Objectives of the course The overall objective of this series of webinars on “European Green Deal - Greening EU cooperation” is to enhance participants’ knowledge and understanding of the European Green Deal and its implications...
https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WP/Issues/2022/08/11/Debt-for-Clima… This paper compares debt-for-climate swaps—partial debt relief operations conditional...
Brussels, 7 June 2022- Brussels celebrated World Environment Day on Sunday 5 June with events organised around the city, from morning to midnight. With nature in emergency mode, the 2022 World Environment Day global campaign...
DeSIRA LIFT is very pleased to join forces with FARA and many partners in organizing the 2022 edition of the Biennial Africa Climate Smart Agriculture Stakeholders Conference supported by the European Commission (DG INTPA). The...
CALL FOR EXPERTS DeSIRA-LIFT provides support services to the DeSIRA Initiative funded by DG INTPA (European Commission). We are currently looking for experts for two short-term opportunities in support of the Forum for...
Both the Philippines and Japan are at the forefront of climate adaptation. The results of the 2020 Global Climate Risk Index by German Watch Institute reveals that based on the impacts of extreme weather events and socio-economic...
Mercy Owusu-Ansah, Director of Tropenbos Ghana announced that Tropenbos is going to nurse, develop and supply appreciable quantities of tree seedlings for planting in the transition zones of the country. “If care is not taken the...
The impacts of climate change are unequally distributed worldwide, and affect especially Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS). The scale of these impacts leaves no other choice but to adapt...
Multi-hazard risk management (such as natural hazards triggering technological accidents) need to be addressed in the face of consequences of climate change. At the same time, there is a growing interest in nature-based solutions...
The UNFCCC-COP26 set out to be the moment to deliver on many earlier promises. The talks in Glasgow have birthed some initial commitments at macro-level on key issues such as forestation but the conclusions are overall received...
