Annex 5. Sources to understand the environment and climate context

An understanding of the key environmental and climate change issues related to a given country or region is important to make the most of opportunities to green EU cooperation programmes. This annex provides links to basic sources of information.

Environment

• EU supported Country Environmental Profiles (CEPs) and Regional Environmental Profiles (REPs)
• UNEP/EU Interactive Country Fiches. Provide a system of interactive and updatable environmental pro- files for the analysis of environmental situations and performances around the world.
• UN environmental statistics – country snapshots
• Environmental Performance Index (EPI) - a data-driven summary of the state of sustainability
• Land use – FAO country statistics and indicators
• Global Forest resources - country assessments
• State of the marine environment

 Biodiversity

• NaturAfrica: The Green Deal approach for EU support to biodiversity conservation in Africa
• Inputs for a strategic approach to biodiversity conservation:
  • In Latin America and the Caribbean (Larger than jaguars)
  • In Asia (Larger than tigers)
  • In Africa (Larger than elephants)
• National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs). Section VII of each Sixth National Report includes an updated biodiversity profile containing biodiversity facts and information on NBSAP implementation.
• Maps on the status of implementation of each Aichi target.
• Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. Includes regional and thematic assessments on the status of ecosystems.
• Endangered and threatened species:
  • Information on taxonomy, legislation, distribution and trade in species listed in multilateral environmental agreements notably the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
  • The Red List Index (RLI), trends in overall extinction risk for species

Desertification

• Country profiles of parties to the UNCCD, to maintain and restore land and soil productivity, and to mitigate the effects of drought

Climate Change

• National Communications to the UNFCCC
• Registry of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC)
• World Bank Country Climate and Development Reports (CCDR)
• Copernicus climate change service
• Global Adaptation Index (ND-GAIN) on vulnerability and preparedness to climate change
• Health and climate change country profiles
• Climate risk regional or country profiles by international actors
  • World Bank
  • Asian Development Bank
  • African Development Bank
  • USAID

Disaster Risk Reduction

• INFORM, quantitative analysis relevant to humanitarian crises and disasters
• UNDRR risk country profiles
• GFDRR risk country profiles
• National Sendai Framework platforms