Haiti
07 Aug 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
August 2012: The Secretariat of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) has released issue 4.2/4.3 of UNCCD News. The latest issue features stories on the three winners of the UNCCD’s first Land for Life Award.
Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods (SOIL), Haiti, received the first prize, while Conservation Efforts for Community Development (CECOD), Uganda, and the Turkish Foundation for Combating Soil Erosion (TEMA), Turkey, received the second prize. The three winners,...
02 Aug 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
27 July 2012: The 2012 Substantive Session of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), which met from 2-27 July 2012, in New York, US, has concluded with the adoption of resolutions and decisions on support to Least Developed Countries (LDCs), coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance and poverty eradication, inter alia. It also addressed preparations for the UN General Assembly (UNGA) quadrennial comprehensive policy review (QCPR) of the UN system operational activities for...
02 Aug 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
19 July 2012: Germanwatch launched a website addressing loss and damage caused by climate change, aiming to support Least Developed Countries (LDCs) in calling for action on the issue. The topic is increasingly relevant for LDCs, Germanwatch notes, as agreement to deliver mitigation commitments in line with staying below 2°C/1.5°C has not been yet achieved.
The website is part of the “Loss and Damage in Vulnerable Countries Initiative,” which runs from February 2012 through March...
02 Aug 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
July 2012: The Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI) has released the first issue of its quarterly newsletter for the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) in the Caribbean islands, titled “Capacité.” The newsletter provides information on CANARI’s work in the region, and shares lessons learned and best practices from CEPF-supported projects and related initiatives.
The newsletter includes articles on: the role of the CEPF in participating countries (Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas,...
31 Jul 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
20 July 2012: The UNFCCC Secretariat organized a technical workshop to address water, climate change impacts and adaptation strategies under the Nairobi Work Programme on Impacts, Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change. The meeting was held in Mexico City, Mexico, from 18-20 July 2012.
The workshop aimed at assisting parties, in particular developing countries, including the least developed countries (LDCs) and small island developing Sates (SIDS), to improve and develop shared...
