Singapore
12 Jun 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
June 2012: The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), has published the fourth issue of its newsletter. In the forward, Adnan Amin, IRENA Director-General, observes that the organization has shifted focus from legal and institutional issues to a more substantive programme implementation and strategic direction.
The newsletter highlights activities undertaken by the Director-General and organization from February to April 2012. In addition to meeting with the French Government and...
08 Jun 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
6 June 2012: The World Future Council, an international policy research organization, has announced its list of nominees for the Future Policy Award, including 31 policies from 22 countries and regions aiming to protect oceans and coasts.
For this year’s edition of the award, the World Future Council partnered with the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). The nominated...
07 Jun 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
23 May 2012: The High-level meeting on “Sustainable Cities: Rio+20 and Beyond” focused on the role of cities in achieving sustainable development and provided examples of sustainable urban development.
The meeting, which was organized by the Group of Friends for Sustainable Cities, in collaboration with the UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT), was held on 21 May 2012, in New York, US. During the meeting, participants heard a range of presentations, including one from the Brazilian...
18 May 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
16 May 2012: The in-session workshop on equitable access to sustainable development took place in Bonn, Germany, during the UN Climate Change Conference. The workshop aimed to enhance Parties’ understanding of ensuring equitable access to sustainable development and its possible operationalization, particularly in the context of identifying the timeframe for the peaking of global emissions and the global goal for emission reductions in 2050.
Held on 16 May 2012, the workshop was opened by...
28 Feb 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
24 February 2012: The Global Partnership for Oceans, a coalition of governments, international organizations, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and private interests, has been launched to address the challenges to oceans management and governance, including over-fishing, marine degradation and habitat loss.
The Partnership, which was launched at The Economist’s World Oceans Summit in Singapore, is supported by, inter alia: the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of the UN...
