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

Euroclima Hosts Climate Change Conference in Honduras (2-4th May 2012)

Capacity4dev Team uploaded a new Document | 24 April 2012

press_release_euroclima-ralcea_tela_ed02.docx 85.33 KB

Please read the press release for the conference.

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Guidelines on the Integration of Environment and Climate Change in Development Cooperation

Jannik VAA uploaded a new Document | 24 April 2012

guidelines_updated_2011_-_final_draft.doc 2.35 MB

These guidelines define a comprehensive reference framework for integrating the environment and climate change into the different stages of the cycle of operations for EC development cooperation covering the three aid delivery approaches. They are intended for EC staff and their partners and are an...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Jannik VAA commented on a document | 24 April 2012

Final Report: Results of the Pilot Study of Climate Change Screening of EC's Development Cooperation Portfolio

Summary of Report is in the library of this group

Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Final Report: Results of the Pilot Study of Climate Change Screening of EC's Development Cooperation Portfolio

Jannik VAA uploaded a new Document | 24 April 2012

ec_cc_risk_screening_final_report_28aug09_en.pdf 2.37 MB

The study aims to contribute to the implementation of the EC's external policy on CC through a better integration of CC aspects in EC's development portfolio. The objective is to estimate the part of the EC's aid portfolio which is potentially at risk due to CC and to develop further, and test,...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
EC Development Aid and the Climate Change Challenge

Jannik VAA uploaded a new Document | 24 April 2012

2009_-_ec_development_aid_and_the_climate_change_challenge_ec.pdf 349.99 KB

This is Information Note on financial data, funding sources and climate change maintrealing tools. For internal use

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Final Draft of Revised Guidelines on the Integration of Environment and Climate Change in Development Cooperation

Jannik VAA uploaded a new Document | 27 March 2012

guidelines_updated_2011_-_final_draft_0.pdf 2.15 MB

This is a final draft for publication of the revised version of the Guidelines. We are placing them on CAP4DEV in this format as an interim measure until the published version is available. We are also planning to translate the Guidelines into French and Spanish.This latest version includes a...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
New Guidelines for Sustainable Urban Development Cooperation

Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 22 February 2012

With more than half of the world’s population now living in cities, experts agree that the continuing trend towards urbanisation is both inevitable and irreversible. New EC guidelines propose a fresh mindset to assist the development of better cities.

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Global Action Fiche for Pilot Interventions and Support Facility 7/8/2008

Ana Moreno Mendieta updated the Document | 21 February 2012

global_action_fiche-_pilot_projects.doc 145 KB

Action Fiche approved within the Annual Action Programme 2008 of the Environment Thematic Programme adopted the 7/8/2008 by Decision C(2008) 4129 of 7/8/2007. On the basis of this Fiche were developed 4 GCCA pilot interventions in Vanuatu, Cambodia, Tanzania and Bangladesh and the service contract...

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Group: GCCA+ Community
Global Action Fiche for Pilot Interventions and Support Facility 7/8/2008

Ana Moreno Mendieta uploaded a new Document | 20 February 2012

global_action_fiche-_pilot_projects.doc 145 KB

Action Fiche approved within the Annual Action Programme 2008 of the Environment Thematic Programme adopted the 7/8/2008 by Decision C(2008) 4129 of 7/8/2007. On the basis of this Fiche were developed 4 GCCA pilot interventions in Vanuatu, Cambodia, Tanzania and Bangladesh and the service contract...

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Group: GCCA+ Community
Bangladesh Multi-Donor Trust Fund for Climate Change (top up of GCCA contribution)

Ana Moreno Mendieta uploaded a new Document | 20 February 2012

bangladesh_dec665630.doc 103 KB

Multi donor trust fund - Joing management with the World Bank

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Group: GCCA+ Community

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