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While climate change will affect all regions of the world, people in developing countries are the most vulnerable. That is why adaptation is a priority for German development cooperation, with many programmes already addressing the challenge in partner countries. Now that the need for adaptation to climate change has been generally accepted as an immediate priority, it is time to bundle the…

Desertification offers a comprehensive overview of the subject and clearly emphasizes the link between local and global desertification processes and how past and current policy has affected arid environments and their populations. This book tackles the issues surrounding desertification in a number of ways from differing scales (local to global), processes (physical to human), the relationship…

This report documents and analyses good practice examples of ecosystem-based approaches to climate change mitigation and adaptation in Europe. Case studies on ecosystem-based approaches to mitigation involved peatland restoration or conservation (11 projects) and forest conservation, restoration and reforestation (2 projects). Case studies on ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation were divided…

By 2050 the EU's economy has grown in a way that respects resource constraints and planetary boundaries, thus contributing to global economic transformation. Our economy is competitive, inclusive and provides a high standard of living with much lower environmental impacts. All resources are sustainably managed, from raw materials to energy, water, air, land and soil. Climate change…

Every year, a forest area the size of Greece1 is lost. More than 80% of the world’s forests have been cleared, fragmented or degraded. The world’s biodiversity and climate, and the livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people are under serious threat.The book Principles and Practice of Forest Landscape Restoration: Case studies from the drylands of Latin America, edited by A.C. Newton and N…

The purpose of this guide is to provide organisers and hosts of meetings and events from 10 to 100 participants with practical information and recommendations on how to manage their Brussels meetings and events more sustainably.