UNFCCC
16 Jan 2012
The workshop will enable around 100 representatives from parties, relevant organizations, regional centers and networks, communities, and experts, to share climate data and information available in the public domain, exchange views on climate data and information needs within the context of adaptation planning, and possible roles of regional centers and other knowledge intermediaries in improving the provision, dissemination and application of climate data and information. [ for more...
16 Jan 2012
These meetings will coincide with the 31st meetings of the UNFCCC’s subsidiary bodies. Under the “roadmap” agreed at the UN Climate Change Conference in Bali in December 2007, COP 15 and COP/MOP 5 are expected to finalize an agreement on a framework for combating climate change post-2012, when the Kyoto Protocol’s first commitment period ends. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/15th-session-of-the-conference-of-the-parties-to-the-unfccc-and-fifth-session-of-the-meeting-of-...
16 Jan 2012
This regional workshop, organized by the UNFCCC Secretariat, will address issues relating to the needs of small island developing states. The meeting will take place in Saint Lucia, at a date to be confirmed. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/unfccc-regional-workshop-on-the-needs-of-small-island-developing-states/ ]
23 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
16 August 2011: The UNFCCC Secretariat has published submissions from observer organizations on approaches to address loss and damage associated with climate change impacts in developing countries that are particularly vulnerable to adverse effects of climate change to enhance adaptive capacity.
At its 34th session, the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) invited parties and and relevant organizations to submit to the Secretariat further views and information on: assessing the risk of loss...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
23 November 2010: The UNFCCC Secretariat has published a report (FCCC/SBI/2010/15) on the regional training workshops on the implementation of national adaptation programmes of action (NAPAs) held in 2009–2010.
The report provides a summary of the five regional training workshops on the implementation of NAPAs conducted by the Least Developed Countries Expert Group (LEG) in partnership with the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and its agencies over the period 2009- 2010. The five workshops...
