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

Climate change adaptation & mitigation: key messages from IPCC’s 5th Assessment Report and implications for policy and decision making

Kyriaki POULIADOU created a new event | 11 April 2014

06 May

From 6 May 2014
in Brussels (Belgium)

Organised by European Commission - Directorate-General for Research & Innovation

The European Commission (Directorate-General for Research & Innovation) is organising this half day event (14:00 - 17:00) which brings together policy makers, key stakeholders from the private sector, civil society representatives, scientists, advisors and high level representatives from the...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Agenda: CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION & MITIGATION:KEY MESSAGES FROM IPCC'S 5TH ASSESSMENT REPORT

Kyriaki POULIADOU uploaded a new Document | 11 April 2014

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
"On the road to Paris 2015: Towards a new global climate deal" debate with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon - live online 3 April

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) updated the Information | 10 April 2014

Update: Read about the outcomes of the debate here . Watch today UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon live online from 10.30 to 11.30 am Central European Time (CET) on www.friendsofeurope.org or www.debatingeurope.eu . This Policy Spotlight organised by Friends of Europe and Debating Europe will focus...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
UN Secretary General Addresses Climate Change at Friends of Europe Policy Spotlight

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information | 10 April 2014

Photo Credit: Friends of Europe UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon addressed climate change at a Friends of Europe Policy Spotlight in Brussels, Belgium on April 3rd. “My objective has been to impress on Member States, the world of business and the public at large that climate change is an obstacle...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Veronika Hunt Šafránková, Head of the UN Environment Programme Brussels Office

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) created a new WIKI page | 9 April 2014

Veronika is Head of the UN Environment Programme Brussels Office since April 2019. As Head of the Brussels Office she is responsible for promoting and facilitating partnership-building between UNEP and EU institutions as well as key EU stakeholders in Brussels. This includes taking the lead on...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
UNEP in Asia Pacific (ROAP) November/December 2013 Newsletter

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) updated the Document | 8 April 2014

roap_newsletter_nov-dec_2013_issue_.pdf 5.38 MB

Publication Date: December 2013 Regional Newsletter for UNEP's latest involvement in the Asia Pacific region. The First Asian Meeting of 10-Year Framework for Sustainable Consumption and Production (10YFP), and climate change adaptation throughout the region are highlighted in this issue.

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
"Climate Change in Africa", video on EU-Africa research cooperation and climate change

Nadia Tjahja posted Information | 7 April 2014

The short movie " Climate Change in Africa " focuses on the on-going research cooperation between African and European scientists and stakeholders within the 7th Framework Programme (FP7). This movie has been produced with the support of DG Research and Innovation to document the challenges of the...

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Group: Building resilience of small island economies
Disappearing Honey Bees

Laura Giappichelli updated the Information | 7 April 2014

Simple graphics speak louder than words In the midst of the European Week for Bees and Pollination , take a minute to look at this forthtelling graph to better appreciate the real issues we are facing today, with an ever declining population. The above graphic was embeded from the following source...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Training on the integration of climate change into national planning and budgeting in Côte d'Ivoire.

PAPA OUMAR DIEYE uploaded a new Document | 7 April 2014

rapport_de_synthese_atelier_iccp_ci-14_03_2014_final.pdf 236.68 KB

Training on the integration of climate change into national planning and budgeting in Côte d'Ivoire. This training was hold from 11 to 14 March 2014 in Abidjan within the framework of the implementation of the Regional Programme intra ACP called the Global Climate Change Alliance (CILSS / ECOWAS...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
A short video on EU-Africa research cooperation on climate change

Silvia Donato posted Information | 7 April 2014

A short movie with a focus on climate change in Africa illustrates on-going research cooperation between European and African scientists and stakeholders within the 7th Framework Programme (FP7). Climate Change in Africa has been produced with the support of DG Research and Innovation to document...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy

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