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  Changement Climatique, Agriculture et Responsabilité Sociétale des Organisations: Note conceptuelle et Agenda

  

  admin | 2013-05-11 | 882.5 KB | details

  Note conceptuelle et Agenda

• Climate Change, Agriculture and Corporate Responsibility: Event concept note and agenda

  

  admin | 2013-05-11 | 820.0 KB | details

  Event concept note and agenda

• Assistance technique disponible pour les pays ACP dans le domaine du changement climatique

  

  admin | 2013-04-12 | 185.0 KB | details

  Assistance technique disponible pour les pays ACP dans le domaine du changement climatique

• Technical assistance available for ACP countries in the field of climate change

  

  admin | 2013-04-12 | 167.8 KB | details

   

  Technical assistance available for ACP countries in the field of climate change

   

• CoP18 in Doha: Loss and Damage

  

  admin | 2013-03-22 | 1.2 MB | details

  The eighteenth Conference of Parties (COP18) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) starts in Doha, Qatar, on November 26 and ends on December 7 2012. There are a number of important topics for negotiators to resolve at Doha, including the fate of the Kyoto Protocol, the level of ambition of mitigation targets, financing for mitigation and adaptation, actions on adaptation, reducing emissions from deforestation, land degradation (REDD), technology transfer and a new and emerging topic of Loss and Damage. I will describe each of the main issues being discussed over the next few columns and then summarise the outcomes after it is over.

• Tackling the Limits to Adaptation: An International Framework to Address ‘Loss And Damage’ from Climate Change Impacts

  

  admin | 2013-03-20 | 2.7 MB | details

  Almost daily reminders by the scientific community of the impendingdangers posed by climate change have yet to penetrate the consciousness of our political leaders. Despite the fact that climate impacts are now unfolding much faster than previously modelled, governments are failing to act with sufficient mitigation ambition.The current and future scale of climate change implies serious loss anddamage, especially to the lives and livelihoods of those who are poor, most vulnerable and least to blame. Thus we urgently need a means to respond.

• Loss and Damage: The theme of slow onset impact

  

  admin | 2013-03-20 | 1.0 MB | details

  This policy briefing sets out a number of the issues relating to the slow onset portion of the climate change loss and damage agenda. It is not meant to be an exhaustive analysis of this new and sometimes complex subject. Instead, it should serve to introduce the concept of loss and damage related to slow onset climate change hazards and provide sign posts to guide further investigation of the subject – in particular for those institutions, experts and country representatives participating in the current work programme on loss and damage under the UN Framework on Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

• Into UnknownTerritory: The limits tTo adaptation and reality of loss and damage from climate impacts

  

  admin | 2013-03-20 | 1.1 MB | details

  Climate change will inflict devastating damage to land, property, ecosystems and human life. Yet loss and damage from climateimpacts gets far less attention than it deserves from climatenegotiators and politicians.

• Loss and Damage in Vulnerable Countries Initiative

  

  admin | 2013-03-20 | 1.1 MB | details

  There is a significant gap between existing and projected emissions and the level of emissions that would confine global warming to a 2°C – let alone a 1.5°C – increase. Countries and societies are increasingly preparing adaptation strategies and implementing a range of activities to facilitate adaptation. However, at the existing pace it is unlikely that current levels of adaptation will allow societies to transition smoothly to a changing world. The frequency and intensity of weather-related hazards is expected to grow, along with the long-term adverse impacts of weather-related risks. In many cases this could exceed adaptation thresholds of individuals, communities and countries.

• Framing the Loss and Damage debate: A conversation starter by the Loss and Damage in Vulnerable Countries Initiative 

  

  admin | 2013-03-20 | 1.5 MB | details

  This document outlines initial thoughts by the ‘Loss and Damage in Vulnerable Countries Initiative’1 to provide some conceptual and framing input into the loss and damage negotiations2 under the UNFCCC. Given both the preliminary nature of these discussions and the complexity of the issue of loss and damage, a precise definition may not be necessary and in fact may even be counter-productive at this early stage. Instead at this point in the discussion it may more useful provide a spectrum of relevant scientific and policy perspectives and areas of expertise in an attempt to inform ongoing dialogue.

• Bangladesh leading the way on Loss and Damage

  

  admin | 2013-03-20 | 1.1 MB | details

  Loss and Damage in the UNFCCC process
  The least developed countries (LDCs) are both the least responsible for and the most vulnerable to climate change impacts." A lack of institutional, economic and financial capacity renders these countries less able to cope with climate change impacts# and more likely to suffer loss and damage as a result. The need for an international mechanism to address this inequity has long been acknowledged. In 1992, Principle 13 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development
  proclaimed that, “States shall also cooperate in an expeditious and more determined manner to develop further international law regarding liability and compensation for adverse effects of environmental damage caused by activities within their jurisdiction or control to areas beyond their jurisdiction.”

• Second newsletter out: Insights of some of the main research activities carried out so far during 2012 by CALESA’s partnership

  

  fmannke | 2013-02-19 | 1.1 MB | details

  The second CALESA newsletter has been published and is available!

• First newsletter out: Improving farming in Eastern and Southern Africa

  

  fmannke | 2013-02-18 | 396.2 KB | details

  The first CALESA newsletter has just been published and is available!

• Presentation: In the context of the „African Climate Teach-In Day“

  

  fmannke | 2013-02-18 | 1.8 MB | details

  Presentation to introduce the African context related with climate change, together with the main goals of CALESA project. 

