UNFCCC

UNFCCC Reports on Capacity Building Activities in Developing Countries
04 Apr 2013 | SIDS Policy and Practice
28 March 2013: The UNFCCC Secretariat has released a report to support the Subsidiary Body for Implementation’s (SBI) annual monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of the framework for capacity-building in developing countries. The report features sections on, inter alia: the overview of information reported by parties; capacity building activities under the Kyoto Protocol; and capacity building activities undertaken by UN organizations and other institutions. It contains...
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UNFCCC Subsidiary Bodies June 2013
02 Apr 2013
The UNFCCC subsidiary bodies will meet from 3-14 June 2013. SBI 38 and SBSTA 38 will convene. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/unfccc-subsidiary-bodies/ ]
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GCF Board Adopts Business Model Framework
22 Mar 2013 | SIDS Policy and Practice
15 March 2013: The Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board concluded its third meeting with the adoption of a series of decisions on, among other things, the Board’s rules of procedure, the GCF’s business model framework and resource mobilization, and establishment of its independent secretariat. The meeting, which took place from 13-15 March 2013, in Berlin, Germany, also adopted decisions on modalities for readiness and preparatory support, arrangements between the Conference of the Parties (COP) to...
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GEF Holds Workshop on Monitoring, Capacity Building in Western Sahel
19 Mar 2013 | SIDS Policy and Practice
14 March 2013: The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has completed a three-day Expanded Capacity Workshop (ECW) for the West African Sahel, bringing together focal points from the GEF, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), and the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs). Representatives from civil society, the GEF Secretariat, and the GEF Agencies, also...
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Like-Minded Developing Countries Urge Ambitious Mitigation Commitments by Developed Countries
12 Mar 2013 | SIDS Policy and Practice
1 March 2013: Members of the the Like-Minded Developing Countries in Climate Change (LMDC) met in Geneva, Switzerland, on 1 March 2013, to discuss the outcomes of the 18th session of Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP 18). The meeting was attended by representatives of Bolivia, China, Cuba, Ecuador, Egypt, India, Mali, Malaysia, Nicaragua, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Thailand and Venezuela. Stressing that the developing countries will have to deal with most of the adverse effects of...
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