Timor-Leste
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-...
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...
22 Jun 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
21 June 2012: The UN Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (OHRLLS) has released an advanced version of the UN Secretary-General’s report “Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2011 to 2020.”
The report assesses progress on the implementation of the Istanbul Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) for the decade 2011–2020,...