• Adapting agriculture to climate change - CALESA project informations

  

  fmannke | 2013-02-18 | 545.7 KB | details

  Developing promising strategies using analogue locations in
  Eastern and Southern Africa (CALESA project).

• Beyond Adaptation and Mitigation: Loss and Damage - by Dr. Saleemul HUQ

  

  admin | 2012-11-23 | 1.2 MB | details

  The topic of loss and damage is very new and a very important one as it opens up a major new strategy to respond to climate change beyond adaptation and mitigation.

• Climate migration: report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants

  

  admin | 2012-10-17 | 161.5 KB | details

  The world can expect to experience profound changes in the natural and human environments over the next 50 years or so. Given the significant impacts of those environmental transformations, the Special Rapporteur notes that the effects of climate change will likely play a significant and increasingly determinative role in international migration. In this context, the Special Rapporteur decided to dedicate the thematic section of his report to the General Assembly to the impacts of climate change on migration.

• Social media guide for climate change practitioners in Africa

  

  jnnam | 2012-08-21 | 427.2 KB | details

  A guide to understanding various different types of social media, and their potential role in accessing and sharing knowledge on climate change adaptation in Africa. It offers practical advice on sharing, accessing and exchanging climate change knowledge from and about Africa, using social media. It is by no means exhaustive, but it is a good place to begin the journey of exploring social media. This guide is suitable for researchers, civil society practitioners or information intermediaries working on climate change in Africa as well as anyone with a particular interest in social media.

  An expanded version of the guide is available at socialmediaguideafrica.wikispaces.com

  
  
  
  

• Report of the 3rd AfricaAdapt Management Group Meeting

  

  abebetadege | 2012-08-11 | 1.4 MB | details

  Report of the 3rd AfricaAdapt Management Group Meeting 

• Summary and resources from Knowledge Brokers Forum (KBF) discussion on policy briefs and the information needs of decision-makers

  

  admin | 2012-07-20 | 694.8 KB | details

  Summary of discussions: http://bit.ly/MOenO0

  Resources shared during the discussion under various categories e.g. policy brief resources, health resources, knowledge translation frameworks, policy dialogue resources, and information needs of decision-makers. See recent uploads at the bottom of this email and here http://www.knowledgebrokersforum.org/wiki

  Recent uploads on KBF wiki


  Information needs of decision-makers
Research on information needs and behaviours of decision-makers



  Policy brief resources
Summary of e-discussion on policy briefs and information needs of decision-makers
Examples of policy briefs
Resources on producing and writing effective policy briefs



  Health resources
Building capacity for evidence-informed decision-making
Guidance for Evidence-Informed Policies about Health Systems



  Knowledge translation frameworks
KT frameworks in health and education



  Policy dialogue resources
Reports of national policy dialogues in Africa 

   

• GIS and remote sensing course at ICRISAT Niamey

  

  admin | 2012-05-17 | 73.9 KB | details

  See background note.

• AfricaAdapt Newsletter- April 2012 edition

  

  admin | 2012-05-10 | 339.5 KB | details

  Read the latest news from AfricaAdapt!!
   
  In this issue, you will be updated on:
   
  AfricaAdapt network news : Meet & Greets events, Management Group meetings
   
  AfricaAdpt at the CoP17.
   
  You will meet Dr Richard Munang,Mrs Oulie Keita and Ange Baimey, through their interviews.
   
  Also meet some AfricaAdapt members, and learn more about some projects
   
  Read more in this newsletter
   
   
  

• Meet and Greet in Beta, Burkina Faso on December 2011

  

  admin | 2012-05-10 | 520.2 KB | details

   

  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.

  View full report http://bit.ly/J2Y6th

   

• GCCA Training Modules on Mainstreaming CC into Development Plans

  

  admin | 2012-04-12 | 96.2 KB | details

  A GCCA workshop for OCT countries took place 27-28 January 2012 immediately following the OCT-EU Forum meeting in Brussels, Belgium.

  
Participating countries :  Bonaire, British Virgin Islands, Curaçao, French Polynesia, Greenland, St Eustasius, St Helena, St Maarten.

  
Venue: European Commission, Brussels, BELGIUM
Agenda: Agenda of the Workshop 27-28 January 2012



  Customized training materials:
Module 0: "Introduction" - Module 



  Module 1: "Understanding climate change development linkages" - Module and handout 



  Module 2: "Mainstreaming climate change and strengthening institutions and capacities" - Module and handout 



  Module 3: "Understanding the basics of the climate change science" - Module and handout 



  Module 4: "Understanding and planning under certainty" - Module and handout 



  Module 5: "Raising awareness and building partnership" - Module and handout 



  Module 6: "Mainstreaming climate change in national, sector and sub-national policies, strategies and programmes" - Module and handout 

  Module 7: "Costing, assessing and selecting adaptation and mitigation options and measures" - Module and handout 



  Module 8: "Mainstreaming climate change in the budgetary process" - Module and handout 



  Module 9: "Mainstreaming climate change in monitoring systems" - Module and handout 



  Module 10: "Synthesis, conclusions and way forward" - handout 



  Other documents available: Acronyms, Glossary and References 

   

• Contrasting climate variability and meteorological drought with perceived drought and climate change in northern Ethiopia

  

  admin | 2012-04-02 | 744.7 KB | details

  Perception of people on climate chnage and drought in Northern Ethiopia