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WMO Programme for the Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
The Least Developed Countries (LDCs) constitute a special category of countries that are characterized by extreme poverty, weak economies, inadequate institutional and human resources and often vulnerable to natural disasters.
The World Bank: Agriculture & Rural Development
75% of the world's poor live in rural areas. The World Bank's approach to rural development is multi-sectoral and focused on improving the well-being of rural people by building their productive, social, and environmental assets.
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South Bulletin: reflections and Foresights
South Bulletin: Reflections and Foresights takes stock of ongoing debates on major global policy challenges and delivers regular flow of analysis and commentary to policymakers in the South.
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Comparative analysis of climate change vulnerability assessments: Lessons from Tunisia and Indonesia
Vulnerability assessments (VAs) are central to shaping climate change adaptation decisions, providing a basis for devising measures that will minimise or avoid harm to humans and ecological systems. Yet the wide variety of VA approaches can be confusing for practitioners, creating uncertainty about the ‘right’ approach. This paper reviews and compares VAs undertaken in Indonesia and Tunisia to distil key approaches, components and lessons. It begins with a general overview of definitions, approaches and challenges with conducting VAs, and then proposes a framework for analysing and comparing t ...
PROVIA: Programme of Research on Climate Change Vulnerability, Impacts and Adaptation
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) - WMOLaunched with the support of leading scientists and decision-makers, PROVIA responds to the call for a more cohesive and coordinated approach to harmonize, mobilize, and communicate the growing knowledge-base on vulnerability, impacts and adaptation. The PROVIA website provides an interactive platform for a growing network of scientists, practitioners and decision makers working towards identifying knowledge gaps and meeting policy needs in vulnerability, impacts and adaptation research.
PROVIA's vision is to create an interface between the scientific community and decision make ...
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
The website is targeted primarily at people working in government who have policy or technical responsibilities related to the Climate Change Convention. Members of nongovernmental organizations - be they environmental, business, or related to local government - will find the latest information on what is happening. In addition, staff of United Nations and other international organizations, researchers, academics and journalists will find a valuable information resource.
For those who need a quick introduction to climate change and the Convention, a specially prepared web articl ...
IPCC - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC); United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) - IPCCThe Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the leading international body for the assessment of climate change. It was established by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) to provide the world with a clear scientific view on the current state of knowledge in climate change and its potential environmental and socio-economic impacts. The UN General Assembly endorsed the action by WMO and UNEP in jointly establishing the IPCC.
World Food Programme
Born in 1961, WFP pursues a vision of the world in which every man, woman and child has access at all times to the food needed for an active and healthy life. We work towards that vision with our sister UN agencies in Rome -- the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) -- as well as other government, UN and NGO partners.
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Un solo mondo
Confederazione svizzera, 2002-[...]"Un solo mondo", la rivista della DSC, la porterà con sé, quattro volte all'anno, in quei suoi lunghi, specialissimi viaggi attorno al mondo. Avrà modo di vedere regioni e paesi da prospettive del tutto inedite, conoscerà i retroscena di significativi eventi, le problematiche e le chance dell'impegno nella cooperazione allo sviluppo. Da una rivista che non manca di prendere posizione sulle tematiche più attuali, sarà regolarmente informato circa gli importanti temi della cooperazione allo sviluppo.
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No. 1/March 2023 - MeteoWorld No. 1, March 2023 = MeteoWorld No. 1, March 2023 (2023) 
