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  • Promoting data for climate change, drought and flood management in Myanmar

    CTCN
    Date of submission
    Phase
    Completed
    Countries
    Myanmar (Burma)
    Objective
    Adaptation
    Sectors
    Cross-sectoral
    Cross-sectoral enabler
    Capacity building and training
    Communication and awareness
    Governance and planning
    Approach
    Disaster risk reduction

    This Technology Transfer Advances Myanmar's

    • Nationally Determined Contribution to reduce climate change vulnerability and reduce poverty in rural areas and for subsistence farmers as a priority, and to continue the work of developing flood and drought early warning systems for reducing the vulnerability of local communities to extreme weather events. 

    Context

  • CTCN Regional Forum in Asia

    CTCN
    Date
    - Europe/Copenhagen
    Country
    Thailand

    Representatives of 16 countries attended the 11-13 July Regional Forum for National Designated Entities in Asia organized by the Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to promote information exchange and capacity building on climate technologies and finance.

  • 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). 

  • Myanmar Institute for Integrated Development

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    Knowledge partner
    Country of registration
    Myanmar (Burma)
    Relation to CTCN
    TA proponent
    Sector(s) of expertise
    Cross-sectoral

    As Myanmar continues its democratic transition, developments in the country present unique opportunities for enduring positive change.

  • 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.

  • L’Indice de la faim dans le monde 2014: Le défi de la faim invisible

    Publication date

    Alors qu’il ne reste plus qu’une année avant la date d’échéance de la réalisation des Objectifs du Millénaire pour le développement, l’Indice de la faim dans le monde 2014 (GHI) offre une analyse multidimensionnelle de la faim et présente de nouvelles données permettant d’alimenter le débat mondial sur la question de savoir où concentrer les efforts dans la lutte contre la faim et la malnutrition. Selon le GHI 2014, les niveaux de faim dans les pays en développement pris dans leur ensemble se sont améliorés depuis 1990, diminuant de 39%.

  • Welthunger-Index 2014: Herausforderung verborgener Hunger

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    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.