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10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
An international seminar entitled “Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in the Tourism Sector: Frameworks, tools and practices,” which primarily focused on developing countries and small island developing States (SIDS), was held from 9-11 April 2008 in Oxford, the UK.
The event was jointly organized by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), Oxford University’s Centre for the Environment and the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and brought together some 30 high-level tourism and...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
The Second Committee (Economic and Financial) of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), at its 63rd session on 24 November 2008, approved by consensus a draft resolution calling for urgent global action to address climate change.
In the draft resolution, the UNGA would, inter alia, stress the seriousness of climate change, call for full implementation of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and recognize the need to provide financial and technical resources.
The Second Committee...
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...
