UNDP
05 Jun 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
4 June 2012: The UN-REDD Programme has supported the first South-South exchange on participatory governance assessments (PGA) for REDD+ (reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries, and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks).
Held in Bogor, Indonesia, from 17-18 April 2012, the workshop brought together participants from nine UN-REDD partner countries (Ecuador, Indonesia, Viet Nam, Nigeria,...
04 Jun 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
29 May 2012: Two Caribbean climate experts are visiting the central Pacific island of Kiribati to study and learn lessons from the climate challenges faced by atoll countries. The visit was arranged as part of the UN Development Programme’s (UNDP) project on “South-South Cooperation between Pacific and Caribbean small island developing States (SIDS) on Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management.”
David Farrell, Caribbean Institute of Meteorology, and Lorna Inniss,...
25 May 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
21 May 2012: The UN Development Programme (UNDP) has reported on progress achieved in the reforestation of the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic under a project titled Green Border, implemented by UNDP in partnership with the UN Environmental Programme (UNEP) and the World Food Programme (WFP).
The Green Border is a four-year project on the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic that aims to reduce community vulnerability to natural disaster risk in shared rivers and...
22 May 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
18 April 2012: The UN Development Programme (UNDP) Asia-Pacific Regional Centre and the Government of France co-organized a cartoon contest to support advocacy that brings people to the centre of climate change and human development debates. The contest encouraged people from Asia-Pacific developing countries to portray issues of concern related to climate change in the region from a people’s perspective.
In total, eight artists from Bangladesh, China, India, Lao PDR, Palau, Papua New Guinea...
22 May 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
7 May 2012: The UN Development Programme (UNDP) is supporting Tokelau, a group of 3 small atolls in the South Pacific Ocean, to overcome its dependency on fossil fuels and meet its energy needs entirely through renewable energy by the end of 2012.
Even with its small population of 1,400, Tokelau currently imports over US$800,000 in fossil fuels every year. Through this initiative, Tokelau will become the first Small Island Developing State (SIDS) to obtain 100% of its energy from renewable...
