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Thematic day on desertification at the Congo Basin Forest Partnership meeting 19 September 2012 - 22 September 2012
N’Djamena, Chad During the 4th Plenary Meeting of the Congo Basin Forest Partnership (CBFP), the UNCCD will take part in the special thematic day dedicated to desertification, land degradation and drought and urban and peri-urban forestry on 19 September 2012 in N’Djamena, Chad. It will be organized by the Canadian Facilitation of the CBFP in cooperation with the Ministry for Environment and Fisheries of Chad, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Global Mechanism (GM) of the UNCCD. The thematic day will precede... Read more
Strengthening Capacities to Increase Finance for Sustainable Land Management through Climate Change Financing Mechanisms in West Asia 03 September 2012 - 06 September 2012
Tunis, Tunisia Alongside the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Global Mechanism (GM) of the UNCCD will hold a workshop for West Asian countries on the use of climate change financing mechanisms to support investments in sustainable land management (SLM) from 3 to 6 September 2012 in Tunis, Tunisia. The four-day workshop, funded by the European Commission (EC), will see the participation of Lebanon, the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Tunisia and Yemen, who seek to improve their access to climate change financing. Th... Read more
Strengthening National Capacities to Increase Finance and Investments into SLM & Climate Change 23 July 2012 - 27 July 2012
Nairobi, Kenya There are inextricable linkages between climate change and land degradation, drought and desertification – the impacts of which are felt most in developing countries, because of their heavy reliance on land resources for their human, economic, social and sustainable development. All meaningful efforts to address climate change needs to reflect the important role that sustainable land management (SLM) plays in climate change adaptation and mitigation, and vice versa. The potential opportunities are many - financing mechanisms and in... Read more
Great Green Wall for the Sahara and the Sahel Initiative (GGWSSI): Workshop on Resource Mobilization Strategies, Sharing Knowledge and Experience in The Gambia 09 July 2012 - 14 July 2012
Banjul, The Gambia As a collective platform for the circum-Saharan countries, the Great Green Wall for the Sahel and the Sahara Initiative (GGWSSI) is a powerful tool to boost the implementation of the Rio Conventions; it is a potential catalyst for the various initiatives in the region, can strengthen regional frameworks for sustainable rural development, and harmonize and optimize the mobilization of resources to the benefit of the drylands. In this context and following the success of the workshop that targeted GGWSSI stakeholders from Francophone c... Read more
Rio+20 side event: The Economic Valuation of Land - Advancing Land Management Towards a Green Economy 14 June 2012
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Global Mechanism (GM) in collaboration with the Offering Sustainable Land-use Options Consortium (OSLO) are pleased to anounce a side event at Rio+20 on the Economic Valuation of Land: Advancing Land Management Towards a Green Economy on Thursday 14 June 2012 in the Rio Conventions Pavilion. The side event is designed to convince decision makers in the governmental and private sector of the advantages of sustainable land management (SLM)-smart investment policies by demonstrating the consid... Read more
Favoriser le renforcement des capacités nationales pour multiplier les finances et les investissements dans la Gestion durable des terres, l'adaptation aux changements climatiques et leur atténuation : des opportunités en provenance du financement des changements climatiques 05 June 2012 - 08 June 2012
Lusaka, Zambie Il existe des liens inextricables entre les changements climatiques, la dégradation des terres, la sécheresse et la désertification - leur incidence se fait sentir surtout dans les pays en développement, en raison de la forte dépendance de ces derniers à l'égard des ressources foncières pour le développement aux niveaux humain, économique, social et durable. Tous les efforts significatifs pour traiter les changements climatiques doivent refléter le rôle important joué par la gestion durable des terres (GDT) dans l'adaptation à... Read more
Launch of Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Programme in the COMESA-EAC-SADC Region 16 April 2012 - 16 April 2012
Lusaka, Zambia The Common Market For Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), the East African Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) are launching a programme on Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in the region. The programme aims at unlocking resources for promoting strategic interventions to sustain productivity and livelihood improvements for millions of climate-vulnerable people in the region. It is being funded by the Government of Norway, the European Union and the United Kingdom, for the duration o... Read more
Sub-regional workshop: strengthening national capacities to access financial mechanisms linked to climate change adaptation and mitigation 17 April 2012 - 19 April 2013
Accra, Ghana Climate change is a reality in West Africa. Almost all countries in the region have experienced year-by-year decrease in total rainfall amounts, with serious consequences for predominantly rain-fed smallholder agriculture. For a region that depends largely on domestic food production climate change poses a major risk to both national and regional food security. Indeed, it is estimated that by 2020 crop yields from rain-fed agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa may fall by up to 50%, impacting 250 million people and their livelihoods, and causing... Read more
International workshop: promoting the socio-economic development of Algeria’s rural heritage in arid and et semi-arid areas 28 March 2012 - 29 March 2012
Bou Saâda, Algeria One of the four pillars of Algeria’s National Strategy for Sustainability and Rural Development is the enhancement of rural heritage. Through this strategy, Algeria aspires to reverse rural exodus, mitigating desertification and land degradation, and to promote social, economic, cultural and environmental development, without increasing pressure on land resources. As part of the SolArid programme, the GM has agreed to support this approach, which is in line with Strategic Objective 1 of the Ten-year Strategy of the UNCCD: the impro... Read more
Sub-regional Resource Mobilization Strategy for Indian Ocean Countries: Inception Workshop 04 April 2012 - 06 April 2012
Quatre Bornes, Mauritius The five Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) countries: Mauritius, Madagascar, Comoros, Seychelles and Reunion will be meeting in Mauritius from 4-6 April 2012, to kick start the development of a sub-regional resource mobilization strategy (RMS) and its implementation plan. Discussions will centre on the findings of the stocktaking analysis of the funding available for sustainable land management (SLM) in the sub-region, elaborated with financial and technical support of the IOC and the Global Mechanism (GM). The participants will ... Read more
 
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