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"Agriculture across Africa must undergo a significant transformation to meet the multiple challenges of climate change, food insecurity, malnutrition, poverty and environmental degradation. The case studies described here are just some of the...

ARCOS, UNEP and partners release two landmark publications to support African Sustainable Mountain Development agenda
 
On 4th March 2015, ARCOS, UNEP and Partners released two landmark publications to guide Sustainable Mountain Development agenda in...
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This paper explores the impact of climate risk on the adoption of risk decreasing practices and other input choices and evaluates their impact on subjective and objective measures of household welfare (namely net crop income and a food insecurity indicator). The analysis is conducted primarily using a novel data set that combines data from the largescale and representative Ethiopia Socioeconomic...

The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) is a nonprofit, global research organization dedicated to advancing human well-being, environmental conservation and equity.

We conduct research that enables more informed and equitable decision making...

  • Se acaba de celebrar en Zaragoza bajo el lema la conferencia anual de la ONU, 'De la visión a la acción'
  • Un caso de éxito presentado: el grupo de mujeres Tegemeo, en Tanzania, consigue acceso al agua potable y saneamiento para 10.000 personas de sus...

December 11 was International Mountains Day (IMD). The IMD was designated by the United Nations General Assembly and since 2003, it has been observed every year on December 11.

IMD is celebrated with the - aim of creating awareness about the importance of mountains to...

The First African Mountains Regional Forum has started at Ngurdoto Mountain Lodge in Arusha, Tanzania. The three-day forum to take place from October 22-24 is to provide an opportunity for different sustainable mountain development stakeholders to enhance understanding of...

The Planning for Resilience in East Africa through Policy, Adaptation, Research and Economic Development (PREPARED) Project, invites concept papers from regional and national organizations in East Africa for projects to support the United States Agency for...

Fixed contract position: Coordinator for AfroMont, the African Mountain Research Network

The University of Pretoria is offering a contract position for the coordinator of AfroMont, the African Mountain Research Network (http://mri.scnatweb.ch/mri-africa)....

The Frankfurt School – UNEP Collaborating Centre for Climate & Sustainable Energy Finance (the Centre) is pleased to announce that it has received generous funding for additional scholarships for the Sustainable Energy Finance Summer Academy in Mombasa, Kenya, which takes place...

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