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

Accroître l'impact de la politique de développement de l'UE: Un programme pour le changement

Moderating team ROSA uploaded a new Document | 29 January 2013

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Dans le cadre de la révision de ses priorités en matière d'aide, l'Union Européenne a lancé une consultation, à l'automne 2010, sur l'avenir de la politique de développement et sur l'instrument d'appui budgétaire. Ce processus de consultation a confirmé la pertinence du cadre stratégique existant,...

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Achieving food security in the face of climate change

Moderating team ROSA uploaded a new Document | 29 January 2013

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This report is a summary for decision-makers on the conclusions of the Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change's work, which was published just before the Durban Conference on climate change. The Commission is a working group created by CGIAR that gathers a dozen international...

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Atteindre la sécurité alimentaire dans le contexte du changement climatique

Moderating team ROSA uploaded a new Document | 29 January 2013

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Ce rapport est un résumé à l'attention des décideurs des conclusions du travail de la Commission sur l'agriculture durable et le changement climatique, un groupe de travail réunissant une douzaine de chercheurs internationaux, créé à l'initiative du Groupe consultatif sur la recherche...

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Copenhagen: Political immobility faced with citizen mobilisation

Moderating team ROSA uploaded a new Document | 29 January 2013

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This article analyses the Copenhagen Conference, comparing the viewpoints of French environmental and international solidarity NGOs, who worked together for a stronger voice on the issues of international solidarity in climate negotiations. The first chapter reviews the main points of the...

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Copenhague : Face à l'immobilisme politique, l'élan citoyen

Moderating team ROSA uploaded a new Document | 29 January 2013

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Ce document propose une analyse de la Conférence de Copenhague, en croisant les regards d'ONG françaises d'environnement et de solidarité internationale, qui sont mobilisées ensemble pour une meilleure prise en compte des enjeux de solidarité internationale dans les négociations sur le climat. Le...

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Climate risk management in Africa: Learning from practice

Moderating team ROSA uploaded a new Document | 29 January 2013

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The first part of this report looks at the issues of climate risk in Africa, and particularly the need for information. This is followed by five case studies that show the importance of studying strategies for managing this risk. The examples are floods in Mozambique, food security in Ethiopia,...

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Gestion du risque climatique en Afrique : Ce que la pratique nous enseigne

Moderating team ROSA uploaded a new Document | 29 January 2013

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La première partie de ce rapport est consacrée aux enjeux de la gestion du risque climatique en Afrique, notamment sur les besoins d'informations. Ensuite, cinq études de cas permettent de comprendre l'importance d'étudier les stratégies de gestion de ce risque. Il s'agit des inondations au...

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UNDP Releases NCF Discussion Paper and Asia-Pacific Case Studies

Ronalee Biasca posted Information | 28 January 2013

The UN Development Programme’s (UNDP) Asia-Pacific office has published a discussion paper, titled “National Climate Funds: Learning from the Experience of Asia-Pacific countries.” The paper was released together with seven case studies examining national climate funds (NCFs), mechanisms to direct...

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Group: Building resilience of small island economies
Special Report on managing the risks of extreme events and disasters to advance climate change adaptation (SREX)

Moderating team ROSA uploaded a new Document | 24 January 2013

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This IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) special report is a summary for policy-makers of a larger report that will be published in February 2012. For the first time, it integrates expertise in climate science, disaster risk management, and adaptation with the aim of reducing and...

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Climate-smart agriculture: Policies, practices and financing for food security, adaptation and mitigation

Moderating team ROSA uploaded a new Document | 24 January 2013

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This paper has been published for the Global Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change, that was held in The Hague, Netherlands from 31 October to 5 November, 2010. This paper examines some of the key technical, institutional, policy and financial responses required to achieve the...

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