EU
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
4 November 2009: The UNFCCC Secretariat has published a submission by the EU on the operation of funds under the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF), and the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) to inform the review of the financial mechanism by the 31st session of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) in Copenhagen (FCCC/SBI/2009/MISC.10).
The submission highlights the role of the GEF, as a key part of the financial architecture to be agreed upon...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
1 December 2009: The Climate Change Programme of the UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), together with its consortium partner MWH Global, has secured a contract to implement the EU-funded Global Climate Change Alliance (GCCA).
The GCCA is a support facility aimed at assisting developing countries to increase their climate change adaptive capacity, in support of the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Its objective is to support particularly vulnerable countries...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
5 March 2010: Caribbean and EU diplomats, as well as representatives from civil society, met to discuss an enhanced Caribbean–EU partnership at a seminar in Barbados held from 4-5 March 2010, with a view to launching a drafting process of a new EU-Caribbean strategy addressing, inter alia, challenges related to climate change.
Seminar participants discussed priorities and areas of strategic importance for both the Caribbean and the EU, and assessed strengths, weaknesses and achievements of the...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
24 March 2010: The first CARIFORUM-EU Political Dialogue was held in Kingston, Jamaica, on 23 March 2010, to discuss issues of common interest. Among the challenges facing the Caribbean, delegates discussed the global financial crisis, regional food security, high dependence on energy and problems related to climate change and natural disasters.
Participants discussed the idea of a bi-regional EU-CARIFORUM conference on climate change ahead of the 16th session of the Conference of the Parties...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
10 May 2010: On 10 May 2010, delegates at the 18th session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD 18) considered the CSD 18 thematic topics as they relate to small island developing States (SIDS) and conducted a review of the implementation of the Mauritius Strategy for the Implementation (MSI) of the Barbados Plan of Action for the Sustainable Development of SIDS (PrepCom for MSI+5).
Delegates’ discussions were guided by the Secretary-General’s report on the Review of the...
