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

EuropeAid - The MEAs and the Rio Markers, 2010 ENG

Jannik VAA uploaded a new Document | 5 September 2012

2010_-_rio_markers_en_-_ec.pdf 3.02 MB

Objectives, priorities and targets as regards environmental issues follow, at the global level, the three Rio Conventions signed in 1992: the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the United Nations Convention to Combat...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
43rd Pacific Islands Forum Develops Leaders Communique

Ronalee Biasca posted Information | 5 September 2012

30 August 2012: The 43rd Pacific Islands Forum convened in Rarotonga, the Cook Islands, from 28-30 August 2012, under the theme of “Large Oceans Island States – the Pacific Challenge.” Issues discussed at the meeting included the outcomes of the recent UN Conference on Sustainable Development (...

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Group: Building resilience of small island economies
Pacific Smaller Island Leaders Discuss Climate Change, Tourism and Trade

Ronalee Biasca posted Information | 5 September 2012

27 August 2012: The Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) announced the outcomes of the 21st Smaller Island States (SIS) Leaders Meeting, held in Raratonga, the Cook Islands, on 27 August 2012. The meeting took decisions on the SIS Development Fund, financing for climate change, tourism and...

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Group: Building resilience of small island economies
Communities and Environment Set to Benefit from Timber Authentication System

Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 31 August 2012

At the annual EU Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) week in Brussels, attendees discussed new agreements that could provide guarantees that timber entering the European Union is legally sourced, protecting environments and increasing revenues for many tropical region countries.

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How to play in the big leagues – Overcoming climate finance barriers in El Salvador

Nils-Sjard Schulz posted Information | 21 August 2012

While the complex negotiations to launch the Green Climate Fund are still underway, many developing countries are reviewing their possibilities to access and manage large-scale climate finance . Among the major challenges governments need to design national and sector plans that are both costed and...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Renewables 2010 Global Status Report

James Morris uploaded a new Document | 16 August 2012

renewables_2011_global_status_report.pdf 3.68 MB

Release Date: 12 July 2010 Unique overview of renewable energy worldwide. The REN21 Renewables 2010 Global Status Report released today shows that the renewable energy sector continues to perform well despite continuing economic recession, incentive cuts, and low natural-gas prices. The report was...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Adapting for a Green Economy

James Morris uploaded a new Document | 16 August 2012

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Release Date: 20 June 2011 Actions that companies and policymakers can pursue to catalyze and scale up private sector action on adaptation. This report is a resource for companies with a national, regional or global reach that are interested in increasing their strategic focus on adaptation in...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Bridging the Emissions Gap

James Morris uploaded a new Document | 16 August 2012

bridging_the_emissions_gap.pdf 1.8 MB

Release Date: 23 November 2011 This report provides the clearest indicators yet that the world already has the solutions to avert damaging climate change. It presents policymakers with clear ideas on how to bridge the emissions gap to limit global temperature increases below 2 degrees C by 2020...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
REDDy-Set-Grow Part II: Recommendations for international climate change negotiators

James Morris uploaded a new Document | 16 August 2012

reddy-set-grow_part_ii_recommendations_for_international_climate_change_negotiators.pdf 1.86 MB

Release Date: 13 September 2011 UNEP's Finance Initiative gives the financial sector's suggestions to international climate change negotiators on how an effective regime for forest-based climate change mitigation should be designed to mobilise private finance engagement and investment.

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
World Resources Report: Decision Making In A Changing Climate

James Morris uploaded a new Document | 16 August 2012

world_resources_report_decision_making_in_a_changing_climate.pdf 11.84 MB

Release Date: 18 October 2011 This report identifies five critical elements that will significantly strengthen the ability of national governments to make effective adaptation decisions in a changing climate.

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development

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