UNFCCC
08 Nov 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
5 October 2012: The UNFCCC Secretariat has released the workshop report on the process and requirements for the accreditation of national implementing entities (NIEs) for direct access under the Adaptation Fund (AF) to the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (COP/MOP)(FCCC/KP/CMP/2012/10).
The report contains information on the four workshops on NIE process and requirements held in 2011 and 2012 for the African, Latin American and the Caribbean...
22 Oct 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
20 October 2012: During its second meeting, the Board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) selected Songdo, Incheon City, Republic of Korea, as the host city of the Fund.
Six countries had submitted bids to host the GCF, and were thanked by the Board for submitting their offers. The selection was adopted by consensus following a confidential balloting process during the 18-20 October 2012 Board meeting, which took place in Songdo, Incheon City, Republic of Korea. Additional agenda items included:...
11 Oct 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
8 October 2012: Delivering a lecture titled “Is anything being done on climate change?” at the Central Bank of Barbados in Bridgetown, Barbados, Christiana Figueres, UNFCCC Executive Secretary, conveyed three messages, namely that: climate change is happening; the world is doing something about it, “not enough, but we are walking in the right direction;” and much more can be done at the national level.
Figueres underscored that current climate modelling has underestimated both the...
11 Oct 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
8 October 2012: The UNFCCC Secretariat has published a document containing the views and information from parties and relevant organizations on the possible elements to be included in the recommendations on loss and damage (FCCC/SBI/2012/MISC.14).
The submissions were made in response to the invitation by the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) at its 35th session for parties, relevant organizations and other stakeholders to submit to the Secretariat their views and information on the...
09 Oct 2012
The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Secretariat has organized a series of regional expert meetings to address issues related to a range of approaches to address loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change, including impacts related to extreme weather events and slow-onset events. The experts at the meetings consider: approaches and tools for assessing risk; lessons learned from current efforts in the public and private sectors; design of...
