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View OnlineWorld Resources Institute GHG Protocol BannerThe Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol, developed by World Resources Institute (WRI) and World Business Council on Sustainable Development (WBCSD), sets the global standard for how to measure, manage, and report greenhouse gas emissions.Dear Ishmael,Thank you for registering for our event yesterday! We appreciate your interest in how cities and other communities can inventory greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and removals by forests and trees.If you were unable to attend the event, would like to rewatch it, or want to share it with others, you can access a recording in English, Spanish, and Portuguese here.The guidance is now available for you to download. In it, you’ll learn how to put yesterday’s conversation into practice and can take a more in-depth look at some of the cities that piloted this guidance.Finally, please explore our additional resources on why trees and forests are essential for climate action, as well as a more technical walk-through on how to use the guidance and resulting GHG inventories.We hope this guidance will be a useful tool for you, your cities, and your communities as you pursue more holistic climate action. If you use the guidance, please reach out to us and tell us about your experience with it. We would love to hear from you!Best Regards,David Gibbs, Nancy Harris, and John-Rob PoolWorld Resources InstituteConnect with us:10 G Street NE Suite 800Washington, DC 20002, USAwww.wri.orgPHONE +1 (202) 729-7600FAX +1 (202) 729-7610DONATEEmail Preferences • Privacy Policy

The Role of Diplomats in International Development Co-operation – Tasks and Tools: the specific tasks of a diplomat in development co-operation activities; introduction to some simple tools to assess development co-operation projects and evaluate implementation; reflections on possible dilemmas between traditional diplomatic tasks and those of development co-operation activities.The Main Principles of the 2000s. From the millennium development goals (MDGs) to the Post-2015 Development Agenda and the sustainable development goals (SDGs): evolution of development since its inception; MDGs progress and shortcomings; the way forward for setting a global development agenda post-2015; new technologies and their impact on and potential for sustainable development.

UN Climate Change News, 15 June 2022 – The dates and location for this year’s Africa Climate Week (ACW 2022) have been announced – from 29 August to 1 September in Libreville, Gabon. Africa Climate Week is a platform for stakeholders to discuss regional climate action solutions and forge regional partnerships. It is also an important step on the road to the UN Climate Change Conference COP27 in Egypt in November. The meeting will bring together stakeholders for regional collaboration, opening space to address shared risks and seize shared opportunities. By working together, governments, private sector leaders, development organizations, youth and civil society can find common ground and act with common purpose. The Climate Week will also feature an Action Hub to share action happening now to reduce climate impacts and build resilient communities.UN Climate Change Deputy Executive Secretary Ovais Sarmad said: “Last year, over 12,000 stakeholders collaborated at three virtual Regional Climate Weeks. Together, we forged partnerships, strengthened national climate action plans and built momentum towards strong outcomes at COP26. This put the powerful potential of regional collaboration squarely in the spotlight.”The call for regional collaboration was reiterated by Tanguy Gahouma, Special Advisor to the President of Gabon and Permanent Secretary of the National Climate Council. He said: “Climate change remains for all of us a global emergency affecting every nation and constituent. It is our greatest collective challenge. For Gabon, this Africa Climate Week is an opportunity to further advance the implementation of the Glasgow Climate Pact and Paris Agreement and position African countries as leaders in the global response to climate change. This Africa Climate Week can emerge as a catalyst for global climate action as governments and stakeholders address climate issues together.” ACW 2022 is hosted by the Government of Gabon and organized by UN Climate Change in collaboration with global partners UN Development Programme, UN Environment Programme and the World Bank Group. Partners in the region include the Africa Union, the Africa Development Bank (AfDB) and the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA). The Expression of Interest for participating organizations is open and can be found at ACW 2022 online. Organizations can apply to host a side event or share a success story or major announcement in the ACW 2022 Action Hub. Registration will open soon, after which registered participants will receive regular updates via email. Africa Climate Week 2022 is part of the Regional Climate Weeks 2022 series. MENA Climate Week 2022 kicked off the series in March in Dubai and engaged almost 4,000 people over four days. LAC Climate Week 2022 is scheduled for 18-22 July in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and registration is open now. Visit each of the Climate Weeks on the web to see the latest information, engaging videos and key takeaways.Visit www.regionalclimateweeks.org to explore the Regional Climate Weeks 2022 and see how they are making a difference on climate change in key regions. MORE INFORMATION For media inquiries, contact UN Climate Change at press@unfccc.int or John Hay at jhay@unfccc.int. For inquiries in French, please contact Siyad Fayoumi at sfayoumi@unfccc.int. Please note that news media need to register for ACW 2022 as regular participants. For more information, visit www.regionalclimateweeks.orgJoin the conversation on social media using the hashtag #AfricaClimateWeekAbout the UNFCCCWith 197 Parties, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has near universal membership and is the parent treaty of the 2015 Paris Climate Change Agreement. The main aim of the Paris Agreement is to keep a global average temperature rise this century well below 2 degrees Celsius and to drive efforts to limit the temperature increase even further to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. The UNFCCC is also the parent treaty of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. The ultimate objective of all agreements under the UNFCCC is to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that will prevent dangerous human interference with the climate system, in a time frame which allows ecosystems to adapt naturally and enables sustainable development

Sustainable Development Diplomacy: On the Road to Achieving the SDGs online course Twiter,Facebook,LinkedIn Start date: 10 October 2022 Sustainable development is one of the great challenges of our time. The unprecedented crisis that we cross today is a blunt reminder of the need for co-operation across borders, sectors and generations. More than ever international assistance is needed to deal with the COVID-19 crisis and its economic and social impacts. According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, nearly 690 million people went hungry in 2019. These numbers will get worse as COVID-19 is pushing millions of people into extreme poverty, and is a serious setback for sustainable development. This situation calls for a stronger approach toward aid assistance (i.e., development co-operation) and development diplomacy, particularly the co-operation between developed and developing countries.

