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Webinar: Using environmental screening tools – lessons learnt from the ‘MERA pilot’ project in Burkina Faso and the way forward, REH & Groupe URD, 14/09/2026 from 4.00 pm to 5.30 pm CET

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The Humanitarian Environment Network (REH) invites you to its next public webinar, focusing on rapid environmental screening tools in international aid.

As intervention contexts are increasingly marked by climate risks and environmental degradation, how can field teams practically integrate these issues into their projects?

On the agenda:

Timing (CET)InterventionsSpeaker(s)
4pm – 4 :10pmIntroductionCamille Burlet
4 :10pm – 4 :40pmResults of the MERA pilot project in Burkina Faso: The REH Environmental Assessments Working Group will present the lessons learned from the pilot project carried out with 13 international and national NGOs in Burkina Faso: how was MERA used in the field? What does a comparison with NEAT+ tell us? What recommendations are there for the future?REH EA WG
4 :40pm – 5pmStrengthening the capacities of local humanitarian actorsProgress update on the Environmental and Climate Mainstreaming in Humanitarian Action project, led by NRC and the Swedish Red Cross, targeting nearly 1,500 local humanitarian actors in 21 countriesNRC – Faissal Ouedragogo
5pm – 5 :25pmThe future of NEAT+: how should we respond to the threats facing this tool? Feedback on the joint position paper Save Our NEAT+, which calls on donors and decision-makers to ensure the sustainability of this essential tool, and future prospects.

Then, speach of Erika Clesceri, Co-Founder of the Joint Initiative for Greener Humanitarian Assistance.
Carina Rolly & Alicia Natalia Zamudio  

Erika Clesceri 
5 :25pm – 5 :30pmClosing timeCamille Burlet

This event is organised by the REH Environmental Assessment Working Group, with the support of Groupe URD. 

📢 The webinar will be in French and English with automatic subtitles available in both languages.

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