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Tallinna TV uudised: Säästva arengu foorum keskendus toidu ja kliimamuutuste seostele

Mon, 07 Nov 2016 23:00:00 +0000

Linnaleht: ÜRO ekspert: kolmandik maailma toidust läheb raisku

Mon, 07 Nov 2016 23:00:00 +0000

Säästva arengu foorum keskendub toidu ja kliimamuutuse seostele

Mon, 07 Nov 2016 23:00:00 +0000

Säästva arengu foorumi 2016: Toit ja kliimamuutus eesmärk on laiemalt teadvustada toidutootmise ja -tarbimise ning kliimamuutuse vastastikust mõju ja selle mõju vähendamise võimalusi Eestis.

Kliima sõbra tiitli said Rimi Eesti, Toidupank ja Koplimäe mahetalu

Mon, 07 Nov 2016 23:00:00 +0000

Stockholmi Keskkonnainstituudi Tallinna Keskuse (SEI Tallinna) auhind „Kliima sõber 2016“ anti üle kolmele Eesti silmapaistvale toiduettevõttele ja -organisatsioonile, kelle tegevus aitab kliimat kaitsta ja kliimamuutusega kohaneda: Rimi Eesti, Toidupank ja Koplimäe mahetalu.

Transparency of support and support for transparency: taking stock of Paris and moving ahead

Harro van Asselt — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 09:54:21 +0000

This report chapter from Toward Transparency: The 2016 Adaptation Finance Transparency Gap Report discusses different components of the Paris Agreement and the accompanying decision text to explore the new language on transparency of support and support for transparency. It makes recommendations for what is needed to fill the gaps still present in these two areas.

Assessing developed countries’ transparency: A review of 2016 Biennial Reports

Kevin M. Adams — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 09:54:21 +0000

This report chapter from Toward Transparency: The 2016 Adaptation Finance Transparency Gap Report presents an assessment of developed countries’ transparency with regard to their financial reporting to the Convention.

What would make your city more sustainable?

Marion Davis — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 12:47:24 +0000

A Twitter campaign started at Habitat III offers perspectives from around the world. Add yours by posting a photo tagged #MySustainableCity and letting us know!

Are trade agreements good or bad for the climate?

Harro van Asselt — Fri, 04 Nov 2016 12:01:58 +0000

Trade deals and the World Trade Organization are widely seen as detrimental to climate mitigation efforts, but they also have the potential to foster trade in climate-friendly goods and diffuse climate protection rules.

EPL: Urbanistid ja keskkonnaeksperdid: iga muudatuse eest Reidi tee projektis oleme pidanud võitlema

Wed, 02 Nov 2016 23:00:00 +0000

EPL: Kaja Peterson ja Rene Tammist: Eesti vajab PÕXITit

Wed, 02 Nov 2016 23:00:00 +0000

The risky promise of ‘negative emissions’: Why we should not assume that land-based measures will save the climate

Sivan Kartha — Wed, 02 Nov 2016 16:22:41 +0000

This policy brief examines the potential for land-based measures to deliver large amounts of negative emissions, the risks associated with counting on those negative emissions, implications for climate strategies.

Transforming the relationship between development and disaster risk: Insights from a year of research

Wed, 02 Nov 2016 12:10:20 +0000

This research synthesis brief presents preliminary insights from the first phase of the SEI Initiative on Transforming Development and Disaster Risk (TDDR), from 2015 to 2016.

Integrating complex economic and hydrologic planning models: An application for drought under climate change analysis

David Purkey; Charles A. Young; Laura Forni — Tue, 01 Nov 2016 23:00:00 +0000

This paper describes EconWEAP, a model that combines an agricultural economic optimization model and SEI’s Water Evaluation and Planning (WEAP) system, and its application to a study in California’s Central Valley.

The Sendai Framework: A catalyst for the transformation of disaster risk reduction through adaptive governance?

Åsa Gerger Swartling; Frank Thomalla — Tue, 01 Nov 2016 20:15:46 +0000

This SEI discussion brief examines how elements of adaptive governance appear in the Sendai Framework, and how they might support transformative change in DRR.

Fixing greenhouse gas accounting at the city scale

Peter Erickson — Mon, 31 Oct 2016 23:00:00 +0000

This article proposes improvements to local-scale greenhouse gas accounting approaches to emphasize the emission sources and actions that are most relevant to city governments.

Market mechanisms in the Paris Agreement – differences and commonalities with Kyoto mechanisms

Lambert Schneider; Derik Broekhoff — Mon, 31 Oct 2016 23:00:00 +0000

This paper examines how the approaches to market mechanisms in Article 6 of the Paris Agreement compare with the approaches taken in the Kyoto Protocol.

Transnational climate change impacts: An entry point to enhanced global cooperation on adaptation?

Marion Davis; Magnus Benzie; Julia Barrott — Mon, 31 Oct 2016 15:28:04 +0000

This policy brief explains how SEI developed indicators of transnational climate change impacts, presents highlights of the results, and discusses some of the implications for national adaptation planning and global cooperation on adaptation.

Putting the ‘enhanced transparency framework’ into action: Priorities for a key pillar of the Paris Agreement

Harro van Asselt — Mon, 31 Oct 2016 14:12:08 +0000

This SEI policy brief outlines some of the key challenges in putting the enhanced transparency framework of the Paris Agreement into practice, and offers recommendations for the way forward.

The SEI Initiative on Climate Services

Sun, 30 Oct 2016 02:21:33 +0000

This brief describes an SEI initiative focused on the emerging field of climate services – the production, tailoring, interpretation and transfer of high-quality climate information to support planning and decision-making – with a focus on adaptation and disaster resilience.

Feeding the world, sustainably: Perspectives from the UN’s top food policy forum

Ekaterina Bessonova — Sun, 30 Oct 2016 12:13:24 +0000

The 43rd meeting of the Committee on World Food Security brought together world leaders to tackle key challenges. SEI’s Katja Bessonova wrote a series of posts on the discussions.