Projects for Theme 'Crosscutting Issues'

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  Education, children and climate change

  Created by: admin | 2012-05-11 15:15

  Associated Organization: UNICEF

  Summary:

  Mauritania is one of the poorest countries in the world and its population face a severe lack of health coverage, safe drinking water, sanitation and education. Widespread poverty and underfunded schools have dealt a blow to the educational attainment of poor children, restricting Mauritania's chances for development and achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

  UNICEF's Education for All initiative works with the Government to improve the number of the most deprived children, particularly girls, completing basic education. UNICEF is helping improve the school environment by providing and installing solar systems for rural schools. Solar systems provide light and electricity for schools from a clean and cheap source of energy. This especially helps girls education because they can have longer hours in school.

  UNICEF aims to have solar systems in all 429 UNICEF schools projects and works in partnership with the local communities so they are empowered to lead and sustain the projects. http://bit.ly/JiX0JW

  
  
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  Climate change, children and education

  Created by: admin | 2012-05-11 15:08

  Associated Organization: UNICEF

  Summary:

  Most schools are not equipped with water or sanitation facilities, leading to further dropouts particularly among girls.

  Climate change is exacerbating these problems in education. Due to its location in the middle of two different climatic zones, Madagascar is hit by three or four cyclones in an average year, which damage or destroy thousands of schools and threatens children’s safety. Climate change is making Madagascar more susceptible to cyclones by increasing their frequency and intensity in the region.

  UNICEF is working in Madagascar to rehabilitate and replace schools affected by cyclones with cyclone-resistant structures, while installing child-friendly and gender-friendly sanitation facilities. By equipping these schools with a safe structure, gender-sensitive amenities and safety programmes and bringing schools close to home, more children, and especially girls, will be able to attend school and complete their primary education. Cyclone-proofing schools will ensure the building stays standing and education continues despite the growing impact of climate change.

  Find out how you can help children adapt to climate change.

  
  

• Meet and Greet meeting in Beta

  Created by: admin | 2012-05-10 13:31

  Associated Organization: AfricaAdapt

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  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 countries, and the benefits to join the network.

  2. Have the understanding of participants on GMOs and local seeds, etc.

  The Meet and Greet have finally allowed the network to:

  -get in touch with the actors that are difficult to access, and get their opinion and stance on the critical issue of GMOs

  -Capitalize the experiences of the seminar by launching a broad consultation, through a forum of discussion on the issue of GMOs.

  -Strengthen the capacity of these target actors, through training workshops organized by themselves.

  Photos from the event are available here http://bit.ly/KMbq5L

   

   

  
  

• Review of Adaptation Action

  Created by: AdaptationPartnership | 2012-03-20 19:58

  Associated Organization: Adaptation Partnership / IISD

  Summary:

  As part of our effort to catalyze effective adaptation action, the Adaptation Partnership commissioned a review of planned and existing adaptation activities in 12 sub-regions across Asia and the Pacific, Africa, and Latin America and the Caribbean. These reviews provide an inventory of regional and country-level adaptation activities and a summary of key adaptation priorities, based on documents like the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change's National Adaptation Programs of Action and National Communications.  They also identify gaps and opportunities for scaling up and enhancing collaboration.

  
  
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  The BUVAD Climate Change Issues Awareness Enhancement And Remedial Initiatives Project

  Created by: buvad | 2012-02-28 21:29

  Associated Organization: Butakoola Village Association for Development (BUVAD)

  Summary:

  BUVAD under the above project intends to construct 20 water harvesting tanks for 20 primary schools using waste plastic PET bottles as bricks. This is intended to enhance community awareness on climate change issues in Kayunga District while at the same time promoting a remedy initiative of clearing away the waste plastic PET bottles that have posed an agricultural hazard a backbone of the Ugandan economy. Also the community will learn to save water for future use whenever the rains come.
  
  We are looking for partner agencies to support us with US$2,500 per each workshop that would result into a water tank. Hence a total of US$50,000 is needed to conduct 20 workshops and also construct twenty 4000ltr water harvesting tanks simulataneously.

