Agriculture, Forestry, Land Use
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- 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 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 5 October 2012 The October 2012 first updates of the UNEP Risø CDM, JI, and NAMA Pipelines are now available The UNEP Risø CDM/JI Pipeline Overview has its own web-site: www.CDMpipeline.org, which contains the main graphs and tables from the CDM and the JI spreadsheets. The website makes it easier for the user to find the analysis and to print them. CDM news: With a submission of only 90 new CDM projects (plus 8 resubmissions) in September we have really passed the peak of new submitted projects that started in June 2011. None of these 90 projects are hosted by LDC countries. The CDM Pipeline now…
- News 27 September 2012 Danida Fellowship course on ‘Green Growth and Carbon Markets’ held in Copenhagen The course explored green energy and carbon market business opportunities in developing countries within a climate change and development context. Aimed at business managers and entrepreneurs, the course was attended by 15 participants from Bhutan, Kenya, Indonesia and Ghana who learnt about development of business opportunities and new markets within the energy sector as well as in the fast developing global carbon market. The course was conducted by facilitators from UNEP Risø Centre …
- News 25 May 2012 Greening Africa’s Future: Carbon market actors connect at the 4th Africa Carbon Forum - Addis Ababa The 4th Africa Carbon Forum (ACF) held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 18 – 20 April 2012, opened its doors to over 1,000 registered participants from across the globe to foster a discussion on climate change and carbon finance in Africa. The message resonating this year from Addis was that Africa represents a golden opportunity for a green future. “The vast potential represented by African countries in the fight against climate change cannot be underestimated,” said Christiana Figueres,…