UNFCCC
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...
04 Oct 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
3 October 2012: The second UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) workshop on long-term finance focused on approaches to scale-up climate finance and create enabling environments. Parties, private sector and civil society stakeholders held in-depth discussions on new and innovative sources of climate finance, various approaches and strategies to mobilize climate finance, and ways to strengthen developing countries’ capacity for improved access to climate finance.
To ensure...
13 Sep 2012
The second in the UNFCCC Webinar Series on Long-term Finance will focus on issues related to adaptation finance in developing countries, including: the potential of existing and new sources of public finance in addressing adaption finance needs of developing countries; lessons learned from the experience of bilateral and multilateral adaptation financing mechanisms; the role of the UNFCCC’s financial mechanism; the replicability and scalability of adaptation funding models based on the...
13 Sep 2012
The first in the UNFCCC webinar series on Long-term Finance will focus on approaches to assessing financing needs for the implementation of mitigation and adaption measures in developing countries in the longer term. The webinar will review: methodologies for measuring climate-related finance needs; lessons learned from application of “top-down” and “bottom-up” approaches to climate finance needs assessments; conditions for accurate assessments of mitigation and adaptation finance needs in...
