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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CDP Climate Performance Leadership Index 2014

Enrique Rebolledo uploaded a new Document | 15 October 2014

cdp-climate-performance-leadership-index-2014.pdf 3.73 MB

This new global index has been produced at the request of 767 investors who represent more than a third of the world’s invested capital. 187 businesses, from Apple Inc. to Zurich Insurance Group, have made The A List. Discover how they debunk economic arguments against reducing emissions.

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Assessing the Costs of Climate Change and Adaptation in South Asia

Diane KELECOM updated the Information | 14 October 2014

"With a population of 1.43 billion people, one-third of whom live in poverty, the South Asia developing members of ADB face the challenge of achieving and sustaining rapid economic growth to reduce poverty and attain other Millennium Development Goals in an era of accentuated risks posed by global...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Sweet Solutions: How Honey Aids Development

Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 13 October 2014

Wherever you are in the world, beekeeping is a guaranteed source of income. The international market varies but in developing countries honey production remains a vital means of subsistence. It supports the environment too, but plummeting bee numbers now jeopardise food chains in developing and...

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Assessing the Costs of Climate Change and Adaptation in South Asia

Laura Giappichelli posted Information | 8 October 2014

"With a population of 1.43 billion people, one-third of whom live in poverty, the South Asia developing members of ADB face the challenge of achieving and sustaining rapid economic growth to reduce poverty and attain other Millennium Development Goals in an era of accentuated risks posed by global...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Assessing the Costs of Climate Change and Adaptation in South Asia

Laura Giappichelli uploaded a new Document | 8 October 2014

assessing-costs-climate-change-and-adaptation-south-asia.pdf 5.26 MB

More information available here: http://www.adb.org/publications/assessing-costs-climate-change-and-adaptation-south-asia

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Renewed international commitment to combat the global threat posed from mercury pollution

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) updated the Information | 3 October 2014

High-level Special Event - “The Minamata Convention on Mercury: Towards its early entry into force and effective implementation” N ew York, 24 September 2014 – Twenty-two countries have taken major steps to address the emissions and releases of one of the most notorious heavy metals – mercury. A...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Together for a Greener Europe - Welcome to the UN Environment Programme

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) uploaded a new Document | 3 October 2014

unep_ebook_greener_europe.pdf 17.39 MB

Publication Date: 2014

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Cine ONU Screening of "Project Wild Thing", by David Bond

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) updated the event | 2 October 2014

14 Oct

From 14 October 2014
in 1040 Brussels (Belgium)

Organised by UNRIC in collaboration with UNEP and with support from the Goethe Institute

Project Wild Thing

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Training on Climate Change Adaptation in Agriculture (Germany)

Michael Schneider posted Information | 1 October 2014

A high variability of annual rainfalls might have since long been a reality for farmers in various regions. Climatic changes can lead to a further rise of unpredictable conditions to which the agricultural enterprise and the livelihood systems need to adapt. A training of GIZ has been developed for...

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Group: Agriculture & Rural Development
Training on Climate Change Adaptation in Agriculture (Germany)

Michael Schneider uploaded a new Document | 1 October 2014

nrm_10_cca_in_agriculture_1.pdf 193.42 KB

A high variability of annual rainfalls might have since long been a reality for farmers in various regions. Climatic changes can lead to a further rise of unpredictable conditions to which the agricultural enterprise and the livelihood systems need to adapt. A training of GIZ has been developed for...

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Group: Agriculture & Rural Development

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