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Thursday 25th March - The Global EbA Fund has opened its first Call for Proposals. Led by IUCN and UNEP, the Global EbA Fund is a quickly deployable mechanism for supporting innovative approaches to Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA). The Fund aims to encourage catalytic initiatives to help overcome barriers for upscaling EbA.
On March 10th, an engaging technical session organized by UN Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Global Adaptation Network (GAN) shared perspectives from across the Asia Pacific region on how to close knowledge gaps and scale up adaptation action, including nature-based approaches.
Hosted by the Ministry of Environment, Japan, this event welcomed partners from all over the world to present on the achievements of GAN to date. Each of GAN's regional networks discussed how GAN has been helpful to upscale the work of their network and share their success stories. Moreover, GAN’s crucial partners spoke about the most impactful GAN activities and proposals for GAN’s future directions.
Please watch the event recording here.
How can we respond to adaptation barriers?
The Pacific Islands are particularly vulnerable to climate change impacts such as sea level rise, storm surges, flooding, and erosion, which negatively affect communities’ food and water supplies, livelihoods, and culture. Here, there is an urgent need to enhance climate change adaptation efforts. Yet adaptation knowledge gaps, whether it is the absence of knowledge or lack of access to existing knowledge, have been shown to pose a significant barrier to successful adaptation actions.
During the online session of the fifth UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-5) which took place 22-23 February 2021, a short online poll was conducted. The aim of the poll was to have the additional voices heard alongside government representat
The “contribution of the environmental dimension of sustainable development to building a resilient and inclusive post-pandemic world” was discussed by delegates taking part in “leadership dialogues” sessions during the Fifth Session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-5) in Februar
At the 7th Asia Pacific Adaptation Network, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) is co-leading the Nature-based Resilience Stream together with IUCN.
Delhi, 12 February 2021 – India’s Bihar State will pursue a climate resilient and low-carbon development pathway with the support of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the two entities announced today. UNEP will provide an array of support for the state’s climate goals, including through advocacy, developing climate analyses and supporting its government’s capacity to handle climate-related issues.
- What does it take to be a United Nations worker in some of the world’s most difficult and dangerous locations?
- How are health workers, humanitarians and peacekeepers racing to protect the most vulnerable populations from the threat of the COVID-19 virus?
- Stationed in remote locations and far from family, how are they coping themselves?
Nairobi, 26 January 2021 - Climate litigation cases have spiked in recent years, making the courtroom increasingly relevant to efforts to address climate change around the world.
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) is leading a session on locally-led urban Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) in Asia-Pacific at the Gobeshona Global Conference on January 19, 2021.
Finance for nature-based solutions should be strengthened and diversified. As temperatures rise and climate change impacts intensify, nations must urgently step up action to adapt to the new climate reality or face serious costs, damages and losses, the 2020 edition of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Adaptation Gap Report finds.
According to the report, cutting greenhouse gas emissions will reduce the impacts and costs associated with climate change. Achieving the 2°C target of the Paris Agreement could limit losses in annual growth to up to 1.6 per cent, compared to 2.2 per cent for the 3°C trajectory. While the COVID-19 pandemic is expected to hit the ability of countries to adapt to climate change, investing in adaptation is a sound economic decision.
- Almost three-quarters of nations have some adaptation plans in place, but financing and implementation fall far short of what is needed
- Annual adaptation costs in developing countries are estimated at USD 70 billion.
For our “Ask a Scientist” video series, Valerie Kapos, answers some of the most commonly asked questions on adaptation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqHKgbuI_Yw&feature=youtu.be
Planning for adaptation is progressing, although nature-based solutions are lagging. As temperatures rise and climate change impacts intensify, nations must urgently step up action to adapt to the new climate reality or face serious costs, damages and losses, the 2020 edition of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Adaptation Gap Report finds.
Implementation of nature-based solutions has been growing.
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2020 was not only the year of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was also the year of intensifying climate change: high temperatures, floods, droughts, storms, wildfires and even locust plagues. Even more worryingly, the world is heading for at least a 3°C temperature rise this century.
The Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change in Bangladesh is recruiting two consultants for an Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) project. The two vacancies are for: 1) an International Technical Advisor (ITA); and 2) an International EbA Expert (IEE).
The project is titled Ecosystem-based Approaches to Adaptation (EbA) in the Drought-Prone Barind Tract and Haor “Wetland” Area Project.
Date and time: 12 December 2020 - 09:00 ET / 17:00 EAT
With many people around the world in COVID-19 lockdowns, International Mountain Day on 11 December might be the perfect moment to escape on a journey of discovery to the mountains. Mountains are a hugely important refuge for biodiversity – the theme for this year’s Day.
When it comes to the environment, the United Nations and its affiliates are walking the talk, according to a new report.
Despite a dip in greenhouse gas emissions from the COVID-19 economic slowdown, the world is still heading for a catastrophic temperature rise above 3°C this century – far beyond the goals of the Paris Agreement.
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The development of the GAN involved a broad UNEP-facilitated consultative process, including an international consultation meeting and four regional consultations.