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- UN system task team on the post-2015 UN development agenda: building resilience to disasters through partnerships
- United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR). February 2013
- This paper outlines the modus operandi of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction partnership in working with and empowering stakeholders to build partnerships and political legitimacy for international agreements in the context of disaster risk reduction. With this approach the paper refers to the directions outlined in the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters. It calls for localising and leveraging partnerships for risk reduction and asserts that the strength of the Hyogo Framework f...[Read full description]
- Geographical coverage (region): Global
- Main themes: Disaster prevention, Post-2015 agenda
- Turn Down the Heat. Why a 4°C Warmer World Must be Avoided
- International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), World Bank. November 2012
- This report provides a snapshot of recent scientific literature and new analyses of likely impacts and risks that would be associated with a 4° Celsius warming within this century. It is a rigorous attempt to outline a range of risks, focusing on developing countries and especially the poor. A 4°C world would be one of unprecedented heat waves, severe drought, and major floods in many regions, with serious impacts on ecosystems and associated services. But the report points out that, with action, a 4°C world can be avoided. Chapter 6 analyses sectoral impacts...[Read full description]
- Geographical coverage (region): Global
- Main themes: Agriculture, Biodiversity, Climate change, Disasters, Drought, Ecosystems, Food security, Health, Meteorology, Vulnerability, Water scarcity, Water security
- Turn Down the Heat. Why a 4°C Warmer World Must be Avoided. Executive summary
- International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), World Bank. November 2012
- Executive summary of report Turn Down the Heat. Why a 4°C Warmer World Must be Avoided.
- Geographical coverage (region): Global
- Main themes: Agriculture, Biodiversity, Climate change, Disasters, Drought, Ecosystems, Food security, Health, Meteorology, Vulnerability, Water scarcity, Water security
- Water Hackaton. Lessons Learned
- World Bank. May 2012
- In October 2011, the World Bank, the Water Partnership Program, the Water and Sanitation Program, and partners convened the Water Hackaton - a simultaneous staging of 10 hackathon events globally - to raise awareness of 1) water problems among the technology community and 2) Information and Communication Technologies solutions among water experts. The Water Hackathon sought to highlight the development role of ICT applications in water management, service delivery, ensuring transparency and driving citizen participation. This report summarizes project outputs...[Read full description]
- Geographical coverage (region): Africa, Asia, Europe, Global, Latin America and the Caribbean, Northern America
- Main themes: Communication, Information and data, Participation, Technology
- WWDR 4: Facts and Figures
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), United Nations World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP). March 2012
- Facts and figures from the United Nations World Water Development Report 4 'Managing Water under Uncertainty and Risk'.
- Geographical coverage (region): Africa, Arab countries, Asia, Europe, Global, Latin America and the Caribbean, Middle-East, Northern America, Pacific Islands
- Main themes: Agriculture, Capacity building, Desertification, Disasters, Ecosystems, Energy, Financing, Groundwater, Health, Industry, Investments, Risk management, Urban areas, Vulnerability, Water demand, Water management, Water quality
- WWDR4: Overview of Key Messages
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), United Nations World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP). March 2012
- Overview of key messages from the United Nations World Water Development Report 4 'Managing Water under Uncertainty and Risk'.
- Geographical coverage (region): Africa, Arab countries, Asia, Europe, Global, Latin America and the Caribbean, Middle-East, Northern America, Pacific Islands
- Main themes: Financing, Investments, Risk management, Vulnerability, Water demand, Water governance, Water management
- Water and Food Security Reader
- UN-Water Decade Programme on Advocacy and Communication (UNW-DPAC). March 2012
- Produced by the UN-Water Decade Programme on Advocacy and Communication (UNW-DPAC), this reader is intended for all those interested in getting familiar with issues related to water and food security. The reader provides basic references for easy reading and some of the latest and most relevant United Nations publications on the issue. Links are provided when the publication is available online.
- Geographical coverage (region): Africa, Asia, Global
- Main themes: Agriculture, Climate change, Ecosystems, Food security, Gender, Human rights, Land degradation, Poverty, Water management, Water quality, Water scarcity
- Conference book from the International UN-Water Conference 'Water in the Green Economy in Practice: Towards Rio+20'. Annex 3. Communications report
- UN-Water Decade Programme on Advocacy and Communication (UNW-DPAC). November 2011
- This conference book presents main outcomes of the International UN-Water Conference "Water in the Green Economy in Practice: Towards Rio+20", which took place in Zaragoza, Spain, from 3 to 5 October 2011. This report presents main results from communication efforts of the conference, which include social media as well as audio and visual media.
- Geographical coverage (region): Global
- Main themes: Communication, Green economy
- Rwanda. From Post-Conflict to Environmentally Sustainable Development.
- United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). November 2011
- This report presents a package of practical interventions to assist the ongoing metamorphosis of Rwanda. It calls for mobilizing and focusing investments in key areas, including ecosystem rehabilitation, renewable energy, conservation agriculture and innovative water and sanitation technologies. Chapter 9 specifically deals with the issue of water resources. This chapter provides a general overview of freshwater resources in Rwanda, an overview of water consumption and an analysis of the water governance situation, and identifies some key issues and challenge...[Read full description]
- Geographical coverage (region): Africa
- Main themes: Agriculture, Climate change, Conflicts, Disasters, Energy, Environment, Forests, Health, Industry, Investments, Land degradation, Peacebuilding, State of water resources, Sustainable development, Transboundary waters, Urban areas, Water governance
- Rwanda. From Post-Conflict to Environmentally Sustainable Development. Summary Report
- United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). November 2011
- Summary of Report "Rwanda. From Post-Conflict to Environmentally Sustainable Development".
- Geographical coverage (region): Africa
- Main themes: Agriculture, Climate change, Conflicts, Disasters, Energy, Environment, Forests, Health, Industry, Investments, Land degradation, Peacebuilding, State of water resources, Sustainable development, Transboundary waters, Urban areas, Water governance