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Climate Ambitions: An analysis of nationally determined contributions (NDCs) in the ACP Group of States

This document is an analysis of nationally determined contributions (NDCs) in the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States. It identifies processes, patterns, weaknesses, and opportunities in the NDCs of ACP countries.

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Climate Support. 10 stories of technical assistance from the Intra-ACP GCCA

The Intra-ACP GCCA+ Programme (African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States - Global Climate Change Alliance) finances technical assistance to 79 countries in the African, Caribbean, and Pacific regions. These ten stories illustrate both the nature of its work and its contribution to tackling climate change. 

ACP 2018.

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EU global action on sustainable land management

This factsheet provides an overview of the EU’s support for sustainable land management and the concrete partnerships
we engage in to tackle land degradation and desertification.

Version 2016

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Guidelines on the Integration of Environment and Climate Change in Development Cooperation

These guidelines define a comprehensive reference framework for integrating the environment and climate change into the different stages of the cycle of operations for EC development cooperation covering the three aid delivery approaches.

Tools and Methods Series, Guidelines N° 4
Version December, 2011

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How to use the Rio markers

This tutorial video explains how to use the Rio markers, employed in development cooperation to indicate whether a project or programme contributes to biological diversity, to combatting desertification, and to climate change mitigation and/or adaptation.

Duration: 5 mm

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Johan Rockstrom: Safeguarding a climate - towards a sustainable future

This talk walked through the latest assessment of whether we are at risk of crossing a planetary threshold, argued for setting scientific targets for a safe operating space on Earth, to keep the Earth system in a Holocene-like inter-glacial state, and suggested the framing for planetary stewardship of a stabilized Earth for people and planet.

Duration: 1h43min

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Integrating the environment and climate change into EU international cooperation and development

These guidelines provide a framework for strengthening the contribution of European Union (EU) international cooperation and development policy to sustainable development by integrating, or mainstreaming, environmental and climate change considerations into the different phases of the EU programme and project cycle.

Tools and Methods Series, Guidelines No 6

Version February, 2016

Also available in French Spanish

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Sector note: Energy

This sector note provides specific guidance for actions in the energy sector into EU international cooperation and development.

Also available in French Spanish

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Sector note: Water and Sanitation

This sector note provides specific guidance for actions in the water and sanitation sector into EU international cooperation and development. 

Also available in French Spanish

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Updates on International Climate Negotiations

This webinar presents the current international climate change policy framework and architecture and addresses the most recent negotiation developments and challenges in the context of the Paris Agreement, and highlights the EU positions. It will particularly focus on the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) established under the Agreement and outline how these can contribute to partner countries’ development agenda, and how to support NDCs in practice as part of the future programming 2021-2027. This series of videos were developed from a webinar which took place on 22th September 2020.