UN CC:Learn News
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Benin Government Builds Capacities to Access Climate Finance
A four-day training was conducted in Bohicon, Benin for staff of the Ministry of Environment in charge of Climate Change Management, Reforestation, and Protection of Natural and Forest Resources and related organisations to strengthen capacities to access different climate change funding sources. Altogether 30 staff were trained.
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Malawi Government Trains over 250 Frontline Forestry Personnel on Climate Change
The Government of Malawi has, in the months of September and October 2013, trained 257 forestry assistants across the country in climate change, in an ongoing effort to enhance knowledge and skills in climate change management among key personnel in sectors that are threatened by climate change.
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UN CC:Learn Fourth Steering Group Meeting Endorses the Work of the Partnership and Recommends a Future Implementation Phase
Representatives from 12 UN organizations and 5 UN CC:Learn pilot countries (Benin, Dominican Republic, Indonesia, Malawi and Uganda) participated in the 4th Steering Group Meeting of UN CC:Learn Partners, 2-3 October 2013, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Malawi Launches its Climate Change Learning Strategy: Already 4 Million Primary School Girls and Boys Reached and 400 Workers Trained
The Right Honourable Ms Halima Daud MP, the Malawi Minister for Environment and Climate Change Management, launched Malawi’s Climate Change Learning Strategy today, in front of a full house at the Sunbird Lilongwe Hotel.
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UN CC:Learn Presents Key Achievements in the Area of Climate Change Education at the 2013 Meeting of the UN Inter-Agency Committee for the UNDESD
The United Nations Children's Fund organized the Annual Meeting of the Inter-Agency Committee for the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development on 16-17 September 2013 at UNICEF headquarters. The meeting provided an important opportunity to share best practices and take stock of the ESD agenda setting process beyond 2014.
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Indonesia Takes an Important Step Forward on Climate Change Learning
In front of a packed auditorium at the Kartika Chandra Hotel in Central Jakarta, the President of Indonesia’s Special Envoy on Climate Change, Dr. Rachmat Witoelar, launched the National Climate Change Learning Strategy. The event is part of the national UN CC: Learn pilot project. .
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UNEARTH News Publishes Article on the UN CC:Learn Initiative
The UN CC:Learn Initiative is currently featured in an online article published by UNEARTH News. The article, titled UN initiative aims to help nations sculpt climate change education frameworks, presents a comprehensive account of UN CC:Learn. It first relates how the project came to be, underlining the importance of education in international climate change responses.
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Capacity-Building Workshop in the Dominican Republic Promotes Access to Climate Change Finance
The National Council for Climate Change and Clean Development Mechanism (CNCCMDL) of the Dominican Republic organized a capacity-building workshop on climate finance from 7-8 August 2013, in Juan Dolio, Dominican Republic. The event, which gathered 38 participants, is part of the second phase of the national UN CC:Learn pilot project.
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Malawi Designs and Field Tests an Educational Poster on Climate Change for Primary School Teaching
The Malawi Institute of Education (MIE) in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Management produced a poster centred on the message Climate change is real. Act now!. This poster aims to raise children’s awareness and is developed as part of the national UN CC:Learn pilot project.
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Minister of Water and Environment Launches National Climate Change Learning Strategy of Uganda
At a high-level event with over 60 participants Uganda’s Minister of Water and Environment, H.E. Prof. Ephraim Kamuntu launched the National Strategy to Strengthen Human Resources and Skills to Advance Green Low Emission and Climate Resilient Development 2013-2022 on 28 June 2013, Kampala, Uganda.