UN-DESA
UN-DESA
UN/DESA Policy Brief #47: Benefits of engaging stakeholders in integrated climate impact assessments
3 September 2016
Integrated climate impact assessments inform policy decisions At the core of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is the intention to build consistency across the various dimensions of development. Implementation of a holistic agenda such as thi ...
3 September 2016
The challenge of addressing diverse environmental concerns in development policy The intensity and frequency of climate hazards have increased with climate change, imposing large costs on societies. Building resilience to withstand climate hazards requ ...
3 September 2016
Climate change and inequality are two of the most important challenges currently faced by the international community. An extensive review of the evidence in the World Economic and Social Survey 2016: climate change resilience, an opportunity for reduc ...
3 September 2016
Climate change is already imposing a significant burden on all countries, extreme in some cases. Several small-island developing States are facing the realistic risk of becoming completely submerged under water due to sea-level rise. Severe drought and ...
25 August 2015
On 26-28 August, UNDESA will gather researchers and government policy analysts taking part of DESA capacity development country projects, as well as experts in integrated assessments for sustainable development, in the workshop "Integrated Modelling To ...
10 August 2015
DPAD kick-started the development of capacities on economy-wide modelling to assess sustainable development policies in Uganda. Government officials have been trained during a workshop held in Entebbe, on 10-14 August, 2015, which was organised i ...
10 July 2015
Training activities of the project "Supporting the design of sustainable development policies with policy modelling tools" were completed for Nicaragua, in Managua, on 6-9 July 2015. Workshops were organized for training government officials in t ...
27 May 2015
A dialogue between DESA/DPAD and technical staff from the Ministry of Planning, the Ministry of Environment, Energy and Seas, the Costa Rican Institute of Electricity, and UNDP Costa Rica was held in San José, Costa Rica on 18-20 May as part of t ...
13 February 2015
A Facebook chat was held on Thursday, 12 February, from 10:00 am to 11:30 am EST to discuss the current state of the world economy and growth prospects for 2015 and 2016. Economists from the Global Economic Monitoring Unit of UN/DESA's Development Poli ...
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