Guyana
26 Jun 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
20 June 2012: The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) was officially established as an international organization at a signing ceremony held at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20), co-hosted by Australia, Denmark and the Republic of Korea, on 20 June 2012.
The Republic of Korea initiated the GGGI in June 2010 to develop and promote the economic model of green growth as a pathway to sustainable development. The GGGI is a multi-stakeholder partnership between...
10 May 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
9 May 2012: On the second day of the SIDS High-Level Conference on Sustainable Development for All (SE4ALL), which convened in Bridgetown, Barbados, from 7-8 May 2012, delegates from the three SIDS regions – the Pacific, Caribbean and Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Mediterranean, and South China Sea (AIMS) – unanimously adopted the Barbados Declaration, which will be taken to the Rio+20 Conference in June.
The Barbados Declaration addresses challenges, opportunities, commitments and initiatives on...
10 May 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
3 May 2012: The UNFCCC Secretariat has released two joint submissions from Parties containing their views on issues identified in decision 1/CP.16, paragraph 72 and appendix II (FCCC/SBSTA/2012/MISC.1/Add.1) on policy approaches and positive incentives on issues relating to reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries, and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks (REDD+).
These submissions are...
09 May 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
7 May 2012: The UNFCCC Secretariat has released the submissions from Bolivia and Ecuador containing their views on a framework for various approaches (FCCC/AWGLCA/2012/MISC.4/Add.1). The submissions relate to the agenda item of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA) on the development of proposals to enhance the cost-effectiveness of, and to promote, mitigation actions, bearing in mind different circumstances of developed and developing countries...
09 May 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
7 May 2012: The UNFCCC Secretariat has released a new submission from Costa Rica on behalf of Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Panama and Peru, containing their views on the new market-based mechanism (FCCC/AWGLCA/2012/MISC.6/Add.1).
These submissions are in addition to the 12 submissions contained in document (FCCC/AWGLCA/2012/MISC.6). In addition to the new submission, the UNFCCC Secretariat has released the translation into Spanish of the submission from Bangladesh, Cameroon, the...
