FAO
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
4 April 2011: The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) has published its fourth Climate Change News Update. The March-April 2011 issue of News Update compiles major international and regional climate change news, including climate change-related events, studies, reports and resource materials.
The 4th issue of News Update includes news stories about the ongoing UNFCCC Ad hoc Working Group meetings in Bangkok, Thailand. It also includes regional news about climate change-related...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
April 2011: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) has released reports on forests and forestry in the Asia-Pacific region, looking forward to 2020, and including subregional reports and analyses for Southeast Asia, East Asia, the Pacific and the Greater Mekong. An additional report examines “Forest policies, legislation and institutions in Asia and the Pacific. Trends and emerging needs for 2020.”
In “Asia-Pacific forests and forestry to 2020,” the FAO...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
13 May 2011: Over 7,000 participants, including Heads of State and government, international organizations’ representatives and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), gathered in Istanbul, Turkey, to attend the Fourth UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC IV) from 9-13 May 2011. The Conference aimed to assess the results of the 10-year Brussels Action Plan for the LDCs, which was adopted in 2001, and to agree on new measures and strategies for the sustainable development of LDCs...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
19 May 2011: The Executive Board of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has confirmed its call for UNESCO to develop a coherent Biodiversity Initiative encompassing all areas of competence and work of UNESCO – natural and social sciences, education, culture and communication. The Initiative will focus on the underlying drivers of biodiversity erosion and loss, and will encompass actions aimed at providing assistance to UNESCO member States underpinning the...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
3 August 2011: The UN CC:Learn Steering Group has announced the selection of Benin, Uganda and the Dominican Republic to participate in the 2011-2013 pilot implementation phase of the UN CC:Learn’s “Pilot Projects to Strengthen Human Resources, Learning and Skills Development,” aimed at supporting countries to develop a strategic approach to climate change learning.
The announcement is the outcome of the Steering Group’s second meeting, which was held from 7-8 July 2011 in Geneva,...
