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• Roadmap to Agriculture at the UNFCCC Climate Talks

  admin | 2012-05-11 19:20

  Ahead of the first UNFCCC climate change negotiations since the Durban Climate Change Conference concluded in South Africa at the end of 2011, the Economics and Policy Innovations for Climate-Smart Agriculture (EPIC) Programme at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) has released a note that aims to ... [ read more ]

• Climate Finance promises being broken; LDC’s warn of increased poverty as result

  admin | 2012-05-11 18:04

  Climate Finance promises being broken; LDC’s warn of increased poverty as result

  Bonn- 11 May 2012—The least developed countries (LDCs) today expressed their increasing concern about the direction that discussions on climate finance might take in the negotiations.

  The issue was discussed during the LDC preparatory meeting that has been ... [ read more ]

• Where should the planet be going after Durban CoP17

  admin | 2012-05-04 17:05

  Ange David Baimey is a Sociologist and Environmentalist, responsible for the “Climate & Development” Network facilitation. He is active on climate change issues since 2006. He is also a Junior Expert for the Francophonie and works in Côte d’Ivoire with the Civil Society, on climate change issues. He shares with ... [ read more ]

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• Meet Mrs Oulie KEITA

  admin | 2012-05-04 15:06

  Mrs Oulie Keita works for the West and Central Africa Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Centre (in Bamako, Mali) where she is in charge of partnership and gender. The MDGs Centre is composed of the Millennium Promise and Earth Institute (University of Colombia, New York).

  1. What is the ... [ read more ]

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• Interview with Mr. Richard MUNANG

  admin | 2012-05-04 15:00

  Richard MUNANG (PhD) is a Policy Advisor & Programme Coordinator on Climate Change Adaptation & Development at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). In this interview, Dr Richard describes the major drivers (including climate change) of the recent food crisis in the Horn of Africa, and explores the role of ... [ read more ]

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• Africa Representatives in Green Climate Fund Committee

  admin | 2012-05-02 13:39

  Full Members:

  1. Dr. Omar E. El-Arini (Egypt)
  2. Mr. Adovelande (Benin)
  3. Mr. Zahear Fakir (South Africa) / co-chair
  Alternate Members:
  1. Mr. Newai Gebre-ab (Ethiopia)
  2. Mr. Tosi Mpanu-Mpanu (DRC)
  3. Mr Paoulo Gomes (Guinea Bissau)
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• United Nations University Master of Science Courses - Deadline 30th April 2012

  admin | 2012-04-16 19:24

  United Nations University Master of Science Courses on energy, climate change, climate change adaptation, water management, sustainability and diversity, risk reduction, and more for developing country applicants - See message below:
  
  Master of Science in Sustainability, Development, and Peace programme has many climate change components. The Global Change and Sustainability compulsory ... [ read more ]

• UN General Assembly Thematic Debate on Disaster Risk Reduction

  admin | 2012-04-06 18:39

  The preparatory process of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20) has identified "disaster risk reduction (DRR) and resilience" as one of the emerging issues in the context of sustainable development. The 66th President of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, is convening this debate on ... [ read more ]

• Nine Organizations Express Willingness to Host UNFCCC’s Climate Technology Centre

  admin | 2012-03-23 19:32

  The mechanism is designed to stimulate technology cooperation and to enhance the development and transfer of technologies to support developing countries' mitigation and adaptation efforts. At the 17th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 17) to the UNFCCC, which took place in Durban, South Africa, at the end ... [ read more ]

• Adaptation Fund Board Sets $100 Million Fundraising Target

  admin | 2012-03-23 19:19

  In light of the fall in the prices of Certified Emission Reductions (CERs), which provide the main source of funding for the Adaptation Fund, the Adaptation Fund Board discussed funding priorities during its 17th meeting. At the meeting, which took place from 16-18 March 2012, in Bonn, Germany, the Board ... [ read more ]

• Burkina Faso Meet & Greet event

  admin | 2012-03-21 14:41

  On December 05, 2011 in Burkina Faso a Meet and Greet was conducted alongside with the seminar organized by Terre et Humanisme, on the theme "Seed autonomy and the preservation of traditional varieties," and aims to:

  1. Introduce AfricaAdapt to the 45 participants from 22 NGOs and associations of 5 ... [ read more ]

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• Workshop - Climate Change Mitigation with Indigenous Peoples: Practices, Lessons Learned and …

  admin | 2012-03-21 13:46

  The workshop aims to: reflect the range of perspectives concerning indigenous peoples/local communities and climate change responses (including mitigation); support the build-up of understanding and peer-reviewed literature in the field of indigenous peoples, local communities and climate change mitigation; compile data and grey literature that are relevant for understanding climate ... [ read more ]

• AfDB Supports CGIAR's Institutions Work on Africa’s Strategic Crops

  admin | 2012-03-21 13:37

  The African Development Bank (AfDB) has signed a grant agreement worth $63 million with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) to develop the value chains of four key African crops agreed upon under the Comprehensive African Agricultural Development Programme (CAADP), namely rice, cassava, maize and wheat.
  
  The five-year project, titled ... [ read more ]

• UNEP Announces Norwegian Support to Climate Adaptation in Ethiopia

  admin | 2012-03-21 13:24

  The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has announced that the Government of Norway is providing US$1.5 million to the Ethiopian Environment Ministry to upscale activities to address climate change in vulnerable communities. The grant is intended to assist communities in addressing food insecurity and environmental degradation linked to climate change.
  
  According ... [ read more ]

• World Water Summit: GRET has published 11 innovative solutions, to enhance water management, …

  admin | 2012-03-19 19:36

  More Info available on : http://www.gret.org/2012/02/solutions-fme/

• OECD Environmental Outlook to 2050: The Consequences of Inaction

  admin | 2012-03-19 19:31

  Humanity has witnessed unprecedented growth and prosperity in the past decades, with the size of the world economy more than tripling and population increasing by over 3 billion people since 1970. This growth, however, has been accompanied by environmental pollution and natural resource depletion. The current growth model and the ... [ read more ]

• Call for applications for 2012 VCCCAR visiting fellowship

  jnnam | 2012-03-19 10:15

  The Victorian Centre for Climate Change Adaptation research (VCCCAR) is seeking expressions of interest from outstanding overseas based researchers to contribute to the Centre’s research agenda and actively promote international research initiatives with their home institution.
  
  Up to A$40,000 is available to support travel, living or salary costs. Fellows would be ... [ read more ]

• 2012 Call for Proposals: Grant Awards for Global Environmental Change Research in Africa

  jnnam | 2012-03-09 13:47

  START, the global change SysTem for Analysis, Research and Training, announces the 2012 Call for Proposals (CFP) for Global Environmental Change (GEC) Research in Africa. This CFP is issued pending approval of funding from donor agencies. The theme for the 2012 CFP is global environmental change, agriculture and food security ... [ read more ]

• Call for Papers- Climate Change and Agriculture in Africa: Deadline 15 March 2012

  jnnam | 2012-03-09 12:57

  The African Crop Science Journal (ACSJ) has dedicated one Special Issue to climate change research and related works in an effort to promote dissemination of information to various stakeholders globally. ACSJ therefore invites submission of papers with a focus on climate change work and effects on agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa. ... [ read more ]

• Adaptation After Durban

  admin | 2012-03-06 20:11

  The_recently concluded 17th session of the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (COP 17) agreed on a number of seminal decisions to move forward the global agenda for climate change adaptation. However, a less visible yet equally impactful outcome is the subtle change in global orientation and outlook towards ... [ read more ]