Timor-Leste
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...
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...
