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		<title>UN Chronicle Examines Water Cooperation</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:15:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The theme of water cooperation serves as the starting point for articles in the first issue of volume 50 of the UN Chronicle. Articles in the magazine address water cooperation in the context of cross-cutting issues including: development goals; women and agriculture; integrated water resources management (IWRM); and involvement of the private sector.]]></description>
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		<title>Energy Access Practitioner Network Newsletter Features Solar Energy in Africa, Access in Asia</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:43:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Energy Access Practitioner Network has released its April 2013 newsletter, featuring a practitioner's perspective from the non-profit Innovation: Africa on the installation of 63 rural solar projects, as well as updates on the Practitioner Network's activities and workshops, funding opportunities, recent reports, new members, upcoming events, and other announcements.]]></description>
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		<title>UNDP Highlights Disproportionate Impacts of Climate Change on Women and Girls&#039; Health</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:28:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Asia-Pacific Regional Centre of the UN Development Programme (UNDP) has released a report, titled “The Health Impacts of Climate Change in Asia-Pacific,” which warns that the health impacts of climate change will disproportionately affect women and girls, through a rise in the prevalence of dengue, malaria, diarrheal diseases and malnutrition; natural disasters; and increased risk of violence and sexual assaults, if displaced to temporary shelters or camps.]]></description>
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		<title>Climate and Clean Air Coalition Sets Priorities for 2013</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 16:26:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) held a Working Group meeting to set its priority areas, goals and key milestones for 2013, including actions to reduce short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs), which have been identified as one of the greatest hazards to human health.]]></description>
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		<title>World Water Day Celebrates Water Cooperation</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 17:29:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Change Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This year's edition of World Water Day, celebrated on 22 March, was organized around the theme of water cooperation, within the framework of the International Year of Water Cooperation. The Day's celebrations were coordinated by UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), in collaboration with the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), for UN-Water.]]></description>
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		<title>UNDP Highlights Water Cooperation Projects Around the World</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 17:29:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UN Development Programme (UNDP) has announced a pledge of US$2 million from the Coca-Cola Company to Every Drop Matters, a collaboration between UNDP and the company. Every Drop Matters aims to address global challenges related to climate change, water management, sanitation and water supply. ]]></description>
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		<title>Outreach Materials Released in Support of First International Day of Forests</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:10:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Change Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A number of organizations have developed and released outreach and communications materials in support of the first International Day of Forests, an event to be held annually on 21 March. The materials focus on the key messages presented by the UN Forum on Forests (UNFF) with regards to: forests and air; water; biodiversity; land; forests and resilience to natural disasters; forests as a key part of the climate change solution; healthy forests, healthy people; and forests are our livelihoods, wealth.]]></description>
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		<title>Population Consultation Calls for Comment on Leaders&#039; Document</title>
		<link>http://climate-l.iisd.org/news/population-consultation-calls-for-comment-on-leaders%e2%80%99-document/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:42:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Change Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The co-leaders of the online consultations on population dynamics in the post-2015 development agenda have called for public comment on a draft outcome document to be considered at the high-level Global Thematic Consultation on Population Dynamics, convening in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 12-13 March 2013.]]></description>
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		<title>IISD Publishes Reports on Adaptation Strategies in the Dominican Republic, Honduras, Nicaragua and Peru</title>
		<link>http://climate-l.iisd.org/news/iisd-publishes-reports-on-adaptation-strategies-in-the-dominican-republic-honduras-nicaragua-and-peru/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:52:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Change Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Four reports published by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) address climate risk management (CRM) in the Dominican Republic, Honduras, Nicaragua and Peru. The reports were written as part of the UN Development Programme's (UNDP) CRM Technical Assistance Support Project (TASP).]]></description>
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		<title>IISD Publishes Reports on Adaptation Strategies in Kenya, Niger and Uganda</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:19:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) has published three reports on climate risk management (CRM) in Kenya, Niger and Uganda, as part of the UN Development Programme's (UNDP) Climate Risk Management (CRM) Technical Assistance Support Project (TASP). The reports illustrate how different communities in high-risk countries may have to adapt to a changing climate across a range of sectors.]]></description>
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