Timor-Leste
27 Jul 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
17 July 2012: The Secretariat of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) organized the Regional Designated National Authority (DNA) Training for Asia, the Pacific and Eastern Europe, which trained representatives of DNAs from the region on specific elements of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project cycle. Participating small island developing States (SIDS) included: Fiji, Kiribati, Micronesia, Solomon Islands, Timor Leste and Vanuatu.
The training took place in Manila,...
27 Jul 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
July 2012: The World Resources Institute (WRI), together with the Coral Triangle Support Partnership (CTSP), have released a reported titled “Reefs at Risk Revisited in the Coral Triangle.” The report was adapted from WRI’s 2011 global analysis of threats to coral reefs, titled “Reefs at Risk Revisited,” supplemented with additional information and data for the Coral Triangle region. The report was released at the 12th International Coral Reef Symposium, taking place from 9-13 July...
16 Jul 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
June 2012: The UN Economic and Social Council’s (ECOSOC) Committee for Development Policy (CDP) has published a background paper reviewing the role of climate change vulnerability in identifying Least Developed Countries (LDCs). It argues that climate change should not be regarded as a new and separate handicap, but as a factor that could aggravate existing handicaps to development.
The paper, titled “Climate Change Vulnerability and the Identification of Least Developed Countries,” is...
09 Jul 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
4 July 2012: The Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Security (CTI-CFF) has produced a white paper arguing that strategies to achieve CTI objectives also have been effective in achieving commitments from the 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED, or Rio Earth Summit), and now offer an opportunity to deliver on new emerging priorities from the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20).
Launched on 19 June 2012, on the sidelines of...
07 Jul 2012
This workshop is open to one member of civil society from: Cook Islands, Fiji, Indonesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu. It is an opportunity for civil society organizations to interact with other colleagues and learn first hand about the Global Environment Facility (GEF) strategies and programs. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/gef-pacific-extended-...
