Emilia-Romagna: Countdown to public consultation on the Integrated Management Strategy for Coastal Defense and Adaptation (GIDAC)
The Emilia-Romagna Region launched the participatory path “What coast will it be?” in 2021, as part of the European project AdriaClim, to build together with directly affected communities, a Strategy for the future of the regional coast. The process was subdivided into numerous meetings (from the ’InfoDay del 23 aprile to workshops in May and […]
Food security
Situation in which all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life. Source: The World Bank
Kyoto Protocol
A subsidiary agreement to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change that was signed at COP-3 to the UNFCCC in Kyoto, Japan, December 1997. It specifies emission obligations for the Annex-B countries and defines the three so-called Kyoto mechanisms (or “flexible mechanisms”) Joint Implementation (JI), Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and emissions trading. […]
Climate resilience
Capacity of social, economic and ecosystems to cope with a hazardous event or trend or disturbance. Source: IPCC Report Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
Stakeholder
Any person or group (including governmental and non-governmental institutions, traditional communities, universities, research institutions, development agencies and banks, donors, etc.) with an interest or claim (whether stated or implied) which has the potential of being impacted by or having an impact on a given project and its objectives. Source: UN-REDD Programme
Uncertainty
A state of incomplete knowledge that can result from a lack of information or from disagreement about what is known or even knowable. It may have many types of sources, from imprecision in the data to ambiguously defined concepts or terminology, or uncertain projections of human behaviour. Uncertainty can therefore be represented by quantitative measures […]
Climate service
Climate services involve the production, translation, transfer, and use of climate knowledge and information to support decision-making by individuals and organizations. Information needs to be easily accessible, timely, easy to understand and relevant to users that can use it to take action. Souce: UN-REDD Programme
Cap and Trade
An emissions trading system, which involves the buying and selling of emission allowances, where total emissions are limited or “capped”. The Kyoto Protocol is a cap and trade system in the sense that emissions from Annex-B countries are capped and excess permits can be traded. The Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX) is also a cap and […]
Biodiversity
The variability among living organisms from all sources including, inter alia, terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are part; this includes diversity within species, between species and of ecosystems. Source: UN-REDD Programme
Agroforestry
Agriculture incorporating the planting or conservation of trees. In dispersed interplanting, trees are grown alongside crops, usually in rows in between plots, to provide nutrients and organic matter for the soil and shade for crops. In addition to improving crop production, trees also provide fuelwood, building poles or fodder. Source: UN-REDD Programme