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- News 6 December 2018 Growing gap between ambition and action: Adaptation efforts need financial boosting While climate consciousness across the globe is on the rise, the fourth UN Environment Adaptation Gap Report released today has revealed a considerable gap between countries’ preparedness for climate change and the actual measures that should be put in place to prepare communities for a future of increasing climate risks. We need to adapt our societies to a reality of climate change, with rising temperatures and more extreme weather events affecting every corner of the globe. But this vital…
- Project 6 December 2018 UNFCCC Technology Cooperation UNEP DTU Partnership in cooperation with UNFCCC Secretariat aims to address the needs of developing countries in mitigation and adaptation technologies to meet desired levels of reduced greenhouse gas emissions and to reduce vulnerability to climate change. The cooperation entails several activities, such as developing guidance and sharing experiences on enhanced implementation of the results of the Technology Needs Assessment (TNAs), as well as other technology related work identifying…
- Project 6 December 2018 Private Sector Engagement in Climate Change Adaptation By drawing on evidence-based learning, new empirical cases, as well as existing scholarly work, the project contributes with diverse and original perspectives, insights and reflections on the role and prospects for the private sector to build climate change resilience. The project contributes with: A global stocktake and assessment of work within the field of adaptation and private sector. It examines the different roles of private sector in adaptation, and both risk angle (viewing climate…
- Project 4 December 2018 Measuring Sustainable Development in NAMAs The Measuring Sustainable Development in NAMAs project contributed to improve quantitative and qualitative measurement of the sustainable development outcomes of Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs). It enhanced understanding of how NAMAs can contribute to meeting national development goals and provided improved knowledge of early action and lessons learned on measurement of sustainable development considerations in NAMAs. This was done through: A review on tools and approaches…
- Project 4 December 2018 Capacity Building for Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) This project promoted environmental sustainability in African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group of nations within the context of Millennium Development Goal number 7. The project also worked in line with the international obligations and related commitments under the various Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) signed by the respective countries. The project enhanced the capacity of ACP countries to implement their respective obligations under MEAs and honour related commitments…
- Project 3 December 2018 Building Business Climate Resilient Through funding from the Nordic Climate Facility, UNEP DTU Partnership has partnered with Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce and MPEnsystems in a project aimed at developing a disaster risk management (DRM) product that will allow Small and Medium size Enterprises (SMEs) in Sri Lanka to reduce their recurring losses from climate related disasters (primarily flooding). SMEs contribute significantly to Sri Lanka’s export industry, employing a large percentage of…
- Project 28 November 2018 Support WHO guidance on heat waves and health UNEP DTU is currently supporting the WHO Regional Office for Europe (EURO) in its efforts to update their 2008 guidance for preventing health impacts from heat. Towards this end, UNEP DTU will help organize the updating and compilation of the evidence base supporting health protection during heat waves currently and, crucially, under likely climate change scenarios. Some of the key questions addressed in this collaboration are: How effective is existing prevention at reducing heat-related…
- Project 28 November 2018 Climate-smart Agriculture Manual for Agriculture Education in Zimbabwe The outcome of the project is expected to enhance both students and professionals' active participation in promoting climate-smart agriculture to the Zimbabwe agriculture community at large. Enhanced knowledge and awareness of climate-smart agriculture approaches helps smallholder farmers to augment their production and ultimately incomes, resilience to climate change and reduction or removal of greenhouse gas emissions from the atmosphere. Climate Technology Centre and Network's (CTCN)…