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HIGH-LEVEL PANEL on Fast-Forwarding the Green and Circular Economy

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Posted on UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development

HIGH-LEVEL PANEL on Fast-Forwarding the Green and Circular Economy Humanity is pushing the Earth beyond its natural limits, causing climate disruption, escalating pollution and threatening biodiversity through our economic...

Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Conservation
Ecosystem services
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Marine pollution control
Natural resource management
Sustainable Land management
Climate change & disaster risks
Climate adaptation
Climate Change
Clean energy technology
Climate finance
Climate smart agriculture
Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)
Climate Change Mitigation
Environment & green economy
Environmental Governance
Environmental mainstreaming
Environmental research
Green industry
Green jobs
Green policy
Green trade
Greening the economy
Natural resource management
Resource efficiency
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Wetlands are natural solutions for green recovery and building back better

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Posted on Wetlands climate and biodiversity solutions

The month of June was filled with pivotal events and discussions surrounding the days of World Environment Day, the EU Green Week, and World Ocean Day, whereby Wetlands International Europe collaborated with the Wetlands...

Worldwide
Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Bio-diversity monitoring
Natural resource management
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Sustainable Land management
Water resources conservation
Climate change & disaster risks
Climate adaptation
Climate Change
Desertification/land degradation
Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)
Climate Change Mitigation
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
Water basins management
Water diplomacy
Water policies, governance and monitoring
Water supply and access to drinking water
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Safeguard and restore wetlands to support people and nature - through the pandemic and beyond

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Posted on Wetlands climate and biodiversity solutions

The one thing we all want for 2021 is to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic. Healthy wetlands are vital to supporting communities through the pandemic by building resilience. But to continue our work, we need your support. In this...

Civil Society
Climate change & disaster risks
Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)
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Environment & green economy
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Le Fonds Bêkou adopte un programme d’appui à la protection civile et poursuit son engagement dans la santé

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Posted on Fonds fiduciaire européen pour la République centrafricaine "Bêkou" / EU Trust Fund for the Central African Republic "Bêkou"

Le Comité de Gestion du Fonds Bêkou tenu ce 11 décembre 2020, en présence du Ministre de l’Économie, du Plan et de la Coopération, Felix Moloua, a adopté : un nouveau programme de 4 millions d’euros pour développer les capacités...

Africa
Climate change & disaster risks
Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)
Fragility, Crisis Situations & Resilience
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Resilience
Health
Basic health care
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Join the initiative Impulsa Pantalan! Unir esforços para impulsar ações

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Lea Appulo
posted on Wetlands climate and biodiversity solutions

A iniciativa Impulsa Pantanal se deu frente ao cenário catastrófico que assola o Pantanal em 2020. A paisagem mudou com 4,35 milhões de hectares do bioma atingido pelos incêndios, área maior que o território da Holanda, no qual a...

Americas & the Caribbean
Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Climate change & disaster risks
Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)
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Environment & green economy
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Wetland ecosystems – the primary sites for Building with Nature

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Posted on Wetlands climate and biodiversity solutions

Wetlands form natural buffers against impacts of sea-level rise, floods and storms, and they are vital for water and food security and local livelihoods. However, wetlands are also the primary sites of water infrastructure...

Climate change & disaster risks
Climate adaptation
Climate Change
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Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)
Environment & green economy
Natural resource management
Resource efficiency
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Global Mangrove Watch

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Global Mangrove Watch, a new, powerful remote sensing tool, has the potential to change the face of mangrove conservation and restoration. Global Mangrove Watch, developed by Aberystwyth University,  soloEO,  The Nature...

Climate change & disaster risks
Climate adaptation
Climate Change
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Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)
Environment & green economy
Research for Development
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Assisting Yap State manage water supply through the current drought

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Posted on Global Climate Change Alliance Plus Initiative - GCCA

Picture: SPC and water authority staff measuring water levels in a monitoring bore Residents of Yap State, the westernmost state of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), are experiencing their fourth month of extreme drought...

Oceania
Capacity Development
Climate change & disaster risks
Climate adaptation
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Climate Change
Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
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Well. Disasters are not natural, now what?

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Vicente Sandoval
posted on Knowledge Sharing and Knowledge Management

Picture: Diciembre 2017, ‎⁨Port-de-Paix⁩, ⁨Nord_Ouest Department⁩, ⁨Haiti⁩. Vicente Sandoval. Let imagine that we are aware of the latest trends in the academic discussion about disasters and risks, their social, economic...

Climate change & disaster risks
Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)
Governance & Corruption
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Urban Development
Sustainable cities
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ECO-DRR: Ending the Vulnerability of the Poor to Natural Disasters

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Photo: Video screenshot of the EU-financed, UNEP-led, ECO-DRR demonstration project in Afghanistan The poorest people in the poorest countries are the most vulnerable to disasters. This is because they lack the capacity for...

Africa
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Sudan
+4
Americas & the Caribbean
Haiti
Asia
Afghanistan
Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Ecosystem services
Natural resource management
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Sustainable Land management
Climate change & disaster risks
Climate smart agriculture
Desertification/land degradation
Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)
Drought
Flood prevention/control
Environment & green economy
Natural resource management
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