UNEP
21 Aug 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
August 2012: The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) Project has released a guidebook, titled “Accessing International Financing for Climate Change Mitigation.” The guidebook aims to assist developing countries in speeding up the transfer, deployment and diffusion of mitigation technologies, thereby enabling countries to contribute to climate change mitigation and reduce climate change impacts while pursuing national development goals.
The 142-page guidebook...
21 Aug 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
13 August 2012: The UN Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (UN‐REDD Programme) is inviting Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) to vote on eligible nominees to serve as CSO representatives to the UN-REDD Programme Policy Board.
Voting is open from 10-31 August 2012, from among the more than 100 nominations from across Africa, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America and the Caribbean. UN-REDD is seeking to identify four...
17 Aug 2012
The agenda for the First Meeting of the Signatories (MoS1) to the UNEP/CMS Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation of Migratory Sharks includes, inter alia: reports from the first, second and third sharks negotiation meetings; reports from signatories; consideration of a draft conservation plan; and administrative and budgetary matters. As of 18 June 2012, the following countries had signed the MOU: Congo, Costa Rica, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Palau, Philippines, Senegal, Togo, US...
16 Aug 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
10 August 2012: Participants at the Pacific Regional Preparatory Meeting for the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Conference of the Parties 11 (COP 11) gathered in Rotorua, New Zealand, from 10-13 August 2012, to prepare to engage at the international level in an effective manner. The meeting was coordinated by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), and funded by the EU through the African Caribbean Pacific Multilateral Environment Agreement (ACP MEAs)...
15 Aug 2012
This meeting will be attended by WIO-CC contries, the Nairobi Convention Secretariat, and other key partners. The meeting aims to foster collaboration among international, regional and national stakeholders and finalize the WIO-CC 20-year vision. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/second-technical-meeting-of-the-western-indian-ocean-coastal-challenge-wio-cc/ ]