  
  
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  Ecosystem Livelihood Adaptation Network (ELAN) case studies: good practices in Niger, Sudan & Madagascar

  Created by: admin | 2012-02-06 19:27

  Associated Organization: ELAN

  Summary:

  ELAN collects, selects, and disseminates peer-reviewed case studies on good practices in integrating ecosystem and rights-based principles into people-centered adaptation policies, plans and programmes. Unsuccessful projects or “bad” practices are also of interest if they provide good lessons for future applications. Case studies are used for learning, knowledge exchange, and training purposes. Case studies are collected through different channels. http://elanadapt.net/good-practices

  
  
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  UNESCO West African Coastal Adaptation Project

  Created by: admin | 2012-02-02 09:11

  Associated Organization: UNESCO

  Summary:

  The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of the UN Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has reported on the implementation of a project titled Adaptation to Climate Change in Coastal zones of West Africa (ACCC), which involves Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea Bissau and Cape Verde.

  The project involves the development of pilot activities in one selected sites per country targeted at reducing the threat of coastal erosion, while increasing biodiversity and strengthening the adaptive capacities of local communities and ecosystems. The project also aims to mainstream climate change considerations into development plans, such as tourism strategies and coastal urban planning.

  
  

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  Created by: imutggo | 2012-01-09 09:44

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  Flood and Land Degradation Risk Management in Togo

  Created by: admin | 2011-12-23 12:54

  Associated Organization: World Bank

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  20 December 2011: The World Bank has approved a $16.9 million grant to assist with implementation of the Integrated Disaster and Land Management Project in Togo. The project is funded by several trust funds, including the Least Developed Countries Fund for Adaptation to Climate Change, the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, and TerrAfrica.

  
  
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  GEF-SCCF Project Increases Resilience to Drought and Climate Change in Zimbabwe

  Created by: admin | 2011-12-23 12:42

  Associated Organization: GEF

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  December 2011: In Zimbabwe’s rural District of Chiredzi, the Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF) of the Global Environment facility (GEF) has supported a project to enhance the capacity of farmers to adapt to climate variability and change through the adoption of gender-sensitive approaches.

  The project, which is implemented by the UN Development Programme (UNDP), focuses on improving climate change knowledge base of local populations to facilitate adaptation choices; piloting demonstration of policy oriented adaptation practices; and promoting the use of climate early warning systems.

  
  
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  Reducing Vulnerability to Climate Change by Establishing Early Warning and Disaster Preparedness Systems and Support for Integrated Watershed Management in Flood Prone Areas

  Created by: admin | 2011-12-23 12:31

  Associated Organization: GEF

  Summary:

  December 2011: The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has reported on a project in Rwanda titled “Reducing Vulnerability to Climate Change by Establishing Early Warning and Disaster Preparedness Systems and Support for Integrated Watershed Management in Flood Prone Areas,” which is financed through its Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF).  

  Focused on the Gishwati ecosystem in Western Rwanda and the associated Nile-Congo crest watersheds, the project aims to decrease the vulnerability of the people living and deriving their livelihoods from these areas.

  
  
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  World Resources Report 2010-2011: Decision Making in a Changing Climate

  Created by: admin | 2011-10-24 06:55

  Associated Organization: UNEP

  Summary: Recent extreme weather events including floods, heat waves, and droughts present a vivid image of the direction the world is heading. As climate change intensifies, more events like these, combined with longer-term changes in the climate's average state - including rising seas, melting glaciers, and shifting precipitation patterns - will have profound impacts on people, ecosystems and infrastructure.

  
  
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  WMO Trains West African Farmers on Use of Weather/Climate Information

  Created by: admin | 2011-10-18 10:49

  Associated Organization: WMO

  Summary: The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has completed a four-year project across 15 West African countries that carried out 146 roving seminars to increase the interactions between national meteorological and hydrological institutes and rural farms.

