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New World Bank Guide Promotes Learning on Urban Flood Risk Management

13 February 2012. The World Bank published a new guidebook titled Cities and Flooding: A Guide to Integrated Urban Flood Risk Management for the 21st Century to promote learning among key stakeholders on how to strengthen urban resilience. This document, prepared with the financial support of the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR), embodies the state-of-the art on integrated urban flood risk management.

16 February WBI Webinar on Climate Change, Disaster Risk and the Urban Poor

16 February 2012. The World Bank Institute (WBI) is offering a webinar on Climate Change, Disaster Risk and the Urban Poor, on 16 February 2012, 10:00 AM EST Time to foster knowledge exchange and learning among policy-makers and urban professionals on building resilience of the urban poor. This webinar presents key findings of the Mayor's Task Force on Climate Change, Disaster Risk and the Urban Poor which has developed a set of broad actions that cities can undertake to build resilience particularly for those at greatest risk.

UNDP-supported Workshop Promotes Capacity Building for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation in Latin America

18-20 October 2011. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) supported the organization of the regional workshop Risk Management and Climate Change Adaptation in Urban Settings: From Theory to Practice, from 18-20 October 2011, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. The workshop was organized in partnership with the European Commission, the Government of Switzerland and the Adaptation Fund as well as the Secretaría de Recursos Naturales y Ambiente (SERNA), the Comisión Permanente de Contingencias (COPECO) and the mayor's office.

World Bank Invites Applications to its E-Leaning Course on Programmatic CDM

20 February-2 March 2012. The World Bank Institute offers an e-Learning Course on Clean Development Mechanism Programme of Activities: Challenges and Opportunities, from 20 February to 2 March 2012, to provide project developers, carbon market agents, development practitioners and government agencies with essential knowledge on climate change and carbon finance. The deadline for applications is 13 February 2012.

7 February GEF Webinar Shares Lessons Learned from Evaluating Climate Adaptation Funds

7 February 2012. The Global Environment Facility (GEF) offers a free webinar entitled Adaptation in Practice: Evaluating Innovative Approaches under the SCCF, LDCF and SPA on 7 February 2012. During the webinar, the GEF Evaluation Office presents findings from its most recent evaluation on the Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF) and the challenges encountered through its evaluations on adaptation funding under the Strategic Priority for Adaptation (SPA) and the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF).

World Bank Supports International Workshop on Best Practices in Climate Change Planning

17 January 2012. In an effort to support Tanzania’s preparation of a national climate change strategy, more than 30 Tanzanian decision-makers, researchers, and civil society advocates met in Windhoek, Namibia for an international Learning Week on Global Best Practices in Comprehensive Climate Change Planning as a precursor to the 17th round of international climate negotiations in Durban in November 2011. The workshop was supported by the World Bank’s South-South Learning Exchange and the UK Department for International Development (DFID).

FAO Guidebook Supports National Decision-Makers, Practitioners and Stakeholders to Learn about Carbon Finance Options for Smallholder Farmers

10 January 2012. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) has published a guidebook titled "Climate Change Mitigation Finance for Smallholder Agriculture - A Guide Book to Harvesting Soil Carbon Sequestration Benefits" with the aim to support decision-makers, carbon project developers, and representatives from non-governmental organizations and farmers’ associations who want to learn more about carbon financing opportunities for more climate-friendly agricultural strategies.

UNU-ISP Promotes Postgraduate Learning on Building Resilience to Climate Change

20 February-23 March 2012. The United Nations University Institute for Sustainability and Peace (UNU-ISP) announced a new postgraduate level Programme on Building Resilience to Climate Change. The programme runs for five weeks in Tokyo, Japan from 20 February to 23 March 2012. The programme includes 2 courses, one on Science, Impacts and Vulnerability and one on Approaches to Adaptation, and a practical training on Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software.