Haiti
11 Jul 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
17 June 2012: The Secretariat of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) has announced three winners of its first “Land for Life Award,” highlighting community organizations that demonstrate tangible evidence of combating land degradation and promoting sustainable land management.
The UNCCD’s Land for Life Award winners, receiving a total of US$100,000, were announced at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20). The Award was launched at the 10th...
06 Jul 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
21 June 2012: A workshop organized by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Secretariat on implementing Article 6 on education, training and public awareness in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) has identified the need for dedicated financing, national plans and strategies to implement Article 6.
Participants from LDCs, as well as representatives from the EU, the UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)/UN CC:Learn, the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the UN...
06 Jul 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
5 June 2012: The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) announced that all 16 member governments have renewed their hurricane and earthquake insurance for the 2012-2013 policy year, and that the Facility has provided them with a 25% rebate on their 2011-2012 policy year premium because none of their policies had been triggered.
CCRIF is encouraging member governments to use the rebates either to purchase additional coverage or to fund steps to improve hazard risk resilience and...
28 Jun 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
19 June 2012: The UN Development Programme (UNDP) released its 2011-2012 Annual Report, “The Sustainable Future We Want,” which outlines UNDP’s field programmes and its contributions to raising awareness and changing policy.
The report includes chapters describing activities and achievements under each of UNDP’s four focal areas: poverty reduction and achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs); democratic governance; crisis prevention and recovery; and environment and sustainable...
28 Jun 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
22 June 2012: Haiti’s President Michel Martelly has announced a partnership with the World Food Programme (WFP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) to expand the country’s national school meals programme, combat malnutrition and assist farmers’ access to markets. Announcing the partnership at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20), representatives stressed that sustainable development is not possible if hunger and malnutrition are...
