Tout ce que vous devez savoir sur les changements climatiques au même endroit

Le Secrétaire général des Nations Unies, Ban Ki-moon, a déclaré que le changement climatique est « le plus grand défi de notre époque », et ses effets se font déjà ressentir dans un grand nombre de pays. En même temps, il est toujours difficile pour de nombreuses personnes qui ne travaillent pas directement sur le sujet de comprendre les éléments de base des changements climatiques. Par exemple, quels sont les gaz qui contribuent réellement à générer de l’effet de serre ? Quel changement de température est projeté au cours du siècle ? Comment fonctionnent les négociations internationales en matière de changements climatiques ? Quelles sont les mesures d’adaptation et d’atténuation disponibles et comment choisir les meilleures d’entre elles ? D’où le financement provient-il ?

Cette formation en ligne gratuite a été conçue dans le but d’apporter des réponses à ces questions, ainsi qu’à d’autres questions essentielles sur les changements climatiques.

Le cours est divisé en 6 modules :

1. Science des changements climatiques
2. Cadre juridique et politique international pour faire face aux changements climatiques
3. Adaptation aux changements climatiques
4. Atténuation des changements climatiques
5. Financement dans le domaine des changements climatiques
6. Planification en matière de changements climatiques

Il faut compter environ deux heures pour compléter chaque module, et chacun est articulé autour de 4 objectifs d’apprentissage. Leur atteinte sera évaluée à la fin de chaque module à l’aide d’un quiz. Une fois que les six modules seront complétés, vous recevrez un certificat. Les modules sont indépendants et peuvent être étudiés dans n’importe quel ordre ; cependant, il est indispensable de les suivre tous pour recevoir un certificat final.

Il est également possible de télécharger tous les modules en présentation PowerPoint pour pouvoir étudier en hors-ligne ou pour s’entraîner. Les modules contiennent aussi un grand nombre de liens vers d’autres données sur les changements climatiques et constituent ainsi une passerelle vers des informations plus détaillées et plus précises.

Les modules qui composent le cours ont été élaborés et révisés par UN CC:Learn, un partenariat de 33 organisations multilatérales qui soutiennent les Etats membres dans la conception et la mise en œuvre d’enseignements durables fondés sur les résultats pour faire face aux changements climatiques (www.uncclearn.org).

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The humanitarian system is under intense pressure. The number of people affected by crises is increasing at a faster rate than resources are being provided to meet the needs. Humanitarian partners need to look at more efficient and effective ways to make limited humanitarian aid budgets go further. It has been demonstrated in many contexts that giving aid directly in the form of cash is both an effective and efficient way to maximise the impact of humanitarian assistance, but a recent multi-partner study identified that only 6% of total humanitarian spending goes on cash.

The use of cash in humanitarian response has many benefits: it maintains dignity and provides affected people with the ability to prioritise their own needs; it stimulates local economies; it gets assistance to people rapidly; and it reduces the overheads involved in delivering relief items.

This webinar looks at the mechanisms and modalities of cash assistance, with a particular focus on how cash was planned and implemented following the Ghorka earthquake in Nepal, and summarises the use of cash in humanitarian crises. It also introduces discussions on the possibilities for expanding the role of cash assistance in the future.

THURSDAY 8TH OCTOBER

07:30 UTC (09:30 Geneva; 13:15 Kathmandu; 10:30 Nairobi; 14:30 Bangkok)

The session will be introduced and facilitated by Panos Moumtzis, Director of the Senior Transformative Agenda Implementation Team (STAIT). The panellists and presenters will be:

Mr. Jamie McGoldrick, Resident/Humanitarian Coordinator, Nepal
Mr. Peter McGeachie, Regional Director (South Asia), Help Age International
Ms. Rita Dhakal, DanChurchAid, representing the Association of International NGOs in Nepal
Ms. Rosie Jackson, Technical Advisor, Cash Learning Partnership (CaLP)
Mr. Tim Waites, Senior Livelihoods and Disaster Resilience Advisor UK Department for International Development, (DFID)

QUESTIONS ARE WELCOME!

