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

Building Resilience to Disaster and Climate Change through Social Protection

Kyriaki POULIADOU uploaded a new Document | 14 January 2014

building_resilience_to_disaster_and_climate_change_through_social_protection.pdf 4.24 MB

building_resilience_2.jpg This toolkit provides guidance on how to prepare social protection programs to respond to disasters and climate change. The snapshots of good practice experiences and practical tips for implementation are intended to guide decision makers in countries facing these risks in...

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Managing Disaster Risks for a Resilient Future

Kyriaki POULIADOU uploaded a new Document | 13 January 2014

sendai_brochure_english.pdf 1 MB

sendai_report.jpg Every day, the growth of urban populations drives exposure to natural hazards ever higher. Unplanned urban expansion, coupled with poor resource management, destroys natural ecosystems, such as mangroves, wetlands, and forests, that have protected communities for generations...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Building Resilience - Integration Climate and Disaster Risk into Resilience

Kyriaki POULIADOU uploaded a new Document | 13 January 2014

wbg_2013_building_resilience_full_report-english.pdf 4.23 MB

building_resilience.jpg Weather-related events hurt rich and poor countries alike. They can slam the brakes on economic growth and cripple markets. But how we fare after disaster strikes depends very much on where in the world we live, and how. The more vulnerable and less prepared our nations,...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
World Development Report 2014: Risk and Opportunity - Managing Risk for Development

Kyriaki POULIADOU uploaded a new Document | 13 January 2014

world_development_report_2014_-_risk_and_opportunity_-_managing_risk_for_development.pdf 27.97 MB

world_development_report.jpg In the face of social unrest, economic crises, and more frequent natural disasters, preparation and recovery efforts by governments, communities, and individuals have become increasingly essential. Effective risk management can provide both resilience to withstand...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Growing Green - The Economic Benefits of Climate Action

Kyriaki POULIADOU uploaded a new Document | 10 January 2014

growing_green_-_the_economic_benefits_of_climate_action.zip 23.85 MB

growing_green.jpg Extreme weather has brought severe droughts, heat waves, and floods to Eastern Europe and Central Asia. This report identifies actions that governments can take to reduce the carbon footprints of their economies, with many paying for themselves when indirect benefits such as...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Sustainability: the Core of the New Development Goals?

Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 9 January 2014

The Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme, Ibrahim Thiaw, reminds us - as underlined at Rio+20 in 2012 - that the goals of the post-2015 development agenda need, at their very heart, to be sustainable. How can organisations like UNEP help to forge this into reality?

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Sustainability: the Core of the New Development Goals?

Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 8 January 2014

The Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme, Ibrahim Thiaw, reminds us - as underlined at Rio+20 in 2012 - that the goals of the post-2015 development agenda need, at their very heart, to be sustainable. How can organisations like UNEP help to forge this into reality?

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Module 3: The EU perspective – addressing EU and international commitments and integrating throughout the operations cycle

Capacity4dev Team updated the Document | 5 January 2014

module_3_eu_perspective.pptx 1.41 MB

These are the slides for the third module ( The EU perspective – addressing EU and international commitments and integrating throughout the operations cycle) of the Environment and Climate Change in Development Cooperation methodological training course .

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Module 1: Exploring definitions and concepts

Capacity4dev Team updated the Document | 5 January 2014

module_1_exploring_definitions_and_concepts.pptx 6.77 MB

These are the slides for the first module (Exploring definitions and concepts) of the Environment and Climate Change in Development Cooperation methodological training course .

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Module 2: The case for integrating environment and climate change

Capacity4dev Team updated the Document | 5 January 2014

module_2_the_case_for_integrating_environment_and_climate_change.pptx 3.24 MB

These are the slides for the second module ( The case for integrating environment and climate change) of the Environment and Climate Change in Development Cooperation methodological training course .

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