Building Capacity in Western Indian Ocean Islands
Bonn, 28 March 2023 - An AEWA Training of Trainers (ToT) workshop for Western Indian Ocean islands has helped build capacity on the flyway approach to the conservation and wise use of waterbirds and wetlands. From 6 to 10 February 2023, the workshop, which was hosted by the government of Mauritius, brought together 35 participants from Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius including Rodrigues Island, Seychelles, Mayotte and Réunion.
Desertification and Drought Day 2023 sets an ambitious women's land rights agenda
Under the theme “Her Land. Her Rights,” the focus of this year’s Desertification and Drought Day, marked worldwide on 17 June, is on women’s land rights as a key element of achieving the connected global goals of gender equality and land degradation neutrality by 2030. While land is the most critical economic resource for most rural poor, women around the world are less likely to own or control land than men, which exposes them to poverty, hunger, gender-based violence and displacement.
UNU-EHS: Side Event at UN Water Conference
The UN 2023 Water Conference, co-hosted by Tajikistan and the Netherlands, will take place this year at UN Headquarters in New York from 22 to 24 March 2023.
Alongside the Conference, researchers of the Bonn-based Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) are organizing and participating a side event, which ist virtual and open to the public.
Four Regional Climate Weeks in 2023 to Build Momentum for COP28
Four Regional Climate Weeks will be held this year to build momentum ahead of COP28 and the conclusion of the first global stocktake, designed to chart the way for fulfilling the Paris Agreement’s key goals.
UNFCCC's Five Reasons Why Climate Action Needs Women
As we celebrate International Women's Day 2023, the UN-Bonn based UNFCCC secretariat puts a spotlight on the vital role that women play in tackling climate change. While climate change affects everyone, it does not affect everyone equally. Vulnerability to climate change is exacerbated by inequity and marginalization linked to gender, ethnicity, low income, and other social and economic factors.
City of Bonn and UN Bonn celebrate International Women's Day
“Exchange, celebrate, inform”: The City of Bonn is commemorating International Women’s Day 2023 with a wide range of activities, to enable exchange, promote offers and celebrate the day together jointly with other Bonn based actors committed to women's rights and to more equity in our society and in our city.
Maternal mortality rates stagnate in some countries in Europe despite recent progress, new data warn
New data released by the World Health Organization (WHO) and other United Nations agencies warn of stagnation in maternal mortality rates in some countries in Europe between 2016 and 2020, despite progress made over the past 20 years.
The Consultative Group of Experts sets out workplan for 2023
The Consultative Group of Experts (CGE) is the main channel for providing technical assistance and support to developing countries so that they can fulfill their reporting requirements in relation to measurement, reporting, and verification under the Convention and the enhanced transparency framework under Article 13 of the Paris Agreement.
UNCCD joins forces with NDMC
Drought is one of nature's costliest disasters – across the globe, more frequent and prolonged droughts are up nearly by a third since 2000. No country or region is immune to their impacts, which cost the global economy billions of dollars each year and range from the loss of life, livelihoods and biodiversity to water and food insecurity, disruption in the energy, transportation and tourism sectors, as well as forced migration, displacement and conflicts over scarce resources.
UNFCCC's approaches on Climate Education
January 24th marks International Day of Education, an opportunity to look at why climate change education is important and to highlight how UN Climate Change (UNFCCC) and its partners are bringing together government experts, along with practitioners and learners, to boost knowledge about climate change.