in Senegal, with a switch to a Green Economy, according to a new report released today by...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
How the European Commission is Facilitating the Move to Green Economy

Diane KELECOM updated the Article | 28 November 2014

In the past year, the European Commission has taken solid steps towards mainstreaming green economy into its development cooperation. Cristiana Pasca-Palmer, Head of the Environment, Climate Change, Natural Resources and Water Unit at EuropeAid, outlines the policy bed, targets and main toolkits...

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IOM Outlook on Migration, Environment and Climate Change

Jo De Backer posted Information | 27 November 2014

IOM Outlook on Migration, Environment and Climate Change aims to bring together in one easy-to-access reference document the knowledge accrued by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and to present IOM’s role, understanding and approach to environmental migration. This reference...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
IOM Joins Climate Vulnerable Forum Trust Fund to Address Growing Climate Pressures on Migration and Displacement

Jo De Backer posted Information | 26 November 2014

IOM has joined a group of international agencies participating in the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) Trust Fund with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding. The partnership aims to increase the capacity of affected communities to deal with migration and displacement linked to the impact of...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
IOM Joins Climate Vulnerable Forum Trust Fund to Address Growing Climate Pressures on Migration and Displacement

Jo De Backer posted Information | 26 November 2014

IOM has joined a group of international agencies participating in the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) Trust Fund with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding. The partnership aims to increase the capacity of affected communities to deal with migration and displacement linked to the impact of...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Support to Climate Change Mitigation and Adaption in the Eastern Neighbouthood countries and Russia- Clima East

Iliyana Arnaudova updated the WIKI page | 25 November 2014

Objectives The overall objective of the progamme is to support the ENP East countries and Russia so that they are better equipped for greenhouse-gas emission reductions and better prepared to deal with climate change impacts. More specifically, the programme aims to foster improved climate change...

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Project: Air Quality Governance in the ENPI East Countries
Our Planet: Climate for Life

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) uploaded a new Document | 24 November 2014

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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

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