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

Tuvalu farmers get EU help to boost crops

Jonathan Pfund posted Information | 6 November 2014

Tuvalu Director of Agriculture says US$600,000 of funding from the European Union for climate resilient crop initiatives is important to the country's survival. Itaia Lausaveve says the effects of climate change have already begun to make themselves felt with Tuvalu one of the worst affected...

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Group: Building resilience of small island economies
IOM and ICIMOD to collaborate on labour migration and remittances in climate change adaptation in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region

Jo De Backer posted Information | 6 November 2014

Deputy Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and Director General of International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) concerning cooperation on labour migration and remittances in climate change adaptation...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
African, Caribbean and Pacific countries to discuss joint climate talks position

Fannie Delavelle updated the Information | 5 November 2014

“Climate change carries enormous social and economic risks for the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of countries,” said Dr Pendo Maro, Technical Adviser to the ACP Secretariat – GCCA Intra-ACP Programme. “For some countries, climate change is an existential threat.” The ACP Group of...

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Group: GCCA+ Community
The climate change challenge

Alexa Froger created a new event | 5 November 2014

04 Nov

From 4 November 2014
in (Belgium)

Organised by European Parliament

European Parliament Brussels - Paul Henri Spaak (PHS) 3C050 Event web-casted You can follow the webstream here Keynote presentation • Dr Rajendra Pachauri , Chair, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Presentation of the key findings from the IPCC's 5th Assessment Report to EU policy-makers,...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Project: Climate proofing the Danube Delta (2011-2014)

Delia Leonte created a new WIKI page | 5 November 2014

What is this project about? The Climate Change Adaptation in the Danube Delta project (2011-2014, 1 million EUR) supports the building of a basis for the adaptation of the Ukrainian, Moldovan and Romanian parts of the Danube Delta region to the changing climate conditions through integrated land...

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Group: Environment in the EU's Eastern neighbours
Diane KELECOM commented on an article | 4 November 2014

Sweet Solutions: How Honey Aids Development

Today, Elizabeth Truss, the UK's Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, announced a 10-year plan to help bees and pollinators. Comparing bees to football stars, she said: “Their work is valued at around £430m – four times the salaries of the top 10 players in the Premier League...
8. How can I contribute to this group?

Fannie Delavelle updated the WIKI page | 3 November 2014

The objective of this group is to share information about climate change adaptation and mitigation, sustainable development and related topics. This a place for exchanging experiences, good practices and ideas. In this group you will find: - Relevant documents related to the issues of this group...

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Group: GCCA+ Community
Together for a Greener Europe - Welcome to the UN Environment Programme

Alexa Froger updated the Document | 3 November 2014

unep_ebook_greener_europe.pdf 17.39 MB

Publication Date: 2014

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Mainstreaming climate change

Fannie Delavelle created a new WIKI page | 3 November 2014

Climate change is inherently linked to all sectors of development and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. That means climate change needs to be a central, and not a peripheral consideration in national planning and development. This is the case for all countries, but it is...

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Group: GCCA+ Community
7. Contacts

Fannie Delavelle created a new WIKI page | 3 November 2014

Please address any general questions and messages about the GCCA and related activities to info@gcca.eu . Questions and messages related specifically to the GCCA’s Intra-ACP Programme , including enquiries concerning technical assistance and training services, should be addressed to the ACP...

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Group: GCCA+ Community

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