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Environment & Climate Change

Moderated by De Coninck Sophie

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.

52 groups and 19 articles on Environment & Climate Change. 2287 capacity4dev.eu members interested in Environment & Climate Change.

Surveys on Environment & Climate Change

Questionnaire on the needs for short-term assistance and the services provided by the GCCA Support Facility for identification and formulation of GCCA-funded interventions
In the context of the Global climate Change Alliance (GCCA) (www.gcca.eu), short-term technical support for the identification and formulation of...
Started on 6 December 2012, Closed | 19 responses
Environment & Climate Change

Articles on Environment & Climate Change

Civil Society and Ghana’s FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreements
May 8 2013 by Coordination Team
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FLEGT (Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade) Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs) are bilateral trade agreements between the European Union (EU) and partner countries aimed at guaranteeing that wood exported to the EU is from legal sources, and at supporting countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America in order to combat illegal logging and improve the governance of their forests.
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Technical Advice and Training on offer from the Global Climate Change Alliance (GCCA)
April 30 2013 by Coordination Team
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In just over five years of operation, the Global Climate Change Alliance (GCCA) has grown to support more than forty programmes in Africa, the Caribbean, Asia and the Pacific. GCCA countries and ACP member states that may be looking for technical assistance to support the design and implementation of their climate change policies, strategies and interventions are reminded that advice and training is on offer, through both the GCCA Support Facility and the intra-ACP component of the GCCA. 
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The Humble Potato Combats Hunger in Sub-Saharan Africa
April 9 2013 by Coordination Team
1,023 views
The Irish Presidency of the European Union is well underway, with an ambitious development programme and a notable focus on hunger, nutrition and resilience. Gay Mitchell MEP, and Ireland’s Minister for Trade and Development, Joe Costello, gathered development stakeholders together last month to celebrate a remarkable agricultural coalition combating hunger in Sub-Saharan Africa – an Ethiopia-based food security project, centered on the potato.
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Solar Energy has Great Potential in Africa, but Has Yet to Take Off
February 5 2013 by Coordination Team
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Coordination between policy makers and private partners is key to developing solar energy in Africa, said photovoltaic expert Michael Franz as he presented impressions and conclusions of his extensive work on the development of a solar energy market in Kenya at a recent conference in Brussels.
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Guardians of the Forests
December 18 2012 by Coordination Team
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As the Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) voluntary partnership agreements (VPA) enter the critical phase of implementation, Members of European Parliament (MEP) have stressed the need to involve and strengthen civil societies in partner countries, to ensure that VPA deliver long-lasting results.
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GCCA Partners Take Stock of Climate Change Actions in Developing Countries
November 27 2012 by Coordination Team
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The European Union’s Global Climate Change Alliance, or GCCA, recently held it’s first Global Learning Event to identify achievements and lessons learned so far, and to consolidate thinking towards the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Doha.
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Eco-village Project Empowers Villagers to Deal with Climate Change
November 6 2012 by Coordination Team
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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-village.
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The EU Approach to Resilience: Learning from Food Security Crises
October 11 2012 by Coordination Team
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Climate change and extreme weather, population growth, galloping urbanization and soil degradation impact the lives of an unprecedented number of people today. More communities are exposed to possible natural or economic disaster than ever before. Bolstering their ability to handle a shock and its consequences is the focus of an important EU Communication.
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Communities and Environment Set to Benefit from Timber Authentication System
August 31 2012 by Coordination Team
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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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Renewable Energy Sources Hold Key to Unlocking Rural Africa’s Power Potential
August 8 2012 by Coordination Team
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Per capita electricity consumption in Africa is well below the average for residents of the European Union but that doesn’t mean that the continent is short of sustainable power-generating potential, according to a report published by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre.
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Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
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Blog posts

New video: Managing Water for Climate Resilience in Africa
Posted May 14 2013 by Giappichelli Laura
This video informs about the Water, Climate and Development Programme (WACDEP) in Africa. WACDEP has been created to support the integration of...
Hidden Documentary: Filmmaker Amie Batalibasi tackles the big issues with a small lens
Posted May 3 2013 by Hristova Dochka
Amie Batalibasi tackles the big issues with a small lens. As a filmmaker with nearly a decade of experience, her films focus on individual...

Events

Green Week Conference
Giappichelli Laura
04/06/2013 - 14:30 - 07/06/2013 - 12:30
The 2013 edition of Green Week, the biggest annual conference on European environment policy, will take place from 4 to 7 June at a new venue, The...

Group Highlights

EC Cooperation: Responding to Climate Change Sector Scripts: Introduction and Key Concepts
(2009_-_europeaid_-_cc_sector_script_introduction_and_key_concepts.pdf)

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