A new FAO publication on climate-related impacts on food systems at global and regional levels over the past two decades. This book collects the findings of a group of scientists and economists who have taken stock of climate change impacts on food and agriculture at global and regional levels over the past two decades.
Environment, hydrometeorology and ecosystems
Transforming Land Management Globally
The GEF Land Degradation Focal Area provides the framework for eligible countries1 to utilize GEF resources for implementing the UNCCD. Through the focal area, the GEF provides incremental financing for countries to invest in sustainable land management (SLM) activities that generate multiple environmental and development benefits.
Environment, hydrometeorology and ecosystems
Sustainable Land Management Financing in the GEF: A primer for the sixth GEF replenishment phase (GEF-6)
The Land Degradation Focal Area is the GEF window for investing in sustainable land management to improve or restore ecosystem services in production systems.
Trade, markets and food
AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center annual report 2015
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Please feel free to quote or reproduce materials from this report. AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center requests acknowledgement and a copy of the publication or website where the citation or material appears.
Climate change
GLACIERS MELTING IN CENTRAL ASIA: TIME FOR ACTION
The UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia has issued a new publication on “Glaciers Melting in Central Asia: Time for Action”.
Climate change
The International Lighting Efficiency Facility (iLEF)(non-grant)
Product development: iLEF, development and launch of a single-purpose facility financing the conversion of traditional urban street lighting technologies to more efficient LEDs and by doing so realizing the associated CO2 as well as budgetary savings for municipalities, globally
Climate change
GEF’s Private Sector Engagement in Climate Finance
The private sector—the dominant driver of global economic activity—is a vital player in the fight against climate change. To achieve reductions in GHG emissions at the scale required to keep the increase in global warming below 2° C
Climate change
UNITED NATIONS REGIONAL CENTRE FOR PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY FOR CENTRAL ASIA GLACIERS MELTING IN CENTRAL ASIA: TIME FOR ACTION
The 2014 Dushanbe Seminar Report, including a draft Action Plan, has been prepared by an independent consultant for the United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA). The report is based on the presentations, group works and discussions during the International Seminar on “Glaciers Melting in Central Asia – Time for Action” …
Sanitation, wastewater and waste, housing and communal services
Global watershed boundaries and sub-basin delineations derived from HydroSHEDS data at 15 second resolution
This documentation accompanies a series of polygon layers that depict watershed boundaries and sub-basin delineations at a global scale. The goal of this product is to provide a seamless global coverage of consistently sized and hierarchically nested sub-basins at different scales (from tens to millions of square kilometers), supported by a coding scheme that allows …