UNFCCC
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
2 June 2010: The UNFCCC Secretariat has published a submission (FCCC/CP/2010/3) from Grenada, on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), consisting of a proposed protocol to the Convention for adoption at the 16th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 16), to take place in Cancun, Mexico, at the end of 2010.
The UNFCCC Secretariat has also published a proposal (FCCC/KP/CMP/2010/3) from Grenada, on behalf of AOSIS, for amendments to the Kyoto Protocol pursuant to Article...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
31 May 2010: The Bonn Climate Change Talks began on 31 May 2010, and are scheduled to conclude on 11 June. The meeting brings together representatives from 182 countries and will include the 32nd sessions of the Subsidiary Bodies of the UNFCCC, the tenth session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA 10) and the 12th session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP 12).
The main...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
10 June 2010: The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a paper titled “Overview of health considerations within National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPAs) for climate change in least developed countries (LDCs) and small
island States,” which aims to ensure that health is a central component in the preparation of NAPAs.
The paper reviews health considerations within NAPAs, focusing on three main aspects: identified health impacts; adaptation needs and proposed adaptation actions;...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
9 July 2010: The UNFCCC Secretariat has published a document containing a second iteration of text to facilitate negotiations among parties under the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA) (FCCC/AWGLCA/2010/8).
The text reflects the AWG-LCA Chair’s sense of how the text could be advanced to further facilitate negotiations among parties based on the work undertaken by the AWG-LCA at its 10th session. [The Document]
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
6 August 2010: The 11th session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA 11) and the 13th session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP 13) took place from 2-6 August 2010, in Bonn, Germany, bringing together over 1650 participants.
The AWG-LCA considered a text circulated by the Group’s Chair in July 2010 (FCCC/AWGLCA/2010/8). The text was intended to facilitate negotiations in...