Send them in before the webinar to transformativeagendawebinars@un.org or submit them to the presenters live via the chat.

All the documents relevant to this webinar, and the recordings of past webinars can be found on the STAIT website: www.humanitarianresponse.info/topics/transformative-agenda. For help logging on to the webinar, see the Webex login guide.

Click here to register for 07:30 UTC

(09:30 Geneva; 13:15 Kathmandu; 10:30 Nairobi; 14:30 Bangkok)

TRANSFORMATIVE AGENDA WEBINAR SERIES

The Senior Transformative Agenda Implementation Team (STAIT)

is pleased to invite you to a

90-minute webinar on

Humanity, Neutrality, Impartiality, and Independence

Are these principles applied in today’s humanitarian operations?

Perspectives from the field

This webinar is the second of a two-part series on the field-level implementation of principled humanitarian action, co-organised by the Norwegian Refugee Council, Handicap International, the Senior Transformative Agenda Implementation Team (STAIT), and PHAP. The first webinar took place on 8 October 2015, facilitated by PHAP.

On Thursday 22 October at:

10:00 GVA**time and**15:00 GVA time

Although there is wide-spread adherence to the key humanitarian principles, the reality does not always make it easy to respond to all persons in need; sometimes because of physical, natural barriers, sometimes because of lack of access for security reasons. How do humanitarian actors operate in the face of dilemmas such as the politicization and conditionality of aid; or when political and military interests override humanitarian considerations? How creative can humanitarian actors be in overcoming these dilemmas while still applying the principles of humanitarian action? And what is the importance of strategic decision-making based on context analysis and strong leadership in such situations?

In this 90-minute session, the webinar will build on the earlier discussion (previous webinar) and examine how the humanitarian principles are applied at the field level in today’s complex operations. The webinar will share best practices, discuss challenges, and look at how respecting humanitarian principles enhances the effectiveness and efficiency of the humanitarian response.

The panelists are:

Mr. Mark Bowden, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General - Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Afghanistan

Mark Bowden has served as the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Resident Coordinator (RC), Humanitarian Coordinator (HC), and UNDP Resident Representative (RR) in Afghanistan since November 2012. From 2008 to 2012, he was RC/HC and UNDP RR for Somalia, and was previously assigned as the Director of Civil Affairs in the UN Mission in Sudan. From 2001 to 2005 Mr. Bowden was extensively involved in the design of humanitarian reforms as the Chief of the Policy Development and Studies Branch in the OCHA. From 1999 to 2001 he was the Conflict Management Adviser for Africa in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of United Kingdom. Earlier in his career, Mr. Bowden worked for the Save the Children Fund as the Head of Regional Office for East Africa, Africa Director and Country Director in Bangladesh.

Balthasar Staehelin,**Deputy Director-General at the International Committee of the Red Cross**

Balthasar Staehelin joined the ICRC in 1993 and has served in the Middle East, Africa, the Balkans and at headquarters. From 2002 to 2006, he was delegate-general for the Middle East and North Africa, overseeing all ICRC work in that region, including the operation in Iraq. He served as Deputy-Director of operations for policy and global affairs from 2006 to 2008. In 2008, he left the ICRC to join the local government in Geneva where he ran the department in charge of providing social welfare, housing, health and integration programmes for asylum-seekers and refugees. He returned to the ICRC in August 2012 to take up his current position.

Ms. Frances Charles, Advocacy Director World Vision’s Syria Crisis Response

Frances oversees policy development and humanitarian advocacy programmes across Turkey, Northern Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and Jordan. Frances is a conflict policy specialist with over seven years of experience in research and practice across Africa and the Middle East. She has been based in Senegal, Mali, eastern DRC and now in Amman, Jordan. Frances has contributed to policy thinking and practice mainly around the application of humanitarian principles in protracted crises, including on access, civil-military coordination and the changing nature of peacekeeping. Recent publications include the report “No One to Turn To”, on the involvement of children in the broader political peace process in DRC, and an op-ed for UNA-UK on protection innovations in DPKO missions.

