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

Sector Indicator Guidance for Programming

Laura Giappichelli created a new WIKI page | 9 July 2014

The purpose of the present guidance note on sector and cross cutting indicators is to support Delegations with the preparation of Multi-annual Indicative Programming documents (MIPs), in particular in the process of specifying indicators linked to expected results. It aims to support this process...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
High-level event: Countdown to Earth Overshoot Day 2014

Alexa Froger created a new event | 2 July 2014

08 Jul

From 8 July 2014
in Brussels (Belgium)

Organised by GLOBE EU, Global Footprint Network, Club of Rome and IUCN EU Representative

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Brussels Briefing 37: Building resilience of SIDS through trade and agribusiness development

Lebo Mofolo created a new event | 2 July 2014

11 Jul

From 11 July 2014
in 1040 Brussels (Belgium)

Organised by CTA

*About the Brussels Briefings* The ACP-EU technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA [1]), the European Commission [2], the EU Presidency, the ACP Group [3],Concord [4], and other partners organize *regular development Briefing sessions in Brussels on key issues and challenges for...

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Group: Building resilience of small island economies
Next Brussels Briefing: Building resilience of SIDS through trade and agribusiness development

Lebo Mofolo posted Information | 2 July 2014

The next Brussels Development Briefing on ' Building resilience of SIDS through trade and agribusiness development ', will be held during the morning of Friday 11 July 2014, at Borschette in Brussels. This 37th Briefing is taking place in the context of 2104 as the year of Small Island Developing...

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Group: Building resilience of small island economies
Green Growth Best Practice - Executive Summary

Nadia Lamhandaz uploaded a new Document | 1 July 2014

green-growth-in-practice-062014-es.pdf 1.92 MB

The Green Growth Best Practices report is now available! Following precedent reviews of green growth, green economy, low carbon and climate resilient development plans by OECD (2013), UNEP (2011), the World bank (2012) and others, the GGBP Initiative focuses on the 9 interlinked stepss that are...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Emerging Issues for Small Island Developing States

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) uploaded a new Document | 27 June 2014

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Publication Date: 2014 Sustainable development, integrating the social, economic and environmental aspects of development,is critical for the future of the planet – and nowhere is this more apparent than in Small Island Developing States (SIDS). Priority issues for SIDS sit at the nexus of these...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
UNFPA: Post 2015 development agenda online dialogues on CULTURE AND DEVELOPMENT

Suhair Muhye Al Deen posted Information | 26 June 2014

The UNFPA, along with UNESCO and UNDP, is co-leading the Culture and Development consultation , one of six dialogues on implementation of the evolving Post-2015 development agenda which will follow the MDGs (Millenium Development Goals). Med Culture 's official website is now online! Discover a...

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Group: Medculture
UNFPA: Post 2015 development agenda online dialogues on CULTURE AND DEVELOPMENT

Suhair Muhye Al Deen posted Information | 26 June 2014

The UNFPA, along with UNESCO and UNDP, is co-leading the Culture and Development consultation , one of six dialogues on implementation of the evolving Post-2015 development agenda which will follow the MDGs (Millenium Development Goals). Med Culture 's official website is now online! Discover a...

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Group: Medculture
The European Commission and UNEP Strengthen Cooperation in Renewed Memorandum of Understanding

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information | 26 June 2014

The European Commission and UNEP Strengthen Cooperation in Renewed Memorandum of Understanding Nairobi, [25] June 2014 - UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Achim Steiner and EU Commissioner for Environment Janez Potočnik signed today...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Interview with GCCA Intra ACP Regional Programme - Dr Benoit Sarr - AGRHYMET Regional Centre

Laura Giappichelli updated the Information | 25 June 2014

Dr Benoit Sarr, an agro-meteo expert from the AGRHYMET Regional Centre (CILSS), discusses how his organisation enhanced its expertise in carbon pricing and how to integrate climate-friendly policies into national bugets through working with the Global Climate Change Alliance.

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Group: GCCA+ Community

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