UNDP
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
3 September 2009: On the occasion of the World Climate Conference-3 (WCC-3), which convened in Geneva, Switzerland, from 31 August-3 September 2009, UN Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Helen Clark spoke on the need to improve climate prediction for climate risk management to safeguard progress made towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and poverty reduction in general.
Helen Clark highlighted the need to ensure that climate risk management strategies are built into...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
October 2009: Now available in English, Spanish and French, the UN Development Group’s (UNDG) Guidelines on Indigenous Peoples’ Issues call for indigenous peoples’ full participation in the definition and implementation of policies and plans related to climate change impact mitigation.
The Guidelines further stress that indigenous peoples’ traditional ecological knowledge should be considered as an important element within the adaptation debate. They highlight that the direct and indirect...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
The 5th Regional Steering Committee of the Oceanic Fisheries Management Project of the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency convened on 7 November 2009. This meeting was the final steering committee meeting for the project which concludes its first phase in December 2010. Discussions on a potential second phase of the Oceanic Fisheries Management Project agreed, inter alia: that the contribution of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
14 December 2009: On the sideline of the UN Copenhagen Climate Change Conference, the Global Forum on Oceans, Coasts, and Islands, the Government of Indonesia, and the European Environment Agency organized a special day to stress the central role of oceans in the Earth’s life support system and to address threats faced by coastal communities, especially in developing nations and small island States.
Oceans Day was held on 14 December 2009, and highlighted the direct link between climate...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
18 January 2010: The UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) has released the State of the World’s Indigenous Peoples’ Report, which highlights that indigenous peoples are among the first to feel the impacts of climate change even though their lifestyles are practically carbon neutral.The publication is a cooperative effort of independent experts working with the Secretariat of the UNPFII. It provides disaggregated data that show that indigenous persons often suffer from inadequate...
