UNFCCC

LEG 22 Meeting
30 Aug 2012
The Least Developed Countries Expert Group (LEG) will meet in late September 2012. The LEG aims to support the preparation and implementation strategy of national adaptation programmes of action (NAPAs). [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/leg-22-meeting/ ]
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LEG Workshop for Pacific LDCs
30 Aug 2012
The Least Developed Countries Expert Group (LEG) workshop for Pacific least developed countries (LDCs) will take place from 28 September to 3 October 2012, in Tuvalu. The LEG aims to support the preparation and implementation strategy of national adaptation programmes of action (NAPAs). [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/leg-workshop-for-pacific%c2%a0ldcs/ ]
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First Meeting of the UNFCCC Standing Committee
30 Aug 2012
The first meeting of the UNFCCC Standing Committee will take place on 6-8 September 2012, in Bangkok, Thailand. The Committee was created to assist the Conference of the Parties (COP) in exercising its functions in relation to the financial mechanism of the Convention in terms of improving coherence and coordination in the delivery of climate change financing, rationalization of the financial mechanism, mobilization of financial resources and measurement, reporting and verification of support...
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GCF Inaugural Board Meeting Elects Co-Chairs, Agrees on Process for Selecting Host
28 Aug 2012 | SIDS Policy and Practice
25 August 2012: The first Board meeting of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) considered the work plan of the Board, and initiated the work towards the operationalization of the Fund. Key outcomes of the meeting include the election of the Board’s Co-Chairs and adoption of a decision on how to conduct the process to select the host country of the Fund. The meeting, which took place from 23-25 August 2012, in Geneva, Switzerland, elected the following Board Co-Chairs, who will serve for a...
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AOSIS Submits Proposed Amendments to the Kyoto Protocol
28 Aug 2012 | SIDS Policy and Practice
16 August 2012: The UNFCCC Secretariat has published Nauru’s submission on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) containing its proposed amendments to the Kyoto Protocol (FCCC/KP/CMP/2012/2). The submission reflects the proposals presented by AOSIS during the 17th meeting of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP 17) held in Bonn, Germany, from 15 to 24 May 2012, as an input to the work of the AWG-KP. The...
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