I’m celebrating my birthday by dedicating it to World Nature Conservation Day, observed every 28th of July to spread awareness about protecting natural resources and to make people understand the importance of nature conservation.World Nature Conservation Day is celebrated to remind us of the relationship between the earth and humans, and the continuous fight for nature conservation through the implementation of sustainable methods. This year’s theme is “Living Sustainably in Harmony with Nature” (Co-existing with Nature). The day stresses the need to preserve a healthy environment and natural resources to maintain a stable and healthy society. Saving plants and animals that face the threat of extinction is one of the primary goals of World Nature Conservation Day. The basis for a thriving society is an environment that is supported and protected. A healthy ecosystem defines the standard of life on earth because nature provides nearly all human sustenance and means of livelihood. Natural resources can be managed sustainably so that humanity and the earth can live peacefully. Humans can protect the environment and effectively use the natural resources around them.The celebration highlights the need to protect the environment for future generations while also emphasizing the importance of maintaining the various elements of nature, including flora, animals, energy resources, soil, water, and air.Therefore, it is our utmost responsibility to leave a healthy planet for future generations to enjoy.#WorldNatureConservationDay; #WildlifeConservation; #Conservation; #Environment; #Wildlife; #Nature; #Biodiversity; #Sustainability; #ClimateChange; #EndangeredSpecies.

On 15 June 2022, the Global Donor Platform for Rural Development convened a high-level panel from the international community to discuss building consensus and coordination on global crisis response initiatives. This article provides an overview of the group’s key messages, a round-up of the emerging response mechanisms plus useful resources for reference. READ MORE

The 2022 Annual General Assembly (AGA) was an engaging two days of in-person and virtual participation, entirely dedicated to “Implementing National Pathways for Food Systems Transformation to Accelerate Progress Towards the SDGs in Times of Crisis and Conflict”. The special session “Building Consensus and Coordination on the Current Global Crisis Response Initiatives: The Potential Role of Donors and the GDPRD” was a key moment for a high-level panel conversation on how to align mechanisms, risk assessments, and the role of donor architecture for coordination.READ MORE

Navigation 5 Facts on disaster risk and the SDGs NEWS2022•06•30 BONN© United Nations Photo / Flickr The global community continues to reel from the COVID-19 pandemic, and has also become increasingly aware of the impacts of natural hazards and the climate crisis. Yet, the global community has still not recognized the extent to which disaster risk may impact our ability to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Despite the impact of risk on the SDGs, risk is not particularly well integrated. To highlight this issue, current and former UNU-EHS and MCII experts Jennifer Denno Cissé, Julia Plaß, and Simon Schütze share five facts on disaster risk and the SDGs. 1. Climate change is impacting our ability to achieve the SDGs. As the recent IPCC report on Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability highlighted, climate change is a threat to human well-being and planetary health. It is well known that any further delay in acting towards more inclusive and ambitious adaptation and mitigation will make humanity miss a brief and rapidly closing window of opportunity to secure a liveable and sustainable future for all. 2. Only one SDG target explicitly mentions disaster riskThe SDGs were launched in 2015 to guide the world’s countries on their path to eliminate extreme poverty and support sustainable and “resilient” development. Despite the focus on resilience, only one of the 169 SDG targets explicitly mentions disaster risk, while one other mentions global health risks. 3. Only ten of the 169 targets and five of the 231 unique indicators mention key disaster risk termsIgnoring uses not related to disaster risk, a deep dive into the SDG goals, targets and indicators reveals that only ten of the 169 targets (less than 6%) and five of the 231 unique indicators (2%) mention key disaster risk terms: risk(s), disaster(s), resilience/resilient, shock(s) and vulnerable/vulnerability. Mirroring the pattern at the goal level, only Goals 9 and 11 have more than one target containing any of the key disaster risk terms. 4. The SDGs don’t focus on financial resilience. There is no focus in the SDGs on the financial resilience of people, communities and countries in the face of natural hazards. The World Bank has identified financial resilience as one of the three elements of disaster resilience, along with physical and social resilience. The resilience-focused goals and targets of the SDGs are split between their focus on physical (e.g. infrastructure) and social (e.g. household and community) resilience. Not a single goal, target or indicator mentions financial resilience to disaster risk, including climate risk. 5. Sustainable development requires a risk lens to ensure a safe and prosperous world, it is critical that we achieve the SDGs. Sustainable development policies and activities must therefore fully integrate disaster risk management, including disaster risk reduction and disaster risk finance to ensure that the next disaster does not erase recent development gains.UN CampusPlatz der Vereinten Nationen 1,D-53113 Bonn, Germany+ 49-228-815-0200+ 49-228-815-0299 Designed and Developedby the UNU Office of CommunicationsCONTACT USPRIVACY STATEMENTTERMS OF USECOPYRIGHT

WMO and others | The State of the Climate in Africa 2020This report provides a snapshot of climate change trends and impacts in Africa, including sea level rise and the melting of the continent’s iconic glaciers. It highlights the region’s disproportionate vulnerability and shows how the potential benefits of investments in climate adaptation, weather and climate services and early warning systems far outweigh the costs. The report adds to the scientific evidence underlining the urgency of cutting global greenhouse gas emissions, stepping up climate ambition and increasing financing for adaptation. Greater weather and climate variability mean that up to 118 million extremely poor people in Africa may face drought, floods and extreme heat by 2030. Without response measures, poverty alleviation efforts will slow and gross domestic product could fall by up to 3 percent by 2050.WMO Report

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