UNDESA
07 Nov 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
2 November 2012: The latest issue of the newsletter of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) features an interview with Seychelles’ Foreign Minister, Jean-Paul Adam. Adam discussed: the effects on Pacific and Indian Ocean countries of rising sea-levels; ocean acidification and its effects on food security; the role of tourism in the economies of small island developing States (SIDS); and the upcoming international conference on sustainable development of SIDS in 2014....
04 Oct 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
September 2012: The UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Division for Sustainable Development (DSD) has released a report examining adaptation to climate change in sectors including water resources, coastal ecosystems and renewable energy. While this report focuses on Grenada, the broader project, “Integrating Climate Change into National Sustainable Development Strategies in Latin America and the Caribbean,” addresses primary concerns of small island developing States (SIDS). ...
02 Aug 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
27 July 2012: The 2012 Substantive Session of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), which met from 2-27 July 2012, in New York, US, has concluded with the adoption of resolutions and decisions on support to Least Developed Countries (LDCs), coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance and poverty eradication, inter alia. It also addressed preparations for the UN General Assembly (UNGA) quadrennial comprehensive policy review (QCPR) of the UN system operational activities for...
02 Jul 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
29 June 2012: The Division for Sustainable Development (DSD) of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) has begun a project on designing green economies in small island developing States (SIDS). The Division, along with the Ministry of Carriacou and Petite Martinique Affairs, and the Ministry of Environment, Foreign Trade and Export Development of Grenada released a study titled “Road Map on Building a Green Economy for Sustainable Development in Carriacou and Petite Martinique...
29 Jun 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
28 June 2012: The UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20) Secretariat has reported receiving 715 voluntary commitments, including commitments that will mobilize more than US$500 billion in action towards sustainable development. These include 52 government commitments, 82 UN/IGO commitments and 581 Major Group and civil society commitments. Sha Zukang, UNCSD Secretary-General, said the voluntary commitments complement the official outcome, and “are a major part of the...
