UNDESA
30 Jan 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
29 January 2012: The initial discussions on the “zero draft” of the outcome document for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20) took place at UN Headquarters in New York, from 25-27 January 2012. The zero draft was developed by the Co-Chairs and Bureau of the UNCSD Preparatory Committee.
In their opening statements, delegates agreed that the draft would serve as the basis for negotiations between now and the Conference, scheduled to take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil...
26 Jan 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
25 January 2012: An inter-agency report, titled “Green Economy in a Blue World,” concludes that the ecological health and economic productivity of marine and coastal ecosystems can be enhanced from well-managed marine sectors.
The synthesis report analyzes how key sectors that are interlinked with the marine and coastal environment can make the transition towards a green economy and identifies recommendations across six marine-based economic sectors.
On fisheries and aquaculture,...
23 Jan 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
16 January 2012: The Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP) has published a report titled ”The Global Bioenergy Partnership Sustainability Indicators for Bioenergy,” which represents the first global, government-level consensus on sustainability indicators for bioenergy. Publication of the report was announced at the opening of the World Future Energy Summit (WFES) and the launch of the International Year of Sustainable Energy for All, in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
The report introduces 24...
18 Jan 2012
Based on the decision taken at the UNCSD Bureau meeting on 22 December 2011, this meeting will be the first "informal informal" consultation to negotiate the draft Outcome Document. This meeting will be followed by the Third Intersessional Meeting, which will take place from 26-27 March. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/second-informal-informal-on-uncsd-draft-outcome-document/ ]
17 Jan 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) have often been considered some of the most vulnerable countries to environmental changes and external shocks. In 1992, the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) identified SIDS as requiring special consideration (Chapter 17 of Agenda 21). This recognition led to the Barbados Programme of Action (BPOA), which was adopted at the Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of SIDS in 1994. Ten years after agreement on this...
