Project
The launch or implementation of a project related to climate change mitigation or adaptation.
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Does Investing in Gender Equality Help Advance SDGs?
<p>If we leave out or underestimate about half of the people in the world, we can’t possibly solve any global issues. Closing the gender gap between men and women is imperative to overcoming any global crisis.</p>
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Food security is key to making ‘Peace with Nature’
<p>The adoption of agroforestry, for example, cultivating trees, shrubs, and crops together on the same plots, can achieve up to 80% of the biodiversity levels of natural forests, reduce 50% of soil erosion, and boost healthy diets for 1.3 billion people living on degraded land. Using an ecosystem approach to fisheries could help restore marine…
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Can Smallholders Be the Answer to Landscape Restoration in Africa?
<p>The network of micro-nurseries has invested in research and development of seedlings and can exercise collective purchasing power. Focusing on three key regions where two-thirds of Africa’s smallholder farmers live will move the needle the most. These are the Ethiopian highlands, the Lake Victoria basin (Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Tanzania, and Malawi), and Nigeria.</p>
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CBD COP 16: How Africa Can Become Greener Faster
<p><!– wp:paragraph –></p> <p>A new FAO-led multi-partner programme will support communities in six African countries over the next four years with direct finance and technical assistance to enable them each to restore 7,000 hectares and improve the management of another 20,000 hectares. Direct and more accessible finance, including blended finance solutions that mobilize private sector…
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Video Highlights Climate Change Communication and Education Successes
<p>The video highlights the critical importance of policy action in advancing climate change communication and education across institutions, systems, and societies. It stresses the need to provide a more central role for the leadership Indigenous Peoples, youth, and women are already taking to advance CCE in their communities.</p>
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Global Framework on Chemicals Fund Launches First Call for Projects
<p>The first round of applications is open from 1 October 2024 to 31 January 2025. Governments are invited to apply for funding. Civil society networks can also apply, subject to an agreement with the respective government.</p>
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Paving the Way for Food Systems Transformation in Sierra Leone
<p>Sierra Leone’s Feed Salone programme aims to tackle multiple challenges simultaneously, to enhance food self-sufficiency, build resilience throughout our food systems, and boost inclusive economic growth – all whilst ensuring that agricultural land does not encroach on forests. Sierra Leone is committed to align its Feed Salone Strategy with the vision of the Alliance of…
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CCAC Launches Platform to Build Air Quality Managers’ Capacity Worldwide
<p>The Air Quality Management Exchange Platform will work directly with air quality managers, to help address air quality management capacity gaps by providing curated guidance across key themes, including on air quality monitoring, inventory development, and health impact assessments. According to UNEP, “[t]he platform will expand to allow regional and sub-regional communities to exchange knowledge…
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Partnering for Development Impact: UNDP’s Funding Windows in 2023
<p><!– wp:paragraph –></p> <p>The four thematic Funding Windows are: Poverty and Inequality; Governance, Peacebuilding, Crisis, and Resilience; Nature, Climate, and Energy; and Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment, aligned with UNDP’s six signature solutions. In 2023, Funding Windows delivered over USD 112 million in 119 countries and territories to tackle multidimensional poverty, advance gender equality and…
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From Dependence to Dignity: Lessons from Local Ownership to Achieve the SDGs
<p>The strength of localization and community ownership lies in the ability to empower communities to take control of their own narrative, experiences, and development and chart their own path toward a more resilient future. More participation is required to ensure proper scaling of localization, community ownership, and the fulfillment of the SDGs, especially SDG 17…
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