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We Are Past Pledging and Politicking: The Way forward in 2019 - A letter from Joyce Msuya, Acting Executive Director of UN Environment
(2019)
This letter from the Acting Executive Director of UN Environment is structured around four main points: i) Where we Stand; ii) Opportunities; iii) Pathways; and iv) A Call to Action. The letter concludes with a challenge: ...
Restoring Forests and Lands as a Crucial Response to Climate Change and Sustainable Development (Bonn Challenge +) - Proposed Contribution from IUCN for the NBS Proposition of the UNSG's Climate Action Summit 2019
(2019)
The initiative will send a message of hope by showcasing credible and measurable progress in pledges and in implementation on the ground (drawing on information from the BC Barometer of Progress). It will also contribute ...
Agroforestry a Nature Based Solution for Sustainability
(2019)
The contribution will evaluate the five types of agroforestry practices: silvopasture, silvoarable, homegardens, riparian buffer strips and forest farming in the different types of land use across the world (table 1) as a ...
Leveraging NBS for Water Security and Climate Action
(2019)
This contribution advances approaches to better link climate and water investments in the context of the significant investments that the water sector in Latin America is making in nature-based solutions. Activities will ...
Building on the Success of the Adaptation for Smallholder Agriculture Programme (ASAP)
(2019)
The Adaptation for Smallholder Agriculture Programme (ASAP) channels climate finance to smallholder farmers so they can access the information, tools and technologies that will help build their resilience to climate change. ...
Capacity Building Partnership in the Field of Land Restoration and Sustainable Land Management for the Mitigation and Adaptation of Climate Change: Focus on Developing Countries
(2019)
By building capacities of people who are in a key position to make real changes on the ground is vital to be successful in managing land in a sustainable way, preventing land degradation and restoring already degraded ...
Constructing a Culture of Resilience Against Climate Change for Rural Families in Bolivia
(2019)
Capacity-building for community adaptation: This component will strengthen community capacities through increased awareness about climate change issues and the development of adaptive capacity. This will be done through ...
Mobilizing and Empowering Youth on Nature and Climate
(2019)
Youth4Nature is a youth-led, international initiative advocating for nature-based climate solutions which intends to mobilize its network around UN Secretary-General’s Climate Summit. We intend to hold political leaders ...
NBS Good Practices from Chinese Government: China Renewable Energy Scale-up Program phase II
(2019)
The China Renewable Energy Scale up Program (CRESP) has been designed as a strategic partnership between the GoC and the World Bank/GEF. The objective of CRESP Phase II is to support the ambitious RE scale-up program in ...
NBS Good Practices from Chinese Government: Monitoring and Conservation of Mangrove Forest in Coastal Zones of South China Sea
(2019)
Matang mangrove forest, the biggest mangrove forest tract in Peninsular Malaysia, has an area of 400 Km2, which, together with the high primary productivity of mangrove forest ecosystem, means the carbon fixation capacity ...