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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Africa Adaptation Knowledge Network Newsletter March 2013

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) uploaded a new Document | 2 September 2013

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Publication Date: March 2013 This first issue of the Africa Adaptation Knowledge Network's newsletter includes reports on using adaptation to tackle food insecurity, boosting coastal resilience in Ghana and community-based adaptation. Subscribe to AAKNet's newsletter on its homepage .

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GEAS July 2013

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) uploaded a new Document | 2 September 2013

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Publication Date: July 2013 This edition of the Global Environmental Alert Service explains how satellite imagery can tell stories about environmental change by providing visual evidence of both positive and negative large-scale local environmental change. UNEP's satellite imagery work and its...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Paul RIEMBAULT commented on an article | 28 August 2013

Next Steps for Green Economy

Indeed, congratulations for the striking formulas which are displayed in the video above. I would also say that we need a greener economy. Planet earth is a small boat in a big universe…
Jacquetta Hayes commented on an article | 28 August 2013

Next Steps for Green Economy

"We Need Green Economy because Biodiversity Protection is our Life Insurance". Double thumbs up to Thierry Lucas from UNEP for this.
Capacity4dev Team commented on an article | 27 August 2013

Next Steps for Green Economy

Please tell us why you need Green Economy by commenting on this article!
Next Steps for Green Economy

Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 26 August 2013

At last year's Rio+20 sustainable development conference, Green Economy emerged as one of the two main issues, alongside strengthening the institutional framework for sustainable development. But how can we translate what has been referred to as the ‘rather abstract’ concept of Green Economy...

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Next Steps for Green Economy

Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 26 August 2013

At last year's Rio+20 sustainable development conference, Green Economy emerged as one of the two main issues, alongside strengthening the institutional framework for sustainable development. But how can we translate what has been referred to as the ‘rather abstract’ concept of Green Economy...

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Video interview with Achim Steiner of UNEP: the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development

Capacity4dev Team posted Information | 19 August 2013

Head of the United Nations Environmental Programme, Achim Steiner, recently provided capacity4dev.eu with an interesting interview about his work as Vice Chairman of the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development . In the face of China's enormous environmental...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Declining Bee Numbers: Measures to Protect the Pollinators in Africa and Asia

Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 19 August 2013

As the crucial role of bees as pollinators of the world’s food supply is increasingly becoming common knowledge, reports about the serious decline of honeybee populations in Europe and the USA have alarmed governments, the private sector and the general public. A similar decline in Africa and Asia...

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Jacquetta Hayes commented on an article | 17 August 2013

Declining Bee Numbers: Measures to Protect the Pollinators in Africa and Asia

Thanks capacity4dev.eu for publishing this. As someone who loves bees and our planet’s biodiversity, I think it’s worth adding here what you can do as an individual to ensure that your local bees have enough food to eat in preparation for this winter. Thanks to advice from my commune in Brussels (...

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