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

More than seeds

Sarah Cummings posted Information | 18 September 2014

The most recent July-September 2014 issue of Rice Today , a quarterly magazine published by IRRI on behalf of the Global Rice Science Partnership, features an article More than seeds (pages 36-37) about of the climate-smart rice being grown by Indian farmers. These rice varieties have been...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
Migration, Environment and Climate Change - IOM Environmental Migration Newsletter

Jo De Backer posted Information | 17 September 2014

We are pleased to share a new issue of IOM’s Environmental Migration Newsletter focused on Small Islands States (SIDS), Migration and Climate Change celebrating the launch of the SIDS Samoa Conference and in preparation of the forthcoming UN SG Climate Summit.

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
IOM Environmental Migration Newsletter:

Jo De Backer uploaded a new Document | 17 September 2014

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We are pleased to share a new issue of IOM’s Environmental Migration Newsletter focused on Small Islands States (SIDS), Migration and Climate Change celebrating the launch of the SIDS Samoa Conference and in preparation of the forthcoming UN SG Climate Summit.

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Planned Relocations, Disasters and Climate Change : Consolidating Good Practices and Preparing for the Future

Marine Franck posted Information | 16 September 2014

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement and Georgetown University’s Institute for the Study of International Migration organized an expert consultation on Planned Relocation, Disasters and Climate Change: Consolidating Good Practices and...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
REPORT Planned Relocations, Disasters and Climate Change : Consolidating Good Practices and Preparing for the Future

Marine Franck uploaded a new Document | 16 September 2014

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The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement and Georgetown University’s Institute for the Study of International Migration organized an expert consultation on Planned Relocation, Disasters and Climate Change: Consolidating Good Practices and...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
BACKGROUND DOCUMENT Planned relocations, disasters and climate change: Consolidating good practices and preparing for the future

Marine Franck uploaded a new Document | 16 September 2014

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This background paper has been prepared to underpin discussions at the Sanremo consultation on planned relocations, disasters and climate change: Consolidating good practices and preparing for the future, to be held from 12-14 March 2014. This UNHCR-Brookings-Georgetown consultation, supported with...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Lessons from urban risk assessments in Latin American and Caribbean cities

Enrique Rebolledo uploaded a new Document | 11 September 2014

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Development in Practice Volume 24 , Issue 4 , 2014 Special Issue: Special issue on climate change adaptation and development Abstract This paper draws on the results from a recent World Bank-funded project designed to inform policy-making and climate change adaptation planning in small and medium-...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 2014 - Assessment for Decision-Makers

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) uploaded a new Document | 11 September 2014

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Publication Date: 2014 The Earth’s protective ozone layer is well on track to recovery in the next few decades thanks to concerted international action against ozone depleting substances, according to a new assessment by 300 scientists. The Assessment for Decision-Makers, a summary document of the...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Ozone Layer on Track to Recovery - Success Story Should Encourage Action on Climate

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information | 11 September 2014

Nairobi/Geneva, 10 September 2014 – The Earth’s protective ozone layer is well on track to recovery in the next few decades thanks to concerted international action against ozone depleting substances, according to a new assessment by 300 scientists. The Assessment for Decision-Makers, a summary...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Training Seminar: Mainstreaming Environment and Climate Change in Development Operations

Laura Giappichelli created a new event | 8 September 2014

28 Oct

From 28 October 2014 to 30 October 2014
in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)

Organised by EuropeAid Unit C2 - Climate Change, Environment, Natural Resources

Practical Information This training will take place in Abbis Abba, Ethiopia (Syslog n. 458706). The standard course is available on the following page . Kindly note that training courses in EU Delegations are organised on-demand. Course Objectives Training Objectives The specific objectives of the...

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