The webinar is facilitated by Panos Moumtzis, Director of the Senior Transformative Agenda Implementation Team (STAIT).

Questions are welcome! Send them in before the webinar to transformativeagendawebinars@un.org or submit them to the presenters live via the chat.

All the documents relevant to this webinar, and the recordings of past webinars can be found on the STAIT website: www.humanitarianresponse.info/topics/transformative-agenda. For help logging on to the webinar, see the Webex login guide.

What is the STAIT?

The IASC Emergency Directors Group established the Senior Transformative Agenda Implementation Team (STAIT) to support them in rolling-out the IASC Transformative Agenda at field-level. The STAIT seeks to improve understanding and knowledge of the Transformative Agenda and its related toolbox of protocols at field level, as well as to strengthen practical, “tailor-made” application of the protocols in specific humanitarian contexts. The STAIT team includes senior UN and NGO colleagues with extensive experience in humanitarian operations, ready to share good practice and provide peer support.

We hope you can join us next Thursday!

Panos Moumtzis

Director, IASC Senior Transformative Agenda Implementation Team

Click here to register for 10:00 GVA

(9:00 Bangui, Niamey, N'Djamena/ 10:00 Geneva, Goma/ 11:00 Amman, Nairobi/ 12:30 Kabul/ 13:00 Islamabad/ 15:00 Bangkok/ 16:00 Manila)

Click here to register for 15:00 GVA

(08:00 Bogota/ 09:00 Port-au-Prince, New York/ 13:00 Dakar/ 14:00 Kinshasa, Bangui/ 15:00 Geneva, Goma/ 16:00 Amman, Nairobi/ 17:30 Kabul)

Tout ce que vous devez savoir sur les changements climatiques au même endroit

Le Secrétaire général des Nations Unies, Ban Ki-moon, a déclaré que le changement climatique est « le plus grand défi de notre époque », et ses effets se font déjà ressentir dans un grand nombre de pays. En même temps, il est toujours difficile pour de nombreuses personnes qui ne travaillent pas directement sur le sujet de comprendre les éléments de base des changements climatiques. Par exemple, quels sont les gaz qui contribuent réellement à générer de l’effet de serre ? Quel changement de température est projeté au cours du siècle ? Comment fonctionnent les négociations internationales en matière de changements climatiques ? Quelles sont les mesures d’adaptation et d’atténuation disponibles et comment choisir les meilleures d’entre elles ? D’où le financement provient-il ?

Cette formation en ligne gratuite a été conçue dans le but d’apporter des réponses à ces questions, ainsi qu’à d’autres questions essentielles sur les changements climatiques.

Le cours est divisé en 6 modules :

1. Science des changements climatiques
2. Cadre juridique et politique international pour faire face aux changements climatiques
3. Adaptation aux changements climatiques
4. Atténuation des changements climatiques
5. Financement dans le domaine des changements climatiques
6. Planification en matière de changements climatiques

Il faut compter environ deux heures pour compléter chaque module, et chacun est articulé autour de 4 objectifs d’apprentissage. Leur atteinte sera évaluée à la fin de chaque module à l’aide d’un quiz. Une fois que les six modules seront complétés, vous recevrez un certificat. Les modules sont indépendants et peuvent être étudiés dans n’importe quel ordre ; cependant, il est indispensable de les suivre tous pour recevoir un certificat final.

Il est également possible de télécharger tous les modules en présentation PowerPoint pour pouvoir étudier en hors-ligne ou pour s’entraîner. Les modules contiennent aussi un grand nombre de liens vers d’autres données sur les changements climatiques et constituent ainsi une passerelle vers des informations plus détaillées et plus précises.

Les modules qui composent le cours ont été élaborés et révisés par UN CC:Learn, un partenariat de 33 organisations multilatérales qui soutiennent les Etats membres dans la conception et la mise en œuvre d’enseignements durables fondés sur les résultats pour faire face aux changements climatiques (www.uncclearn.org).

