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  • Technical support for the government in the identification of technology needs

    CTCN
    Date of submission
    Phase
    Completed
    Countries
    Afghanistan
    Objective
    Adaptation
    Mitigation
    Sectors
    Cross-sectoral
    Cross-sectoral enabler
    Capacity building and training
    Governance and planning

    This Technology Transfer Advances Afghanistan's

    • Nationally Determined Contribution to "Identify and mainstream climate change adaptation technologies into the sectoral policies, strategies and development plans, and promotion of regional and international cooperation and coordination for adaptation technology transfer ".

    Context

  • CTCN in Afghanistan: Identified technology needs for agriculture, energy and water resources

    CTCN
    Publication date
    Objective
    Adaptation
    Mitigation
    Sectors
    Cross-sectoral

    As a mountainous country, with dry lands and frequent droughts, Afghanistan’s geography presents challenges regarding the availability of water, as well as opportunities for utilization of renewable energy. The government of Afghanistan, therefore, requested assistance in identifying technology needs for three priority sectors: agriculture, energy and water resources. 



    CTCN Support: 



    •    Development  of a planning  roadmap for mainstreaming climate technology priorities in key sectors 

  • CTCN/Radboud summer school: Climate action for sustainable development (presentations)

    CTCN
    Publication date
    Objective
    Adaptation
    Mitigation

    The Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN) together with the Radboud University (the Netherlands) organized a summer school on the climate action for sustainable development. There were 28 participants from 23 different countries of which CTCN is sponsoring 15 participants from the Least Developed Countries (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Benin, Chad, Djibouti, Guinea, Malawi, Myanmar, Mozambique, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia). 

  • UNIDO seeking experts: Assessment of the ECO Clean Energy Centre (CECECO)

    CTCN
    Publication date
    Objective
    Mitigation
    Sectors
    Renewable energy
    Energy efficiency

    In the context of ECO Vision 2025, ECO Energy Strategy, ECO Clean Energy Corridors and the Global Network of Regional Sustainable Energy Centers (GN-SEC) Program,  the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), with the financial support of the Austrian Development Agency (ADA), resolved on assisting the ECO Member States in the establishment of the ECO Clean Energy Centre (CECECO).  ECO Member States include: Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kaz

  • CTCN presents its Progress Report

    CTCN
    Publication date
    Objective
    Adaptation
    Mitigation

    The Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN) presents its Progress report (2014- August 2015), which highlights CTCN results in key services (technical assistance, access to information and scaling up international collaboration). 

     

  • Experts met in Tbilisi to explore technologies to respond to climate change (photos and presentations)

    CTCN
    Publication date
    Objective
    Adaptation
    Mitigation
    Cross-sectoral enabler
    Capacity building and training
    Communication and awareness

    Climate experts from Central Asia and Eastern Europe met in Tbilisi to discuss collaboration and technology transfer. Representatives from government, private sector, finance and research institutions gathered in Tbilisi, Georgia, 30 May – 1 June. The Deputy Minister of Environment and Natural Resources Protection of Georgia Ms. Ekaterine Grigalava welcomed the participants.

  • 2015 Nutrition country profile: Afghanistan

    Publication date

    The 193 individual country profiles capture the status and progress of all UN Member States, and the 80+ indicators include a wealth of information on child, adolescent and adult anthropometry and nutritional status, in addition to intervention coverage, food supply, economics, and demography. This tool is particularly useful for nutrition champions at the country-level, as it presents a wide range of evidence needed to assess country progress in improving nutrition and nutrition-related outcomes.

  • Status of Glaciers in the Indus Basin

    Publication date
    Objective
    Mitigation
    Sectors
    Water

    The Hindu Kush Himalayan region encompasses an area of 4.2 million km2 of hills and mountains in the countries of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan. With its vast expanses of snow and ice, the region it is known as the water tower of Asia, which is being significantly affected by climate change. The meltwater from Himalayan snow and ice feeds 10 large river systems of South Asia: the Amu Darya, Brahmaputra, Ganges, Indus, Irrawaddy, Mekong, Salween, Tarim, Yangtze and Yellow Rivers.

  • Welthunger-Index 2014: Herausforderung verborgener Hunger

    Publication date

    Ein Jahr bevor die Frist zur Erreichung der Millenniums-Entwicklungsziele im Jahr 2015 abläuft, bietet der Welthunger-Index (WHI) einen facettenreichen Überblick über die Verbreitung des Hungers und trägt neue Erkenntnisse darüber in die weltweite Debatte, wie Hunger und Mangelernährung verringert werden können. Betrachtet man die Entwicklungsländer als Gruppe, so hat sich die Hungersituation dort seit 1990 verbessert. Dem WHI 2014 zufolge ist seitdem ein Rückgang um 39 Prozent zu verzeichnen.

  • 2014 Global hunger index: The challenge of hidden hunger

    Publication date

    With one more year before the 2015 deadline for achieving the Millennium Development Goals, the 2014 Global Hunger Index report offers a multifaceted overview of global hunger that brings new insights to the global debate on where to focus efforts in the fight against hunger and malnutrition. The state of hunger in developing countries as a group has improved since 1990, falling by 39 percent, according to the 2014 GHI.