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

Working Paper UNEP WRI: Reducing Food Loss and Waste

Laura Giappichelli updated the Information | 18 June 2013

"How can the world go about reducing food loss and waste on a large scale? This installment of the forthcoming World Resources Report Creating a Sustainable Food Future addresses that question. This working paper, which will feed into that report, begins by clarifying definitions of food loss and...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Funding: New EU Framework Programme on sustainable development

Laura Giappichelli updated the Information | 18 June 2013

Dear all, The European Commission is finalising the preparation of Horizon 2020, a new financial instrument for research and innovation that will run from 2014 to 2020 with about €80 billion budget. It replaces the current Framework Programme 7. Horizon 2020 will cover various issues, including:...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
EUROCLIMA: Science and Policy Jointly Fighting Climate Change

Laura Giappichelli updated the Information | 18 June 2013

EUROCLIMA has just released this video, available in both Spanish and English, which summarises the main actions that they have been working on in the Latin America region. Spanish Version English Version For more information please visit the EUROCLIMA website .

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Join the Euroclima Webinar on Monday 25th February from the Euroclima Seminar in Bogota, Colombia

Laura Giappichelli updated the Information | 18 June 2013

The Euroclima second conference takes place next week 25-27 February in Bogota , Colombia. Objective: To jointly analyse results achieved, lessons learned and to develop consensus on the subsequent stages of the EUROCLIMA programme. To reach this objective, the second EUROCLIMA seminar will offer a...

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UNEP strengthened and upgraded in line with Rio+20 commitments

Laura Giappichelli updated the Information | 18 June 2013

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has been modernized into a strengthened and upgraded institution better able to meet the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century. The decision, by ministers of the environment meeting at the UNEP Governing Council, which met from 18 to 22 February 2013,...

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Working Paper UNEP WRI: Reducing Food Loss and Waste

Laura Giappichelli posted Information | 14 June 2013

"How can the world go about reducing food loss and waste on a large scale? This installment of the forthcoming World Resources Report Creating a Sustainable Food Future addresses that question. This working paper, which will feed into that report, begins by clarifying definitions of food loss and...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Adapting to climate change. Challenges and opportunities for the development community

Moderating team ROSA updated the Document | 14 June 2013

adapting_to_climate_change_-_challenges.pdf 1.24 MB

This document tries to improve understanding of adaptation to climate change for development agencies, their partners and main stakeholders involved in development. After a short introduction to the challenges of adaptation and the reasons why development agencies should focus on it, the document...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
Lunch time conference on climate change mainstreaming. Experiences from the Global Climate Change Alliance

Coralie Mugerin updated the event | 14 June 2013

14 Jun

From 14 June 2013
in Brussels (Belgium)

Organised by Europeaid C2 Unit: Climate Change, Environment, Natural Resources, Water

Lunch time Conference: *Paving the way for climate compatible development: Global Climate Change Alliance (GCCA) experiences in climate change mainstreaming* Climate change is a global challenge that affects every sector of the economy and all societies. It is not only an environmental problem but...

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Lunch time conference on climate change mainstreaming. Experiences from the Global Climate Change Alliance

Laura Giappichelli created a new event | 10 June 2013

14 Jun

From 14 June 2013
in Brussels (Belgium)

Organised by Europeaid C2 Unit: Climate Change, Environment, Natural Resources, Water

Lunch time Conference: *Paving the way for climate compatible development: Global Climate Change Alliance (GCCA) experiences in climate change mainstreaming* Climate change is a global challenge that affects every sector of the economy and all societies. It is not only an environmental problem but...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Country-Led Mainstreaming Of Environmental And Climate Change Mainstreaming (Specialist Course)

Christoforos KORAKAS created a new event | 7 June 2013

23 Apr

From 23 April 2013 to 26 April 2013
in Kigali (Rwanda)

Organised by European Commission, DG EuropeAid Unit Climate Change, Environment, Natural Ressources, Water (C2)

‘COUNTRY-LED MAINSTREAMING OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE CHANGE MAINSTREAMING (SPECIALIST COURSE)’ <<See the Training overview AGENDA Day 1 - Tuesday, 23 April 2013 08:30 Participants’ registration 9:00-12:30 Opening speeches Roundtable – Brief introduction of participants Workshop objectives...

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