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- News 25 April 2013 New Publication Launched: National Greenhouse Gas Emissions Baseline Scenarios What do we know about the way developing country governments calculate their baselines? Arguably, increased transparency about the methods and assumptions to develop baselines is warranted, and it is this aspect that the new publication 'National Greenhouse Gas Emissions Baseline Scenerios: Learning from Experiences of Developing Countries' seeks to address. Several parties to the UNFCCC have pledged quantified emissions reductions and actions for 2020 (and beyond) relative to their baseline…
- News 5 April 2013 UN Calls for Accelerated Action with 1,000 Days to Go on MDGs New York, 3 April — The United Nations and its partners around the world will observe the 1,000 days to the end of 2015 – the target date for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – during the next week to inspire further action. “The MDGs are the most successful global anti-poverty push in history,” UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said. “The Goals have helped set global and national priorities, mobilize action, and achieve remarkable results.” The eight time-bound MDGs address…
- News 21 March 2013 21 March - International Day of Forests The Day aims to celebrate and raise awareness of the importance of all types of forests. On each International Day of Forests, countries are encouraged to undertake local, national and international efforts to organize activities involving forests and trees, such as tree planting campaigns. Click here for the full text of the UN Resolution. On this occasion, read the latest URC publication ‘Economics of forest and forest carbon projects - Translating lessons…
- News 18 March 2013 Green Growth Knowledge Sharing Workshops held in Abu Dhabi Targeted at mid-level officers and managers from the public and private sector, as well as leaders of businesses and civil society organizations from the Oil & Gas, Water & Electricity, Transport, Building, Industry and Waste sectors in UAE, the sectoral capacity building sessions aimed to identify and assess opportunities for green industries and green jobs for each of the sectors and discuss sector based technologies as new engines for growth. Initiated by the UAE…
- News 7 February 2013 URC releases the ‘Coastal Hazard Wheel’, a new tool for coastal hazard assessment The ‘Coastal Hazard Wheel’ is applicable at local, regional and national scale and provides a simple screening system to support public and private management decisions in coastal areas. The tool is developed to cover all coastal environments worldwide through a specially designed coastal classification system, building on key bio-geophysical parameters. It provides information on the degree to which key climate change hazards are inherent in a particular coastal environment, and covers the…
- News 6 February 2013 New Report from URC: Economics of forest and forest carbon projects - Translating lessons learned into national REDD+ implementation The ‘Economics of forest and forest carbon projects - Translating lessons learned into national REDD+ implementation’ report draws lessons on finance options and barriers related to project activities from the forest sector. It investigates the economics of implementing forest and REDD+ projects through a number of case studies from Africa, Latin America and Asia, by analyzing real forest and REDD+ investments. The report sets out to advise policymakers, financial sector stakeholders and…
- News 7 December 2012 UN COP 18 Side Event Showcases Country Experiences with Capacity Building for Clean Technologies A UN side-event entitled “Building Capacity for Effective National Planning and the Deployment of Clean Technologies”, 5 December 2012, Doha, Qatar highlighted that capacity building is needed not only to enable developing countries to use clean technologies, but also to assess technology needs and support low emission development planning. The event was co-organized by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the UN Development Programme (UNDP), and the UN Institute for Training and Research…
- News 3 December 2012 UNEP Risø launches the NAMAcademy NAMAs have been the talk of the climate community for quite some time. But how many actually know what NAMAs are? The NAMAcademy, launched by UNEP Risø Centre, provides a fundamental understanding of the concept of Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions and provides tools that can concretize policies, programmes and activities in the context of national development planning and low carbon strategies. It brings you a profound understanding of what NAMAs may mean in your country – though…