UNEP
12 Nov 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
October 2012: The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the European Commission have released the June 2012 issue of the newsletter on the Multilateral Environment Agreements in African, Caribbean and Pacific countries (ACP MEAs) Project. The newsletter features a guest article on the ways in which pesticide management contributes to the implementation of Multilateral Environment Agreements (MEAs).
The article by Mark Davis and Francesca Mancini, Pesticide Risk Reduction Group, Food and...
05 Nov 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
2 November 2012: At its 9th Policy Board meeting, the UN Collaborative Programme on reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries (UN-REDD) approved US$ 47.6 million in funding over two years for global and national actions.
The funding, to cover activities in 2013 and 2014, will support both national level actions in support of reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and...
30 Oct 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
30 September 2012: The Latin American Energy Organization (OLADE) and the UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Risoe Centre organized a regional workshop for the Caribbean intended to enhance capacity and examine lessons learned regarding the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Programme of Activities (PoA) and Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs).
The workshop was held from 25-27 September 2012, in Kingston, Jamaica, with support from Jamaica’s Environment Ministry and...
26 Oct 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
17 October 2012: The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme has announced it has signed Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) with the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Secretariat.
The MOU between SPREP and UNEP covers cooperation between the two organizations over the next five years. Planned cooperation includes the exchange of environmental information, and capacity building for Pacific island countries (PICs) to access and...
23 Oct 2012
The ninth meeting of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee (POPRC 9) will review chlorinated naphthalenes, hexachlorobutadiene, hexabromocyclododecane, and pentachlorophenol and its salts and esters, as well as discuss other technical work such as the impact of climate change on the POPRC’s work and common issues in applying Annex E criteria. A joint meeting with the Rotterdam Convention’s Chemical Review Committee (CRC) may be held on 19 October 2013, if approved by the joint...
