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

Panama Breaking New Ground on Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information | 22 September 2014

UNEP Deputy Executive Director Visits Panama as the Country Considers a New Environmental Approach Panama City, 19 September 2014 - Environmental sustainability is gaining traction on Panama's political agenda. The announcement of the upgrade of the National Environmental Authority (ANAM) to...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Financial institutions taking action on climate change

Enrique Rebolledo uploaded a new Document | 22 September 2014

financialinstitutionstakingactiononclimatechange_final.pdf 1.21 MB

A report on how climate leadership is emerging in the finance sector - and on how public and private actors need to work together to grow leadership into a new normal. There is a growing community of financial institutions taking action and demonstrating leadership on climate change. Some...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Deep Decarbonization Pathway Project

Enrique Rebolledo uploaded a new Document | 22 September 2014

ddpp_2014_report.pdf 8.51 MB

PRESENTATION The Deep Decarbonization Pathways Project (DDPP) is an initiative launched by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN, unsdsn.org ) and the Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI). The DDPP is a collaborative initiative to understand and...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Curbing climate change. The deepest cuts. The Economist

Enrique Rebolledo posted Information | 22 September 2014

On the effectiveness of climate policy (via The Economist) Link to full article : http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21618680-our-guide-actions-have-d...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Climate Summit: climate science key to resilience

Brussels UNESCO posted Information | 22 September 2014

UNESCO, WMO and UNITAR Media advisory Climate Summit: climate science key to resilience Paris, 19 September – Increasing temperatures and greenhouse gas emissions, rising sea-levels and a changing hydrological cycle: climate science plays a crucial role in understanding current environmental...

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Group: UNESCO
Better Growth - Better Climate

Michael Schneider uploaded a new Document | 22 September 2014

thenewclimateeconomyreport.pdf 3.53 MB

The New Climate Economy The Global Commission on the Economy and Climate and its flagship project The New Climate Economy, were set up to help governments, businesses and society make better-informed decisions on how to achieve economic prosperity and development while also addressing climate...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
REDD Credits in a Global Carbon Market

Enrique Rebolledo uploaded a new Document | 19 September 2014

redd_credits_in_a_global_carbon_market.pdf 2.53 MB

How can REDD credits be included in a future global carbon market, and what are the impacts of inclusion? We analyze ten different scenarios through 2020, varying the global emission caps and the REDD rules. An inclusion of REDD credits without any adjustments in the global cap will lower carbon...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Achim Steiner, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), about climate change goals and Europe’s role in global climate negotian

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) updated the Information | 19 September 2014

Interview with VieuwsTV

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
World's Leading Institutional Investors Managing $24 Trillion Call for Carbon Pricing, Ambitious Global Climate Deal

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information | 19 September 2014

Blackrock, CalPERS, PensionDanmark, Deutsche AWM, South African GEPF, Australian CFSGAM, Cathay Financial Holdings among 340 investors urging heads of state to take strong action on climate change New York City, 18 September 2014 - Days before UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon convenes the Climate...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Caribbean's Largest Small Island Developing State Charts New Pathway to a Sustainable Future

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information | 18 September 2014

Havana, 17 September 2014 - From combatting desertification and drought, to disaster preparedness, and the better management of natural resources and protected areas, Cuba is well on its way to implementing the Small Island Developing States Accelerated Modalities of Action (S.A.M.O.A. Pathway) -...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development

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