A few days away from the third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, 14-18 March 2015, Sendai, Japan, the ACP Group launched a Compendium of Risk Knowledge with the support of the European Union. The study shows that...
With the UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction approaching (14-18 March 2015, Sendai, Japan), the European Union delivers on its external action. > Watch the video This Programme results from an on-going partnership...
This week ten years ago, the last World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction was in full swing. Today, 22 January 2015, marks the 10th anniversary of the adoption of the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015: Building the...
LoCAL is a global programme from the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) on climate change mainstreaming and finance at the local level. The programme aims to increase local governments’ access to climate finance to...
This free online course by the University of Geneva provides an overview of climate change adaptation for the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) with a focus on the environmental perspective. It will present the key concepts...
The GCCA+ flagship initiative approved new funding worth €30 million for climate programmes in Cambodia, Niger, Mali, the Seychelles, Rwanda, and Pacific islands highlighting Europe’s support for countries most vulnerable to...
Read this ECHO brochure on getting from Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Risk Reduction to long-term resilience. Natural disasters are forecast to increase, what measures need to be taken by donors and humanitarian...
In Rwanda, GCCA funding has supported the implementation of an ambitious land reform programme, on the premise that if people have clear ownership and security of tenure, they are more likely to invest in sustainable land...