Agriculture, Forestry, Land Use
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- Project 7 December 2018 Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions for Low Carbon Island Development Strategy The objective of this project is to ensure a low carbon economy development pathway for Mauritius by establishing the national capacity for formulating, prioritizing mitigation actions to implement Mauritius’ Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) for all mitigation sectors and further develop the local capacity to design and implement mitigation actions relevant for the energy sector. The project is structured into three components, as follows: Component 1: Strengthen national capability to…
- 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)…
- News 27 November 2018 Nations must triple ambition to reach 2°C target, concludes the new Emissions Gap Report Global emissions are on the rise as national commitments to combat climate change come up short. In fact, the gap between the climate ambitions of the world and the effort needed to reach the targets in the Paris Agreement has increased. These findings along with a sweeping review of climate action and the latest measurements of global emissions are the key findings of the 2018 Emissions Gap Report published today. The report annually presents a definitive assessment of the so-called 'emissions…
- Project 7 November 2018 Roadmap to Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions in the Livestock Sector of Honduras and Nicaragua Livestock farming in Latin America generates high greenhouse gas emissions but is also the main source of income for vulnerable populations that could be most affected by climate change. In Honduras and Nicaragua, the livestock sector is of great economic importance, occupying more than 30% of the territory. It contributes between 10‐18% of GDP, and is the main livelihood for more than 700,000 people. To address these challenges this project aimed at facilitating a shift towards alternative…
- News 26 October 2018 Expert from UNEP DTU explains climate change consequences on CNN Chile This week CNN Chile featured a conversation about one of the most important issue facing the world. Climate Change. Senior advisor from UNEP DTU Partnership Dr Fernando Farias was invited to explain which consequences face not only Chile but the entire world because of the changing climate as well as to give his view on the last IPCC report. The message from Dr Farias, based on the latest climate and UNEP DTU Partnership research, was very clear. Global temperatures will rise, and they will…
- Project 17 October 2018 Implementation of Adaptation projects with UN Environment Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF)/Adaptation Fund (AF) In collaboration with UN Environment’s Division of Environmental Policy Implementation (DEPI), UNEP DTU has provided implementation support to twelve Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) and two Adaptation Fund (AF) adaptation projects in Cambodia, Comoros, Djibouti, Gambia, Lesotho, Madagascar, Rwanda and Tanzania, totalling more than $50 million in funding. The projects covered a wide range of adaptation issues, including implementation Ecosystem Based Adaptation, Integrated Coastal Zone…
- Project 12 October 2018 Development of Climate-Smart Agriculture projects in Kenya Implemented by a consortium comprising UNEP DTU Partnership and Eco Ltd as consultants of NETFUND (Kenya), this project aims at developing detailed project ideas in the area of Climate-Smart Agriculture that will advance Kenya’s transition towards a green economy. Running from May to December of 2018, at the onset, this project has undertaken a review of existing policies, programmes and plans to ensure that the projects developed are aligned with national low carbon and climate resilience…
- Project 11 October 2018 NAMAcademy The overall objective of the NAMAcademy is to provide focused training on practical issues when designing climate change mitigation policies and actions, as well as assisting in bringing the initial idea to a well-structured concept designed to approach potential financiers. The training provided through the NAMAcademy allows participants to structure their initial climate action concepts into well-structured implementation plan targeted towards financiers and climate finance providers, finally…