Timor-Leste
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,...
14 May 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
10 May 2012: The UN Development Programme (UNDP) has released its regional human development report for the Asia-Pacific region, focusing on the need for the region to find ways to continue to grow economically, while reducing poverty and tackling climate change and environmental concerns. The report addresses climate challenges facing small island developing States (SIDS) in the region due their low elevation.
Special focus is given to Least Developed Countries (LDCs), including Kiribati,...
10 May 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
9 May 2012: On the second day of the SIDS High-Level Conference on Sustainable Development for All (SE4ALL), which convened in Bridgetown, Barbados, from 7-8 May 2012, delegates from the three SIDS regions – the Pacific, Caribbean and Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Mediterranean, and South China Sea (AIMS) – unanimously adopted the Barbados Declaration, which will be taken to the Rio+20 Conference in June.
The Barbados Declaration addresses challenges, opportunities, commitments and initiatives on...
25 Apr 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
20 April 2012: The UNFCCC Secretariat has released a note containing information on financial support provided by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) for the preparation of national communications from Parties not included in Annex I to the Convention (CCC/SBI/2012/INF.7).
The note details of the financial support provided by the GEF for the preparation of initial and subsequent national communications from Parties not included in Annex I to the Convention (non-Annex I Parties). Annexed to...
