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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European Commission and UNEP strengthen regional cooperation on Climate Change in Latin America on the road to COP Lima (Dec. 2014).

Alexa Froger updated the Information | 3 June 2014

Brussels, 3 June 2014 – Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Achim Steiner and EU Commissioner for Development Andris Piebalgs signed a new contribution agreement today on climate change in Latin America under the EUROCLIMA programme . The European Commission and...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Good practices from the GCCA Tanzania programme

Laura Giappichelli posted Information | 3 June 2014

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Group: GCCA+ Community
European Commission and UNEP strengthen regional cooperation on Climate Change in Latin America on the road to COP Lima (Dec. 2014).

Alexa Froger posted Information | 2 June 2014

Brussels, 3 June 2014 – Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Achim Steiner and EU Commissioner for Development Andris Piebalgs signed a new contribution agreement today on climate change in Latin America under the EUROCLIMA programme . The European Commission and...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
EC Booklet on SEA: Strategic Environmental Assessment in Development Cooperation – supporting sustainable growth, poverty reduction and environmental protection

Laura Giappichelli updated the Document | 27 May 2014

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This booklet provides guidance on the use of Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) in development cooperation for European Commission (EC) staff and their partners. It outlines what SEA is and is not drawing upon the results of a recent review of SEA in EC development programmes (hereafter...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Caribbean Forced to Choose Between Climate Change Impact and MDGs

Alessia Virone posted Information | 23 May 2014

Climate change is forcing the nine-member Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) to choose between expending scarce resources to deal with its impact or other pressing development goals. “There is a very thin line between consumption and conservation…progress and protection,” Grenada’s...

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Group: Building resilience of small island economies
Climate Change 2014: Mitigation of Climate Change - Summary for Policymakers

Kyriaki POULIADOU uploaded a new Document | 22 May 2014

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A UN report on climate change calls for a trebling of the planet's use of renewable energy sources such as solar and wind power.

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Building Natural Capital: How REDD+ Can Support a Green Economy

Kyriaki POULIADOU uploaded a new Document | 22 May 2014

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The report outlines how integrating REDD+ programmes into a Green Economy approach can conserve and even boost the economic and social benefits forests provide to human society. An investment of US $30 billion per year - under 7 per cent of the US $480 billion paid in annual global fossil fuel...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Pacific and Caribbean voices echo at global resilience conference

Lebo Mofolo posted Information | 21 May 2014

A delegation of private sector, civil agencies and government sector actors from the Carribbean and the Pacific took the stage at an opening side event at the IFPRI organized conference on "Building Resilience for Food and Nutrition Security." To a person, the panelists expressed a strong wish to...

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Group: Building resilience of small island economies
Re-designing the European Clilmate and Energy policies post-2020

Kyriaki POULIADOU uploaded a new Document | 19 May 2014

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Ensuring the sustainability, security and cost-competitiveness of energy supplies for the EU citizens are the main objectives of the EU climate and energy policy, which remains high on the EU agenda. The next European legislature will have the difficult task to reconcile these different objectives...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
The Caribbean – Beyond the Beaches

Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 19 May 2014

Thinking about the Caribbean, the first image that comes to mind is usually tranquil beaches with white sand and coconut trees. In fact, this diverse region is facing many challenges and changes.

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