An Environmental Information System (EIS) aims to respond to decision-makers’ needs for information on the evolution of the environment, and its impact on people’s lives and the natural resources on which they depend.
Local name of practice: Sinima Djaknga (fields behind the house)
Country/region/village: Chad/Mayo Kibbi Est /Guélendeng
Local name of practice: Fianga Tchang
Country/region/village: Chad/Mayo Kibbi Est / Mont Illi
Community: Toupouri
Local name of practice: Singa Koula
Country/region/village: Chad/Logone Occidental/Mbalkaba
Community: Ngambaye
Local name of practice: Siwêbât
Country/region/village: Chad/Mayo Kibbi Est/Guelendeng
Community: Massa
Local name of practice: Guidama
Country/region/village: Chad/Mayo Kibbi Est/Djarabov
Community: Massa
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).
Climate experts from Africa met in Kenya to discuss collaboration and technology transfer. Representatives from government, private sector, finance and research institutions gathered in Nairobi, Kenya.
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.