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

DNV KEMA Discussion Paper on Climate Change Adaptation Financing Options

Ronalee Biasca uploaded a new Document | 20 November 2012

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Lower-income countries will incur heavy costs as they adapt to a changing climate. Various sources estimate total annual funding requirements for climate change adaptation to be in the range of US$50 – 100bn. (World Bank 2010a, UNDP 2007) This is in addition to the much larger sums countries in...

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Group: Building resilience of small island economies
New Report: Climate & Development Research Review

Ronalee Biasca posted Information | 19 November 2012

A new report prepared by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), and supported by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN), highlights key trends in a growing body of research on the links between climate change and development. Useful for policy-makers, practitioners, and...

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Effective Climate Finance – Experiences in Latin America and the Caribbean

Nils-Sjard Schulz posted Information | 13 November 2012

In a few weeks the next Conference of the Parties (COP) of the Convention United Nations Framework on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will be launched in Qatar. One of the key themes of this year’s global gathering will be climate finance and in particular the Green Climate Fund (GCF), which will be hosted...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Sustainable Development Highlights

Anonymous posted Information | 12 November 2012

9 November, 2012 – Over the last several weeks, UN agencies and partners have launched new initiatives and reports touching on important issues related to sustainable development. It may seem at times that there is more talk about the growing problems of our world and subsequently little talk about...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
UNEP Roundtable launch for 3rd Emissions Gap Report

Anonymous created a new event | 12 November 2012

22 Nov

From 22 November 2012
in Brussels (Belgium)

Organised by UNEP

UNEP’s Emissions Gap Report series aims to inform governments and the wider community on how far the response to climate change has progressed over the past 12 months, and thus how far the world is on track to meet wider goals. You can access the first and second reports by clicking the respective...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Eco-village Project Empowers Villagers to Deal with Climate Change

Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 7 November 2012

Climate change is a devastating reality in Tanzania where higher temperatures are resulting in regular droughts and the rapid melting of the snowy peak of Mount Kilimanjaro. Difficult lives are getting even tougher, so the European Union Delegation to Tanzania has come up with an innovative eco-...

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Eco-village Project Empowers Villagers to Deal with Climate Change

Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 6 November 2012

Climate change is a devastating reality in Tanzania where higher temperatures are resulting in regular droughts and the rapid melting of the snowy peak of Mount Kilimanjaro. Difficult lives are getting even tougher, so the European Union Delegation to Tanzania has come up with an innovative eco-...

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1st Guyana Mangrove Forum Georgetown (Guyana), “Restoring and Managing Mangrove Ecosystems in a changing world”

Mark FUTTER created a new event | 5 November 2012

11 Apr

From 11 April 2013 to 13 April 2013
in Georgetown (Guyana)

Organised by The Guyana Mangrove Restoration Project (GMRP ) , the National Agriculture Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) and the University of Guyana (UG)

The objective of the Guyana Mangrove Forum is to build local and regional capacity in mangrove restoration and management, continue to raise the public profile of the values of mangroves in Guyana and to bring together national, regional and international researchers to share experience and...

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1st Guyana Mangrove Forum Georgetown April 11-13 2013 1st Announcement flyer

Mark FUTTER uploaded a new Document | 5 November 2012

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Bananas could replace potatoes in warming world

Ronalee Biasca posted Information | 5 November 2012

Climate change could lead to crops from the banana family becoming a critical food source for millions of people, a new report says. Researchers from the CGIAR agricultural partnership say the fruit might replace potatoes in some developing countries. Cassava and the little-known cowpea plant could...

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