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		<title>World Bank Launches Second Phase of Water Partnership Program</title>
		<link>http://climate-l.iisd.org/news/world-bank-launches-second-phase-of-water-partnership-program/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 16:50:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The World Bank has strengthened its Water Partnership Program (WPP) by launching a second phase (Phase II) with the goal of fostering water management and water services, along with climate-resilient policies. WPP is a partnership among the World Bank, the Netherlands, Denmark and the UK.]]></description>
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		<title>ICRAF Brief Identifies Opportunities for Climate Finance for Smallholder Farmers</title>
		<link>http://climate-l.iisd.org/news/icraf-brief-identifies-opportunities-for-climate-finance-for-smallholder-farmers/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 15:47:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Change Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) has released a policy brief on challenges and opportunities for mitigation and adaptation to climate change for smallholder farmers. ]]></description>
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		<title>CGIAR Research Partnership Focuses on Dryland Agriculture</title>
		<link>http://climate-l.iisd.org/news/cgiar-research-partnership-focuses-on-dryland-agriculture/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 15:47:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Change Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new program from the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) will focus on research to boost agriculture productivity and strengthen food security in dryland areas. ]]></description>
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		<title>UNISDR&#039;s DRR Assessment Calls on Private Sector to Reduce Risk</title>
		<link>http://climate-l.iisd.org/news/unisdrs-drr-assessment-calls-on-private-sector-to-reduce-risk/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 16:19:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Change Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) has released the third edition of the UN Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) subtitled “From Shared Risk to Shared Value: The Business Case for DRR.” The publication aims to provide a resource for understanding and analyzing current and future global disaster risk.]]></description>
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		<title>ICT Symposium Adopts Roadmap on Smart, Sustainable Cities</title>
		<link>http://climate-l.iisd.org/news/ict-symposium-adopts-roadmap-on-smart-sustainable-cities/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 15:58:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Change Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are critical in creating smart sustainable cities and addressing climate change, according to participants at the Eighth International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Symposium on ICTs, the Environment and Climate Change. Participants adopted a “Turin Roadmap” that calls on ITU to promote smart technologies in cities and develop key performance indicators to assess ICTs impacts in cities and countries around the world. Participants also discussed, inter alia: climate change adaptation and mitigation; disaster preparedness; e-waste; and a transition to a green, resource efficient economy.]]></description>
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		<title>GEF, UNIDO Collaborate to Promote Clean Technology Innovation in India</title>
		<link>http://climate-l.iisd.org/news/gef-unido-collaborate-to-promote-clean-technology-innovation-in-india/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 16:49:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Change Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the Government of India have launched the GEF-UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Cleantech Programme for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) for India, also referred to as India Cleantech.]]></description>
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		<title>Event: International Symposium on Sustainable Cities: Empowering Local Governments through Capacity Building</title>
		<link>http://climate-l.iisd.org/events/international-symposium-on-sustainable-cities-empowering-local-governments-through-capacity-building/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 03:54:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Change Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UN Office for Sustainable Development (UNOSD) will host this international symposium to strengthen dissemination and sharing of good practices and lessons learned on fostering sustainable cities, in recognition of the role of cities in protecting the environment, improving disaster risk reduction (DRR) and resilience and reducing poverty. The symposium aims to identify strategies to strengthen local government institutional and technical capacity to address poverty reduction and slum upgrading, urban development, urban economic growth, urban transport and water and sanitation. The symposium also aims to identify areas for further capacity building and knowledge sharing and to identify innovative financing models to support urban infrastructure. The event will bring together representatives of governments, including and local government and planning officials, UN agencies, multilateral and regional development banks, the private sector and civil society in plenary sessions, working group sessions and panel discussions. The symposium is planned to overlap with the ‘Incheon Sister and Friendly Cities Conference,' which will be held in Incheon on 28 September 2013, and include mayors from cities around the world. The two events will have a joint closing session that will discuss advancing and implementing the sustainable urbanization agenda.]]></description>
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		<title>Conference on Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change Focuses on Mainstreaming</title>
		<link>http://climate-l.iisd.org/news/conference-on-community-based-adaptation-to-climate-change-focuses-on-mainstreaming/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 14:34:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Change Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 7th Conference on Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change (CBA7) was organized around the theme 'mainstreaming CBA into national and local planning.' The event brought together over 250 international participants and 50 government representatives who shared their experiences, good project practices, ideas and research interests in plenary and parallel sessions.]]></description>
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		<title>UN-HABITAT, IESCO to Cooperate on Youth Initiatives</title>
		<link>http://climate-l.iisd.org/news/un-habitat-iesco-to-cooperate-on-youth-initiatives/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 14:30:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Change Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) signed an agreement of cooperation with the International Ecological Safety Collaborative Organization on the sidelines to the 24th Session of the UN-HABITAT Governing Council. The agreement will support urban youth initiatives, including climate change adaptation activities, youth empowerment and urban ecological safety programmes.]]></description>
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		<title>Integrated Meeting on Sustainable Transport Adopts Bali Declaration</title>
		<link>http://climate-l.iisd.org/news/integrated-meeting-on-sustainable-transport-adopts-bali-declaration/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 15:45:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Change Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Seventh Regional Environmentally Sustainable Transport (EST) Forum in Asia and the Global Consultation on Sustainable Transport in the Post-2015 Development Agenda took place under the theme “Next Generation Transport Systems We Want for the 21st Century ~ Looking Beyond Rio+20." On the final day of the integrated meeting, delegates adopted the "Bali Declaration on Vision Three Zeros for Next Generation Transport Systems: Zero Congestion, Zero Pollution, and Zero Accidents."  ]]></description>
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