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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-233/annex-II/division-A/division-I",
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  "legislation": "eur/2014/233",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) No 233/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2014 establishing a financing instrument for development cooperation for the period 2014-2020",
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  "path": "annex/II/division/A/division/I",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "I",
  "heading": "Environment and climate change",
  "text": "(a) Contributing to the external dimension of the Union's environment and climate change policies with full respect for the principle of policy coherence for development and other principles set out in the TFEU;\n(b) working upstream in assisting developing countries to achieve the MDGs or any subsequent framework agreed by the Union and the Member States, related to the sustainable use of natural resources and environmental sustainability;\n(c) implementing the Union initiatives and agreed commitments at international and regional level and/or of a transboundary character particularly in the areas of climate change through the promotion of climate resilient low carbon strategies giving priority to strategies to promote biodiversity, protection of ecosystems and natural resources, sustainable management including oceans, land, water, fisheries and forests (for example through mechanisms such as FLEGT), desertification, integrated water resource management, sound chemicals and waste management, resource efficiency and the green economy;\n(d) increasing the integration and mainstreaming of climate change and environmental objectives in Union development cooperation through support for methodological and research work on, in and by developing countries, including monitoring, reporting and verification mechanisms, ecosystem mapping, assessment and valuation, enhancing environmental expertise and promoting innovative actions and policy coherence;\n(e) strengthening environmental governance and supporting international policy development to improve the coherence and efficiency of global governance of sustainable development, by assisting regional and international environmental monitoring and assessment, and by promoting effective compliance and enforcement measures in developing countries for multilateral environmental agreements;\n(f) integrating both disaster risk management and climate change adaptation into development planning and investment, and promoting the implementation of strategies which aim to reduce disaster risk such as protecting ecosystems and restoring wetlands;\n(g) recognising the decisive role of agriculture and livestock-keeping in climate change policies by promoting smallholder agriculture and livestock farming as autonomous adaptation and mitigation strategies in the South due to their sustainable use of natural resources such as water and pasture.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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