Agriculture, Forestry, Land Use
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- News 10 December 2021 Climate smart agriculture puts food on the table in Laos In Laos, the agricultural sector accounts for 29.9% of the country’s GDP, and approximately 70-80% of the population is dependent on the sector for its livelihoods. The importance of agriculture to both the people and the economy makes the sector a decisively vulnerable one. Flooding disasters in particular are responsible for yearly losses in agricultural production of hundreds of millions of USD. As climate change is gaining pace and disastrous natural events increase in frequency, putting…
- News 11 November 2021 Building businesses’ climate resilience in Sri Lanka Floods are among the most common disasters in Sri Lanka and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are some of the most vulnerable businesses to these events. They were impacted with huge damages and losses due to recurring floods in recent years. SMEs are the backbone of the national economy. They drive economic growth, employment generation, and poverty reduction. The impacts of any natural disaster on the SME sector are directly linked to adverse effects on the national economy. The most…
- News 1 November 2021 Three projects selected as best low-carbon cases District energy systems can not only contribute to greater sustainability through energy efficiency and renewable energy but also improve liveability and reduce air pollution. To promote district energy solutions and sustainable city planning, the Chinese Ministry of Ecology and Environment this year launched a collection of green and low-carbon best-cases for districts. The cases were chosen based on recommendations by local organizations, expert review, and publicity. On the list are three…
- News 1 November 2021 New publication: “From Needs to Implementation: Stories from the Technology Needs Assessments” New publication: “From Needs to Implementation: Stories from the Technology Needs Assessments” (2021 edition) What do climate smart land-use approaches in Laos, solar PVs in Cuba, biomass energy technologies in Pakistan, and sustainable land management practices in Burkina Faso have in common? Besides all being cases of climate action implementation, they are also direct or indirect results of the Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) project. Accessing funding for climate action In recent years,…
- News 29 October 2021 Methodologies for supporting Costa Rica’s climate aspirations The Initiative for Climate Action Transparency (ICAT) has just concluded a second phase of implementation in Costa Rica, developing guidance for assessing the sustainable development and transformational change impacts of climate change actions. Such guidance is developed with the goal of integrating monitoring of sustainable development and transformation change impacts in the National Climate Change Monitoring System (SINAMECC). To develop the guidance documents, Costa Rica took as a starting…
- News 26 October 2021 Updated climate commitments ahead of COP26 fall far short, but net-zero pledges provide hope New and updated climate commitments fall far short of what is needed to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, leaving the world on track for a global temperature rise of at least 2.7°C this century, according to the latest UNEP Emissions Gap Report 2021: The Heat Is On. The Emissions Gap Report is coordinated by UNEP DTU Partnership, and Head of Strategy for Climate Planning and Policy, Anne Olhoff, along with several other UNEP DTU Partnership experts, are among the report’s main authors. …
- Project 1 October 2021 A Circular Bioeconomy for the Kenyan Dairy Sector (VALORISE) The Global food system is the single largest driver of environmental change, contributing to 24% of global emissions and consuming 70% of the world's blue water. At the same time 2 billion people are live with food insecurity. All this while 24% of calories produced for humans are lost or wasted in the supply chain, and food loss and waste (FLW) represents 3.3 billion tons of GHGs - equivalent to making it the 3rd largest emitting 'country' in the world. Looking at the Kenyan dairy-sector, the…
- News 7 June 2021 Matchmaking for technology investments Investments in green technology, sustainability and climate action are urgently needed all over the world. However, the gap between current investment trends and what’s needed is particularly large in emerging markets and developing countries. In an effort to help close this gap, the UNFCCC and UNEP DTU Partnership last week set up a matchmaking event between countries with finalised plans for climate technology investments and major global financing institutions. The event was the first in a…