UNDP Governing Council Decision (89/58) - see pages 102-104 (UNV mentioned on p. 104)

Fri, 06/30/1989 - 12:00

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Revised budget estimates for the biennium 1988-1989 - Decides to charge the cost of the United Nations Volunteers to the programme support and administrative services budget of the United Nations Development Programme, as indicated in the appropriations table included in this decision.

Volunteers leading locally-owned climate action

Worldwide

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Approximately one billion people are engaging in voluntary action globally. Their activities range from delivering services, preparing and responding to disasters and providing technical assistance such as in mapping and monitoring climate and environmental data.

The growing environmental awareness, often enabled by powerful and cheap new mobile and open technologies, is further triggering new data collection and monitoring efforts by volunteers.

Volunteers leading locally-owned climate action

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The growing environmental awareness, often enabled by powerful and cheap new mobile and open technologies, is further triggering new data collection and monitoring efforts by volunteers.

Voluntary Mapping and Monitoring for Transformative, Locally-owned Climate Action

Tue, 12/05/2017 - 12:00

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The 2018 State of the World’s Volunteerism project (SWVR 2018) has published its first Policy Brief focusing on one way in which volunteers contribute to climate action – mapping and monitoring environmental risks. It discusses how volunteering can, with the right support, drive efforts to promote locally-owned resilience building and climate action as part of an all-of-society approach.

As our climate changes rapidly, it brings major new risks for communities. Across all societies, volunteers are at the forefront of responding to and coping with shocks, using local knowledge, networks, and capacities to build community resilience. But the scale and unpredictability of future risks, rising inequalities, and low capacities mean that new support is required to sustain this people-centred approach to climate resilience. The Policy Brief acknowledges how volunteers are already mapping and monitoring climate change at scale.