Geneva landscape: Climate Change
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Climate Change as a Peace and Justice Concern: Advocacy
Quaker United Nations Office (HQ: Geneva and New York; 1 in Geneva working on HDP-climate related projects)
Project partners: Unknown
Contact point: Lindsey Cook
International
QUNO approaches climate change as a peace and justice concern. We advocate for the integration of human rights-based approaches within climate policy to create more legitimate, peaceful and sustainable climate policy, benefitting people and the planet, and receiving more public support. Human rights-based approaches integrate biodiversity protection, gender, youth, Indigenous peoples’ rights, human rights, and meaningful participation in decision-making, which are all peace-building elements.
Timeline of project: Ongoing
Sectors: Climate Change, Peacebuilding, Human Rights
Additional element: Advocacy
Climate and Peace Investment Fund
Project partners: Incofin, Peace Dividend Initiative, Nordic Development Fund
Contact point: Richard Bailey
International
The Climate and Peace Investment Fund (CPIF) is a blended finance investment vehicle designed to support climate resilience and build sustainable peace in fragile and conflict-affected states (FCAS). The fund will mobilize public and private capital to invest (debt) in local financial institutions, which in turn provide financing to micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) working in climate-relevant sectors.
Timeline of project: Ongoing
Sectors: Climate Change, Peacebuilding
Additional element: Private sector integration
No link available.
EU-UNEP Partnership on Climate, Environment, Peace & Security
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) (HQ: Geneva; 3 in Geneva working on HDP-climate related projects)
Project partners: EU
Contact point: Silja Halle
International and region/community-specific:
In its first phase (2017-2022), the partnership delivered global, national, and local analysis of climate-security risks, successfully tested integrated programming approaches to resilience-building in conflict-affected and fragile settings and strengthened institutional capacities to address climate-related security risks through training, and technical support. Phase 2 (2022-2027) aims to address critical gaps in data and capacity for analysis, policy formulation and intervention design in order to help scale preventive action on climate-related security risks to the transboundary and regional levels, where critical ecosystems are shared by communities and States.
Timeline of project: 2017-2027
Sectors: Climate Change, Environment, Peacebuilding
Additional element: Knowledge hub development
Climate Change, Water and Energy in the Middle East: The complicated story in five maps
Zoï Environment Network (HQ: Geneva; 2 in Geneva working on HDP-climate related projects)
Project partners: Unknown
Contact point: Otto Simonett
Middle East
The five maps in this collection tell the complicated story of the Water-Energy-Food-Environment Nexus in the Middle East. Cartographer Matthias Beilstein’s maps, crafted with Swiss precision, are meant for map-lovers, aficionados and others who are simply interested in geography or geopolitics in one of the world’s climate change and security hotspots.
Timeline of project: Unknown
Sectors: Peacebuilding, Environment, Climate Change
Additional element: Communications
Projects, programs, and activities
Climate Change as a Peace and Justice Concern: Advocacy
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QUNO approaches climate change as a peace and justice concern. We advocate for the integration of human rights-based approaches within climate policy to create more legitimate, peaceful and sustainable climate policy, benefitting people and the planet, and receiving more public support. Human rights-based approaches integrate biodiversity protection, gender, youth, Indigenous peoples’ rights, human rights, and meaningful participation in decision-making, which are all peace-building elements.
Quaker United Nations Office (HQ: Geneva and New York; 1 in Geneva working on HDP-climate related projects)
Project partners: Unknown
Contact point: Lindsey Cook
International
Timeline of project: Ongoing
Sectors: Climate Change, Peacebuilding, Human Rights
Additional element: Advocacy
Climate Change, Water and Energy in the Middle East: The complicated story in five maps
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The five maps in this collection tell the complicated story of the Water-Energy-Food-Environment Nexus in the Middle East. Cartographer Matthias Beilstein’s maps, crafted with Swiss precision, are meant for map-lovers, aficionados and others who are simply interested in geography or geopolitics in one of the world’s climate change and security hotspots.
Zoï Environment Network (HQ: Geneva; 2 in Geneva working on HDP-climate related projects)
Project partners: Unknown
Contact point: Otto Simonett
Middle East
Timeline of project: Unknown
Sectors: Peacebuilding, Environment, Climate Change
Additional element: Communications
Climate and Peace Investment Fund
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The Climate and Peace Investment Fund (CPIF) is a blended finance investment vehicle designed to support climate resilience and build sustainable peace in fragile and conflict-affected states (FCAS). The fund will mobilize public and private capital to invest (debt) in local financial institutions, which in turn provide financing to micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) working in climate-relevant sectors.
Project partners: Incofin, Peace Dividend Initiative, Nordic Development Fund
Contact point: Richard Bailey
International
Timeline of project: Ongoing
Sectors: Climate Change, Peacebuilding
Additional element: Private sector integration
No link available.
EU-UNEP Partnership on Climate, Environment, Peace & Security
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In its first phase (2017-2022), the partnership delivered global, national, and local analysis of climate-security risks, successfully tested integrated programming approaches to resilience-building in conflict-affected and fragile settings and strengthened institutional capacities to address climate-related security risks through training, and technical support. Phase 2 (2022-2027) aims to address critical gaps in data and capacity for analysis, policy formulation and intervention design in order to help scale preventive action on climate-related security risks to the transboundary and regional levels, where critical ecosystems are shared by communities and States.
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) (HQ: Geneva; 3 in Geneva working on HDP-climate related projects)
Project partners: EU
Contact point: Silja Halle
International and region/community-specific:
Timeline of project: 2017-2027
Sectors: Climate Change, Environment, Peacebuilding
Additional element: Knowledge hub development