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10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
May 2010: The Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Unit of the Division for Sustainable Development (DSD) has published the sixth issue of SIDS Newsletter. This issue contains updates on preparations for the high-level meeting, to be convened on 24-25 September 2010, to carry out a five-year review of progress in addressing the vulnerabilities of SIDS through the Mauritius Strategy for Implementation (MSI+5).
In an update on informal consultations on the draft political declaration, the...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
1 July 2010: The seventh Meeting at the Leaders’ representative level of the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate took place in Rome, Italy, from 30 June-1 July 2010.
The meeting was attended by representatives from the 17 major economies, UN officials, and representatives from Bangladesh, Denmark, Barbados, Ethiopia, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates. Participants discussed various issues related to the international climate change negotiations and, according to the Chair...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
1 November 2010: The Second Committee (Economic and Financial) of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) began its consideration of sustainable development on 1 November in New York, U.S.
Before the Committee were the following documents: the report of the Secretary-General on the five-year review of the Mauritius Strategy for the Further Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States (MSI) (document A/65/115); a letter dated 9 September 2010...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
11 November 2010: The 22nd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Ministerial Meeting, held from 10-11 November 2010, in Yokohama, Japan, adopted a joint statement addressing, among other things, environmental goods and services (EGS), sustainable growth and energy security.
According to the joint statement, APEC ministers: reaffirm that EGS have a key role to play in fostering sustainable growth, advancing efforts to combat climate change and to protect the environment; reiterate support...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
October 2010: The UNFCCC Secretariat has held a regional training workshop on 26-28 October 2010 in Singapore on preparing technology transfer projects for financing.
Participants, which included representatives from Fiji, Maldives, Singapore, Palau, Solomon Islands and Samoa, were trained in preparing project proposals for financing, with special attention to risk management and financial structuring. The training was based on material in the UNFCCC guidebook on preparing technology transfer...