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UNDP, ICCAD, IIED, UN, NDC partnership, LEG come together for Capacity Building Day

About this Event

Capacity-Building for developing countries is crucially important to the implementation of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and therefore achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement. The Agreement has elevated the importance of capacity-building to new heights by enshrining two separate Articles on the issue (Article 11 and Article 13).The need to transition to a low emissions pathway and deal with the impacts of climate change will increase as we move from one generation to the next. Capacity-building, a means for implementing climate resilient (adaptation) and low emissions (mitigation) strategies will therefore need to be designed to sustain in the long‐term as well. The Second Annual Capacity-Building Day 2018 to be organized as a side event during COP24 will bring together diverse communities of practice to have in-depth discussions on building national capacity to implement low emissions and climate resilient development strategies.

PCCB Exhibit Room (Inside COP Venue)

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/capacity-building-to-raise-finance-for-low-emissions-and-climate-resilience-registration-52923757383?ref=ecal

In time of COVID-19, boosting your immune system and improving your health is a priority. Ensuring good health is not the sole preserve of healthcare professionals. We can all take action towards maintaining a healthy mind and body.

Below are three reasons why continuous learning is good for your health and social life. UN SDG:Learn shares tips on reaping the health benefits of continuous learning.

1. Learning, through reading, reduces stress levels and helps you to live longer

A study by the University of Sussex found that reading for just 6 minutes can reduce stress levels by 68%. It slowed the heart rate and eased tension in the muscles. Researchers from Yale University School of Public Health also showed that people who read for more than 3.5 hours per week live longer.

UN SDG:Learn Tip: Read through UN SDG:Learn’s collection of books, documents, and blogs on various sustainable development topics.

2. Learning keeps your brain healthy

According to a study by the University of California, Irvine, learning promotes brain health. Learning provides the mental stimulation that could limit the debilitating effects of aging on memory and the mind. Want to get the most benefit out of learning? A study shows that the more challenging your choice of new skills to learn, the better it is in warding off dementia.

UN SDG:Learn Tip: Why not pick a course on data and statistics on UN SDG:Learn and boost your brainpower?

3. Learning fosters a healthier social life

Learning provides a space for social interactions and offers opportunities for individuals to open up, share ideas, and encourage one another. Such social interactions not only build intellectual capacities but improve the social and emotional aspects of one’s life.

UN SDG:Learn Tip: Start by browsing through more than 100 online courses on UN SDG:Learn and engage with fellow learners and build a healthier social life.

Stay healthy!

From your UN SDG:Learn Team

How to register:

Please go to https://www.unsdglearn.org/.

Overview & Purpose:

The 1^st International Academic Conference on Why it Matters as part of the Decade of Action for the Sustainable Development Goals will be held in the city of Orem, Utah, USA from 5 to 7, October 2022. The Conference title is “The Sustainable Development Goals – A Decade of Action. Why It Matters.” The academic Conference will take place as the Decade of Action begins the countdown towards 2030, and the global community, including academic institutions, civil society organizations, private sector entities, local and national governments, as well as media outlets, explore ways through which the implementation of the Agenda and the 17 Goals become an intrinsic part of their efforts. In this context, academic institutions have a crucial role to play as the next ten years will determine the success of the initiatives that aim at ending poverty, protect the planet, and ensure human rights and prosperous and fulfilling lives for all by 2030. Next year, 2022, is a globally unprecedented opportunity to spark these transformational changes, following the COVID-19 pandemic that has highlighted the importance of multilateralism and global engagement to address common threats and challenges. Academic institutions are uniquely qualified to bring to the table discussions and approaches that can be incorporated into the action plans in other social sectors.

