Timor-Leste
23 Jan 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
19 January 2012: A report by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) calls for an “energy plus” approach to sustainably reduce poverty by combining access to modern energy for heating, cooking and electricity with measures for income generation and improvement of health and education services.The report, “Towards an ‘Energy Plus’ Approach for the Poor,” is based of a review of 17 energy access projects implemented by governments, development agencies and the private sector in Asia-Pacific between...
16 Jan 2012
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) Expanded Constituency Workshop will gather participants from the Cook Islands, Fiji, Indonesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/gef-expanded-constituency-workshop-pacific-islands/ ]
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
March 2011: The Executive Board of the UN Development Programme (UNDP) has recently approved a strategic initiative to address the weak institutional capacities within Least Developed Countries (LDCs) to tackle climate change, known as “Boots on the Ground.”
Through this initiative, UNDP has recruited and trained 26 national climate change policy advisors and four regional experts to support this work in Southern Africa, Western Africa, Arab States and Asia-Pacific. National...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
20 May 2011: A meeting to follow up on the 10th meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP 10) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) took place in Nadi, Fiji, from 16-20 May 2011, on the theme of ”Implementing the Nagoya Outcomes: Review and Planning Meeting.”
According to the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), participants included representatives of the Cook Islands, Timor Leste, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
19 May 2011: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is providing a US$1 million grant from its concessional Technical Assistance Special Fund and the Global Environment Facility (GEF) is providing US$11.2 million in cofinancing in support of the Coastal and Marine Management Project to improve natural resource management and job alternatives in the Coral Triangle. The Governments of Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines are providing an additional US$3 million in non-cash contributions.
The Coral...
