Timor-Leste
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
29 June 2011: The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the EU have released the June issue of their newsletter on the African, Caribbean and Pacific Multilateral Environment Agreements (ACP MEAs) project. The newest newsletter is sub-titled “The Future of the Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction in Small Island Developing States.”
The newsletter opens with a guest article by Jill Key, Pacific Hub coordinator, on the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
20 July 2011: The UN Security Council held its second thematic debate on “Maintenance of international peace and security: the impact of climate change,” on 20 July 2011, in New York, US. Many delegates expressed concern that adverse effects of climate change could aggravate existing threats to international peace and security. While noting that the loss of territory in some States due to sea-level rise, particularly in small, low-lying island States, could have security implications, the...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
15 July
2008: A UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) three-year pilot
project aimed to help rural communities harness the potential of solar energy
recently concluded in Timor-Leste.
Under
the pilot programme, carried out in communities on Atauro Island and in Aleiu
District, community members agreed to pay US$1.80 per month for the use of
solar lanterns, resulting in estimated community savings of US$1800. Sarina
Kilham, UNDESA Chief, said the pilot project has shown that...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
On 13 March 2009, environment and fisheries ministers from six Asia Pacific countries considered a draft Regional Action Plan for the Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI) on coral reefs, fisheries and food security, which establish a framework to tackle coastal and marine resource degradation in the Coral Triangle ecosystem.
Ministers from Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Solomon Islands and Timor-Leste are working to ensure the sustainable management of the Coral Triangle, a...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
16 September 2009: The Montreal Protocol celebrated the UN’s International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer on 16 September. To add to the celebrations, Timor-Leste announced its ratification of the Protocol, making the Montreal Protocol the first environmental agreement to achieve universal participation by 196 parties.
The Montreal Protocol, established to phase-out pollutants that damage the planet’s protective ozone layer, will in three months’ time have completely retired close...