Co-sponsored by the United Nations Department of Global Communications through the Academic Impact Initiative, the Conference is an important opportunity to mobilize academic experts and civil society advocates to study the mechanisms of implementation and success of the Sustainable Development Goals. Conference participants will gather in Utah to be part of a global conversation that will define an inclusive and culturally appropriate international and regional messaging, academic approaches and advocacy strategies, partnerships and governmental accountability frameworks including financing for development. By focusing on education and approaching academically the subject of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the 1^st International Academic Conference on Why it Matters as part of the Decade of Action for the Sustainable Development Goals aims to build on the importance of academia and education as the bedrock of sustainable development and global engagement. The 1^st International Academic Conference on Why it Matters is the first forum of its kind and will bring to Utah a global conversation so necessary in this divided world.

The purpose of this Conference, rooted in the necessity to academically address the Sustainable Development Goals in particular and the 2030 Agenda, is to harness strategies, expertise and resources across the widest spectrum of academic thought to unleash a range of education initiatives that ensure inclusive, safe and equitable quality sustainable development that may serve as a blueprint for higher education institutions, civil society organizations (CSOs), private sector corporations and governmental entities to successfully incorporate the Agenda and the Goals into their work programs.

Conference Outcome: Attendees at the Conference will finalize an academic agenda to mobilize academic institutions globally, as well as CSOs, networks and educators, as well as policy makers, businesses and youth, reflecting the aspirations and ambitions of all global citizens in the spirit of leaving no one behind. This agenda will be drafted by a Scientific Committee formed by a group of academicians and will be offered for adoption at the closing plenary session. The agenda will be shared widely with academic institutions, civil society and other sectors to serve as a guidance for its incorporation into their programs and initiatives.

Host: The host and organizer of the conference is Utah Valley University Office for Global Engagement in partnership with the Academic Impact Initiative of the United Nations Department of Global Communications, as well as De Montfort University. The Conference Executive Committee shall make every effort to ensure that perspectives from diverse academic communities; north/south; gender; youth; older persons; indigenous peoples; faith-based organizations; persons with disabilities; LGBTQI persons; global geographic areas; thematic/expert constituencies; and international networks (including the sustainable development and climate change constituencies) are represented.

Venue: The Conference will be held in the Orem campus of Utah Valley University, in Utah, the United States of America. UVU is the largest public university in Utah, and it was a key partner in bringing to Salt Lake City, Utah the first United Nations Civil Society Conference ever in history to take place in the United States of America outside of UN Headquarters in New York.

How to register:

The Call for Papers for the Why It Matters conference will open on April 15th, 2021 until November 1, 2021.

We invite individuals to submit a proposal for a paper and/or oral presentation. The proposal must be original, in English and be submitted once and under one SDG theme. We recommend following all the proposal submission instructions and background information before submitting the proposal. Failure to follow the instructions is likely to result in the proposal being declined.

SUBMIT PROPOSAL FOR PAPER OR ORAL PRESENTATION

For those individuals who wish to submit a paper to be peer reviewed and published in the conference proceedings, a proposal must be submitted first to be accepted by the Scientific Committee. If the proposal is approved, we will welcome the full paper under the established guidelines found on this website. The deadline for submission of full papers is April 1, 2022.

We welcome posters to be displayed at the conference. If you would like to submit a proposal for a poster, click here.

On Tuesday, April 14th, IPI together with the Office of the Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, and the Permanent Missions of Japan and Iraq to the United Nations, cohosted a film screening and discussion that explored the tools and policies needed to combat sexual violence committed by nonstate actors and the response mechanisms that are required to assist survivors of wartime rape committed by these groups.

How to register

Watch the recording at https://youtu.be/DJq-ep4W9Hg

Hosted by Utah Valley University in partnership with the Academic Impact Initiative of the United Nations Department of Global Communications

This academic conference will take place as the Decade of Action begins the countdown towards 2030, and the global community, including academic institutions, civil society organizations, private sector entities, local and national governments, as well as media outlets, explore ways through which the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the 17 Goals become an intrinsic part of their efforts. In this context, academic institutions have a crucial role to play as the next ten years will determine the success of the initiatives that aim at ending poverty, protect the planet, and ensure human rights and prosperous and fulfilling lives for all by 2030.

How to register

Watch the archived recordings at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw_muWgG0jHeKrGXGfhX6-F6Pl6V6SZDt