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The Euro-Mediterranean Centre on Climate Change is pleased to inform you that it is open the call for application of the Doctorate School in Global Change Science and Policy (ChangeS), PhD Programme in Science and Management of Climate Change (3 years)
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS A.Y. 2012-2013
The PhD Programme in Science and Management of Climate Change is jointly...
The 2nd Stakeholder meeting on the UNECE/FAO Action Plan for the Forest Sector in a Green Economy will take place on 26 March 2012, at the Palais des Nations, Geneva (Room VII) under the tittle "What priorities for the Forest Sector in the transition towards a Green Economy?"
This meeting offers a unique opportunity to develop practical actions that can make the Green Economy in the...
MRD 32.1 (February 2012) focuses on water resources in the Upper Indus Basin and beyond. It complements the August 2011 issue (MRD 31.3), which featured 3 articles focusing on the Indus Basin and (transboundary) water management; in this new issue of MRD, 3 additional papers discuss the linkages between climate, precipitation, glaciology, and river runoff in the Upper Indus Basin, and offer...
Recognizing the importance of civil society, the Rio+20 Bureau’s co-chair Ambassador Kim invited Major Groups to submit their amendments to the Rio+20 "Zero draft" outcome at the Bureau meeting with Major groups on 27 January 2012.
Your support to mountains in the "Zero Draft"...
The expectations for the 2011 climate conference in Durban were extremely low, as countries were dealing with a deepening economic crisis. Yet, an agreement was reached that some called a triumph for European climate diplomacy. This is noteworthy as European climate leadership had increasingly been called into question after the failure of the Copenhagen climate summit in 2009. The EU’s...
The symposium REDD+SCIENCE+GOVERNANCE will address key challenges and concerns regarding REDD+. It will touch upon REDD+ negotiations, different scientific perspectives on REDD+ and the actual implementation of REDD+ activities. The symposium forms the start of a week-long set of activities on REDD+ at Wageningen University, which also includes a post-graduate course (link to...
The results of the “Bonn2011 Conference: The Water, Energy and Food Security Nexus – Solutions for a Green Economy” have been published in the form of a conference synopsis and set of policy recommendations.
The conference, which took place from 16-18 November 2011, in Bonn, Germany, was attended by over 500 participants and was organized to facilitate the creation of a...
Stakeholders across the UNECE region are invited to participate in a discussion on developing an Action Plan on Forests and the Green Economy. A brainstorming and structured discussion in working groups will be organized by the UNECE/FAO Forestry and Timber Section, in cooperation with the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) on 10-11 May 2011 in the Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland.
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The Secretariat of the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar Convention) has released Ramsar Technical Report No. 6, titled "Healthy wetlands, healthy people: a review of wetlands and human health interactions." The report was published jointly with the World Health Organization (WHO).
The report focuses on providing advice to wetland managers and decision...
Climate change has severe adverse effects on the livelihood of millions of the world’s poorest people. Increasing temperatures, water scarcity and droughts, flooding and storms affect food security. Thus, mitigation actions are needed to pave the way for a sustainable future for all. Currently, agriculture directly contributes about 10-15 percent to global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions...
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