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

Guìa No. 4: Directrices para la Integración del Medio Ambiente y el Cambio Climático en la Cooperación

Coralie Mugerin uploaded a new Document | 1 February 2012

climatesp_final.pdf 3.45 MB

Estas directrices establecen un marco de referencia para la integración del medio ambiente y el cambio climático en las diferentes fases del ciclo de operaciones para la cooperación al desarrollo de la CE, abarcando los tres enfoques de entrega de la ayuda. Están diseñadas para el personal de la...

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Group: Tools and Methods Series
Lignes directrices Nr. 4: Lignes directrices pour l’intégration de l’environnement et des changements climatiques dans la coopération au développement

Coralie Mugerin uploaded a new Document | 1 February 2012

guideline_on_climate_fr_web.pdf 3.5 MB

Ces lignes directrices établissent un cadre de référence complet pour l’intégration de l’environnement et des changements climatiques aux différentes étapes du cycle des opérations, pour les trois principales modalités de gestion de l’aide. Elles sont destinées au personnel de la CE et à ses...

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Guidelines nr. 4: Guidelines on the Integration of Environment and Climate Change in Development Cooperation

Coralie Mugerin uploaded a new Document | 1 February 2012

guidelines_updated_2011_-_final_draft.pdf 2.15 MB

This guide has been prepared by the Natural Resources unit of the Directorate for Quality Support of EuropeAid, with the support of external consultants working under the environmental advisory services and in collaboration with DG DE V, DG RELE X and DG EN V. It has drawn upon consultations with...

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Group: Tools and Methods Series
SUPPORTING A CLIMATE FOR CHANGE: The EU and developing countries working together

Jannik VAA uploaded a new Document | 16 January 2012

ce_folder_2011climatechange_web-ce_en.pdf 2.86 MB

This brochure provides an overview of the EU’s multifaceted approach to supporting developing countries in adapting to the effects of climate change, mitigating the causes and seizing related opportunities.

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
GCCA - Using Innovative and Effective Approaches to Deliver Climate Change Support to Developing Countries

Jannik VAA uploaded a new Document | 16 January 2012

gcca_english_hi-res1.pdf 13.39 MB

This publication shows examples of the GCCA’s wide-ranging programme and provides some early results and lessons learned. The EU is taking decisive action on addressing climate change and making this an integral part of EU development aid. In 2007, the EU established the Global Climate Change...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Africa's Natural Resources: ‘Resource-Rich’ Shouldn’t Mean ‘Conflict Ridden’

Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 7 December 2011

All too often, the countries in Africa that nature has endowed with the most economically valuable resources have also struggled with devastating instability and conflict: A paradox that the African Union and European Commission wish to see ended though strong emphasis on democratic accountability...

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World Clean Technology Summit (WCTS) 2012

Robinah K. Nanyunja created a new event | 23 November 2011

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From 26 September 2012 to 28 September 2012

The World Clean Technology Summit will bring together world leaders in renewable energy, exhibitors, investors, scientists and clean technology providers from around the world to engage, interact with each other, exchange business contacts, forge partnerships, and pave a way forward for a...

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Group: African Renewable Energy Technology Platform - AFRETEP
Food Security in the Horn of Africa: The Implications of a Drier, Hotter and More Crowded Future

James Morris uploaded a new Document | 16 November 2011

food_security_in_the_horn_of_africa_the_implications_of_a_drier_hotter_and_more_crowded_future.pdf 2.64 MB

Release Date: November 2011 Nearly 44 per cent of the population in the Horn of Africa is already subject to extreme food shortages. What will happen if the population continues to grow and climate change exacerbates the harsh conditions?

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Linking Emergency and Development in Burkina Faso

Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 29 July 2011

Thanks to a clever use of existing procedures, the European Union Delegation to Burkina Faso working in partnership with the government, successfully managed a seamless transition from an emergency intervention by the Commission’s humanitarian body, ECHO, to offering long-term support to more than...

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Climate change, water and the EU development cooperation: Key issues

Anca Robu uploaded a new Document | 18 July 2011

cc_and_water_gcca_brussels_30_june_rev_3.ppt 2.18 MB

Climate change, water and the EU development cooperation: Key issues DEVCO C2 – Climate Change, Environment, Natural Resources and Water “TODAY’s POVERTY IS YESTERDAY’s UNADRESSED VULNERABILITY”

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Group: Public Group on Water and Sanitation

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