Timor-Leste
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...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
18 July 2010: The Maldives hosted the second meeting of the ‘Cartagena Group/Dialogue for Progressive Action’ on 17-18 July 2010, at Bandos Island resort, near Male, as an informal space open to all countries committed to reaching an ambitious outcome through the UNFCCC negotiations, and to becoming or remaining low-carbon.
In a keynote speech, Maldives President Nasheed stressed that re-establishing confidence “must start in Cancun by reaching agreement across all core issues, especially the...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
July 2010: In order to strengthen support to Least Developed Countries (LDCs) in their work on climate change in the lead up to the negotiations in Cancun and beyond, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) has committed US$5.6 million toward a programme on “Strategic Investment in Addressing Climate Change in LDCs.”
The purpose of the programme is to strengthen the programmatic capacity in the area of climate change of select LDCs through the provision of focused expertise at the...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
5 August 2010: The 41st meeting of the Pacific Islands Forum, which took place in Port Vila, Vanuatu, from 4-5 August 2010, concluded with the issuance of a Communiqué, which contains a section on climate change.
According to the Communiqué, climate change remains the greatest threat to the livelihoods, security and well-being of the peoples of the Pacific. Pacific leaders stress the need for a meaningful legally-binding agreement on emissions reduction to be reached urgently and without delay...
