UNEP
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
7 December 2008: On the sidelines of the 14th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC, taking place in Poznan, Poland, the UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Climate Neutral Network (CN Net), a coalition of public, private and governmental entities, has gained new participants.
The new participants include: URBN Hotels, China’s first carbon neutral hotel; Tesco Lotus, Thailand’s largest supermarket chain; Rios Tropicales, a Costa Rican eco-adventure company; and the Pacific...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
February 2009: The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) is convening the twenty-fifth session of the Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum (GC-25/GMEF), in Nairobi, Kenya, from 16-20 February 2009.
Ministers are considering two themes, Globalization and the Environment: Global Crises: National Chaos? and International Environmental Governance and United Nations Reform – IEG: Help or Hindrance? Delegates are also considering reports on: strengthening the scientific and financial...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
7 April 2009: According to the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Division of Early Warning and Assessment (DEWA), the collapse of an ice bridge linking the Wilkins ice shelf to two Antarctic islands may indirectly influence sea level rise, as the decay of the ice shelf will reduce the stability of the glaciers that are feeding it.
The Wilkins shelf, which is the size of Jamaica, has been retreating since the 1990s. It is one of many Antarctic ice shelves that have begun to break up over the past...
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
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...
