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A Great Green Wall for Cities
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FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu announced the initiative: “The Great Green Wall for Cities” - nature-based solutions to tackle climate change. The Great Green Wall for Cities builds on the progress made under the “Great Green Wall of Africa and the Sahel” project, and fosters the creation of urban green areas to be integrated into wider landscape restoration activities. FAO and its partners aim to support at least three cities in each of 30 countries in Africa and Asia. Discover how this initiative will help cities and reduce the costs of preventing and addressing the impacts of climate change.
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Increasing the amount of tech entries on the online market for climate-friendly technologies
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WIPO Green is an online marketplace for climate-friendly technologies. It facilitates connections between owners of green technologies and others seeking to use them in an effort to combat climate change. WIPO Green has registered more than 3,000 entries since its launch in 2013.
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Video games industry levels up in the fight against climate change
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In response to the climate crisis, some of the biggest names in the video games industry have committed to take action by harnessing the power of their platforms. Commitments from 21 companies will result in a 30 million tonne reduction in CO2 emissions by 2030, millions of trees planted and new “green nudges” in game design with improvements to energy management, packaging, and device recycling.
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How can humanity turn the digital revolution into climate action?
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Emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, block chain, the Internet of Things and 5G, amongst others, bring people, places and ideas together. Simultaneously, the growing climate crisis is disrupting ecosystems, jeopardising biodiversity, destabilising food and water security and threatening the future of life on the planet. How can digital technology help in the fight against climate change?
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How can we turn digital innovation into climate action?
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Trees in Cities Challenge to promote climate action in urban areas
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Did you know that urban areas are responsible for an estimated 75% of C02 emissions worldwide? UNECE and mayors from around the world are launching the “Trees in Cities Challenge” to scale up climate action in urban areas. The city of Bonn, for example, will plant around 25,000 trees in the city forest by the end of 2020.
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Has your city joined the Trees in Cities Challenge yet?
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Focus on women, climate change and migration in Tajikistan
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IOM Tajikistan is launching a major new project on climate change, gender, and migration. This mountainous Central Asian nation is highly vulnerable to disasters, which are being exacerbated by environmental degradation and fluctuations in climate. This has had an adverse impact on the economy and thousands of people – mostly men – have had to adapt and seek work elsewhere. The women left behind are having to adapt too, dealing with the impacts of disasters such as drought and floods on their households and communities.
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Mushrooms for a greener life
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Bangladesh is a low-lying nation and this makes it extremely vulnerable to climate and environmental change. Providing green jobs is therefore fundamental. The ILO has been supporting the Bangladeshi Government for more than a decade to strengthen the country’s skills system and to help promote ‘green’ skills and enterprise opportunities. Fatema, who had a difficult upbringing, was able to complete a mushroom farming course, on which she learnt about the economic and nutritional benefits of mushroom production and how to run a business. Read her heart-warming story and how the right policies can protect the environment, improve workers’ lives and promote a greener economy.
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