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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UNEP in Asia Pacific (ROAP) November/December 2013 Newsletter

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) uploaded a new Document | 7 November 2013

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
Launch of UNEP's 4th Emissions Gap Report

James Morris updated the event | 5 November 2013

05 Nov

From 5 November 2013
in Brussels (Belgium)

Organised by UNEP

-------- BRUSSELS LAUNCH OF UNEP'S 4TH EMISSIONS GAP REPORT ------------------

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Pacific Gender and Climate Change Toolkit - Tools for practitioners

Kyriaki POULIADOU uploaded a new Document | 5 November 2013

toolkit_booklet_pages.pdf 2.87 MB

This toolkit is designed to support climate change practitioners in the Pacific islands region to integrate gender into their programmes and projects. It is aimed at climate change professionals working in national governments, non-governmental organisations, regional and international...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Emissions Gap Report 2013

James Morris uploaded a new Document | 5 November 2013

emissionsgapreport_2013_high-res.pdf 6.29 MB

The Copenhagen Accord called on parties to the UNFCCC to submit voluntary emission reduction pledges for the year 2020. To date, 32 parties have heeded that call. Emission reduction pledges contribute towards meeting the target of the parties to the UNFCCC to limit the increase in global average...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
2013 Gap Report Strengthens Case for Wide-Ranging Global Action to Close Emissions Gap (Press release)

Diane KELECOM uploaded a new Document | 5 November 2013

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
(EU Development Days) DG CLIMA Panel on "Poverty Eradication and Climate Change: Friends or Foes?"

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) created a new event | 28 October 2013

27 Nov

From 27 November 2013
in Brussels (Belgium)

Organised by DG CLIMA

-------- *DG CLIMA PANEL DISCUSSION FEATURES ** MR. IBRAHIM THIAW, UNEP DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. * ---------------------------------------

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
How the European Commission is Facilitating the Move to Green Economy

Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 28 October 2013

In the past year, the European Commission has taken solid steps towards mainstreaming green economy into its development cooperation. Cristiana Pasca-Palmer, Head of the Environment, Climate Change, Natural Resources and Water Unit at EuropeAid, outlines the policy bed, targets and main toolkits...

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Video of the Third EUROCLIMA Regional Seminar [in Spanish]

Valentina Villoria posted Information | 28 October 2013

The objetive of this event was to discuss, among Latin American and European experts the strengths of the first phase of EUROCLIMA and plan the actions that will take place during the second phase (2013-2016).

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Video: Cristiana Pasca-Palmer Outlines EC Procedures Towards Green Economy

Capacity4dev Team posted Information | 28 October 2013

Mrs Cristiana Pasca Palmer, EuropeAid's Head of Unit for Environment, Climate Change, Natural Resources and Water, explains the policy background, targets and toolkits available to facilitate the move to Green Economy. This video was made for a recent training on Green Economy.

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Timor-Leste performs poorly in Global Hunger Index

Diane KELECOM updated the Information | 25 October 2013

The 2013 Global Hunger Index (GHI) was released last week, and while most countries in the region had demonstrated a marked improvement in hunger levels since the 2005 index was published, Timor-Leste was among the worst performers. Hunger levels in Timor-Leste were found to be ‘alarming’ and only...

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Group: Building resilience of small island economies

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