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The Capacity4dev editorial team regularly publishes knowledge pieces on external cooperation (projects and policies), featuring development professionals sharing good practices, with operational insight.

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Ambassadors' Blog Post

On International Day for Biological Diversity, our Capacity4dev Ambassador Enrique Andrés del Castillo shares his insights on the crucial role of youth activism in ensuring the future of biodiversity and ecosystems.

Worldwide
Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Children and Youth
Climate change & disaster risks
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Environment & green economy
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InTex Textile

PME du textile innovantes et circulaires : le projet InTex en Tunisie, en Afrique du Sud et au Kenya

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Voices & Views

Dans le cadre de la Journée mondiale de l'environnement 2023, Capacity4dev a interviewé l'équipe derrière le projet InTex financé par l'UE et mis en œuvre par le Programme des Nations Unies pour l'environnement (PNUE).

Africa
Kenya
South Africa
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Tunisia
Environment & green economy
Circular economy
Green industry
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Greening the economy
Private Sector
Entrepreneurship
Industry
SMEs
Sustainable Industries
Value chains
Pymes del sextor textil innovadoras y circulares: proyecto InTex en Túnez, Sudáfrica y Kenia

Pymes del sextor textil innovadoras y circulares: proyecto InTex en Túnez, Sudáfrica y Kenia

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Voices & Views

En el contexto del Día Mundial del Medio Ambiente 2023, Capacity4dev entrevistó al equipo detrás del proyecto InTex financiado por la UE y ejecutado por el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente (PNUMA).

Africa
Kenya
South Africa
+1
Tunisia
Environment & green economy
Circular economy
Green industry
+7
Greening the economy
Private Sector
Industry
Entrepreneurship
SMEs
Sustainable Industries
Value chains
InTex

Innovative and Circular Textile SMEs: the InTex project in Tunisia, South Africa and Kenya

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Voices & Views

In the context of the World Environment Day 2023, Capacity4dev interviewed the team behind the EU-funded InTex project implemented by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

Kenya
South Africa
Tunisia
Circular economy
Green industry
Greening the economy
+7
Environment & green economy
Private Sector
Entrepreneurship
Industry
SMEs
Sustainable Industries
Value chains

Solar energy in Cambodia: lessons learnt from the SWITCH-Asia programme

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Voices & Views

Almost 80% of Cambodians live in rural areas with limited access to clean and affordable energy. The EU promotes sustainable consumption patterns and changes behaviours by supporting micro, small and medium-sized companies (MSMEs)...

Asia
Cambodia
Agriculture & Rural Development
Environment & green economy
Private Sector

Promoción de la producción y el consumo sostenibles en América Latina

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Voices & Views

Los patrones de consumo y de producción no sostenibles se encuentran en el centro de la triple crisis planetaria: cambio climático, pérdida de biodiversidad y contaminación La degradación medioambiental se ha vuelto aún más...

Americas & the Caribbean
Colombia
Costa Rica
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Mexico
Climate change & disaster risks
Environment & green economy
Private Sector

Promoting sustainable production and consumption in Latin America

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Voices & Views

Unsustainable consumption and production patterns are at the heart of the triple planetary crisis: climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution. Environmental degradation has become even more evident during the COVID-19...

Americas & the Caribbean
Colombia
Costa Rica
+1
Mexico
Climate change & disaster risks
Environment & green economy
Private Sector

Promoting legal timber trade and sustainable forest governance in Guatemala

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Voices & Views

Illegal logging is a global problem with significant negative economic, environmental, and social impacts. Partner countries around the world, including in the Latin America region, have taken action and introduced measures to...

Americas & the Caribbean
Guatemala
Environment & green economy
Private Sector
Forests

Promoviendo el comercio legal de madera y la gobernanza forestal sostenible en Guatemala

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Voices & Views

La tala ilegal de árboles es un problema mundial con un importante impacto negativo en el ámbito económico, medioambiental y social. Los países socios de todo el mundo, incluida la región de América Latina, han emprendido acciones...

Americas & the Caribbean
Guatemala
Environment & green economy
Private Sector
Forests

What does circular economy mean for development?

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Voices & Views

With a population predicted to grow to 9.6 billion by 2050 according UN estimates and increasing resource scarcity to match – shifting to a sustainable economic model is quickly becoming an imperative. Capacity4dev caught up with...

Worldwide
Climate change & disaster risks
Environment & green economy
Private Sector

Matter for the SDGs - ACP-EU Development Minerals Programme

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Voices & Views

Sand, gravel and salt may have a low price per tonne, but their value for domestic development and their potential for local employment creation is significant, especially when compared to the more talked about minerals like...

Agriculture & Rural Development
Environment & green economy
Natural resource management
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Private Sector
Entrepreneurship