  
  
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  IMPACT Business Award 2011

  Created by: anais | 2011-10-13 05:23

  Associated Organization: IMPACT Business Award

  Summary: The IMPACT (Innovative Models Promoting Adaptation and Climate Technologies) Business Award rewards enterprises that apply innovative business solutions in combating Climate Change. The IMPACT Business Award on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) will make a total of up to five International Awards available in 2011. For more information and application, please visit: www.IMPACT-business-award.de

  
  
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  Evaluation of the GEF Strategic Priority for Adaptation - july 2011

  Created by: admin | 2011-09-09 05:44

  Associated Organization: GEF

  Summary: In November 2008 the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council asked the GEF Evaluation Office to perform an evaluation of the GEF Strategic Priority for Adaptation (SPA) pilot program. This evaluation was conducted fully and independently by the GEF Evaluation Office with support from the GEF Secre- tariat, GEF Agencies, governments, and civil society organizations.

  
  
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  Experiences of Climate Change Adaptation in Africa

  Created by: admin | 2011-09-07 10:37

  Associated Organization: Ecological Society of Eastern Africa (ESEA)

  Summary: 19 case studies on Climate Change Adaptation in Africa.

  
  
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  Climate Change TV Video Awards now online

  Created by: admin | 2011-09-01 10:51

  Associated Organization: Climate Change TV

  Summary: The first Climate Change TV Video Awards (http://www.climate-change.tv/video-award) are now open with videos submitted from people and organizations all over the world.

  
  
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  Climate and Development Knowledge Network - Advance Notice Global Research Call

  Created by: cdknresearch | 2011-08-22 04:48

  Associated Organization: Climate and Development Knowledge Network

  Summary: CDKN is pleased to give you advance notice of a new global research call on climate compatible development to open on Thursday 1st September 2011. The closing date for applications will be 24th October 2011.

  
  
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  2011 Access to Learning Award: Arid Lands Information Network, Eastern Africa

  Created by: admin | 2011-08-17 10:15

  Associated Organization: ALIN

  Summary: Providing Access to Knowledge in Africa’s Arid Lands Those living in the remote arid lands of Eastern Africa must do without a lot. They typically have no plumbing or electricity. They go for long stretches without rainfall. And they often don’t have easy access to medical care.

  
  
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  Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum 2011

  Created by: admin | 2011-08-16 05:03

  Associated Organization: UNEP

  Summary: The Adaptation Forum 2011 will provide a unique opportunity to share frontline findings and innovations, opportunities and challenges in mainstreaming Climate Change adaptation into development.

  
  
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  2011 START Grants for Global Environmental Change (GEC) Research in Africa

  Created by: admin | 2011-08-08 06:41

  Associated Organization: START

  Summary: START is pleased to announce the grantees for the 2011 START Grants for Global Environmental Change Research in Africa. The theme of this year's Call for Applications was climate change, agriculture, and food security with an emphasis on the sustainability of ecosystem services. In 2011, 16 grants have been awarded to 64 cooperating scientists across 16 African countries.

  
  
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  Global Framework for Climate Services: Coordinated Regional Downscaling Experiment (CORDEX)

  Created by: admin | 2011-08-08 06:20

  Associated Organization: START

  Summary: The Coordinated Regional Downscaling Experiment (CORDEX) program was recently initiated by the World Climate Research Program with the aim of developing an international coordinated framework for generating improved regional climate change projections worldwide.

  
  
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  The Mantra Project

  Created by: spanda | 2011-07-23 06:32

  Associated Organization: Spanda Foundation

  Summary: Mantra is a project of green micrifinance.

  
  
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  Meet & Greet meeting in Accra, April 2011

  Created by: admin | 2011-07-22 12:27

  Associated Organization: AfricaAdapt

  Summary: Overview of Meet & Greet meeting in Accra, April 2011 Core issues that were highlighted over the course of the discussions.

  
  
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  Call for Abstracts: Planet under Pressure conference

  Created by: admin | 2011-07-18 12:51

  Associated Organization: CCAFS

  Summary: Submitted by AGhosh on 29 June 2011 Filed under: Careers and calls Due 19 August 2011. Abstract submission is now open for Planet Under Pressure 2012: New Knowledge Towards Solutions. This major international science conference focusing on solutions to the global sustainability challenge. This is an open call for participants and for abstracts for presentations and posters to be submitted against a variety of session topics.