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10 March 2024, Jeju, South Korea – the International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders In Jeju (CIFAL Jeju) is pleased to announce its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2024 Progress report. The publication is centred on the 2024 theme “Inventive Minds, Sustainable Solutions: Driving SDG Achievements in the Asia-Pacific" as the activities and theme underscore CIFAL Jeju’s consistent commitment to transform communities with innovative approaches to build a more inclusive and resilient future for all. CIFAL Jeju was established in 2010 and continues to grow....
The evaluation covered the period from January 2020 to October 2024 and aimed to identify good practices, challenges and lessons learned from current processes, mechanisms and structures in order to improve the timeliness of reporting, with a focus on identifying the root causes of delays and exploring opportunities to improve reporting timeliness. Specifically, the evaluation sought to determine whether factors such as project budget, duration, reporting workload, programme capacity and donor requirements correlated with delays in reporting. The evaluation also aimed to un...
November 2011, Lilongwe, Malawi – Malawi is experiencing a range of climate hazards such as intense rainfall, floods, droughts, dry spells, cold spells and strong winds. In order to strengthen human resource capacities to address these challenges, Malawi will commence a UN CC:Learn supported project on Strengthening Human Resources and Skills Development to Address Climate Change in early 2012. UN CC: Learn is a One UN initiative on climate change learning for which UNITAR is providing the Secretariat.
During the week of 14 November 2011, a representative…
UNITAR Supports a Workshop on Climate Change Adaptation Integration in Development Planning in Morocco
17 - 20 April 2017, Marrakech, Morocco - Morocco knows that climate change will not leave it unscathed. To counter this evolution, the country has adopted a series of green policies and has also launched an extensive process of adaptation planning in all its development policies. In order to do so, it requested the support of NAP-GSP (National Adaptation Plan – Global Support Programme), a programme funded by the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) and implemented…
NORCAP and UNOSAT Partner for Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Services and Strategic Management
6 June 2017, Geneva, Switzerland - UNOSAT benefits from working with several organizations seconding expert personnel. Such collaborations include partners as varied as the Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit, the Algerian Space Agency, and the Norwegian Refugee Council. Through the deployment of expertise meeting competency needs, these partnerships are an invaluable source of improvement for UNOSAT. This is particularly the case with regard to our collaboration with NORCAP…
The “Country of Honest People” launches its National Strategy on Climate Change Learning
Do you know that Burkina Faso was among the first countries to develop a National Adaptation Plan and it hosted the World Day to Combat Desertification in June last year? Indeed, fighting climate change is still a high-ranking goal for Burkina Faso.
10 August 2017, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso - Burkina Faso has been facing, in the last decades, several extreme weather events, including droughts, flooding, heat waves and intense winds, and thus, is more than ever determined to…
Monitoring Myanmar Flooding
18 September 2015, Geneva, Switzerland - Following a heavy monsoon season in Myanmar this year, UNOSAT worked in collaboration with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Myanmar – amongst other partners – to analyze the seriousness of the situation and give accurate and timely data to support humanitarian deployment efforts locally. UNOSAT analysts and local teams are still working hand in hand to help people affected by flooding waters.
The Situation
Starting early July, torrential monsoon rains incessantly poured over Myanmar,…
Drought in Cambodia Stimulates Government Officials to Budget for Climate Change
9-11 May 2016, Phnom Penh, Cambodia - As Cambodia reels from the impacts of heavy drought, 26 public sector officials attended an applied training on how to integrate climate risks into the national budget process. The 3-day event was jointly delivered by UNITAR and the Economics and Finance Institute (EFI), the training arm of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, with support from UNDP and the Cambodia Climate Change Alliance (CCCA). In response to new provisions in the national budget…
UNITAR Organizes Course on Multilateral Negotiations
20 October 2016, New York, USA - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), organized a full-day coursed entitled, “Multilateral Negotiations: Strategies, Techniques and Results”. The event was widely attended by more than 65 delegates from a number of different missions. The entire course was taught by Doctor Roy Lee, Professor at Yale University.
During the first session: “Challenges Facing Multilateral Negotiations”, Dr. Lee began an interactive discussion on the position the United…
Live Web-map to monitor Climate and Associated Hazards in the Greater Horn of Africa
Nairobi, 27 January 2016 – With the aim to further improve accessibility to information on climate and hazard data, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Climate Prediction & Applications Centre (ICPAC) has published a live web-map to monitor climate and associated hazards in the Greater Horn of Africa region. With technical support from UNITAR’s Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT), IGAD-ICPAC’s GIS experts developed this comprehensive map…