UNFCCC
27 Jul 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
17 July 2012: The Secretariat of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) organized the Regional Designated National Authority (DNA) Training for Asia, the Pacific and Eastern Europe, which trained representatives of DNAs from the region on specific elements of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project cycle. Participating small island developing States (SIDS) included: Fiji, Kiribati, Micronesia, Solomon Islands, Timor Leste and Vanuatu.
The training took place in Manila,...
27 Jul 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
25 July 2012: The UNFCCC Secretariat has published a synthesis report of the views of parties, and intergovernmental and observer organizations on the revision of the Joint Implementation (JI) guidelines (FCCC/KP/CMP/2012/INF.1).
The report synthesizes: the five submissions received from Ukraine, New Zealand, Denmark on behalf of the EU and its member States, Nauru on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), and the Gambia on behalf of the least developed countries (LDCs); the...
13 Jul 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
11 July 2012: A total of 140 representatives from governments, major financial institutions, private sector entities and civil society, participated in the UNFCCC workshop on long-term finance. The event aimed to discuss key issues for scaling up finance mobilization for climate change.
The workshop was held in Bonn, Germany, from 9-11 July 2012. Speaking in the event, UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres underscored that the meeting provided a forum for stakeholders to “think...
06 Jul 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
21 June 2012: A workshop organized by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Secretariat on implementing Article 6 on education, training and public awareness in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) has identified the need for dedicated financing, national plans and strategies to implement Article 6.
Participants from LDCs, as well as representatives from the EU, the UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)/UN CC:Learn, the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the UN...
02 Jul 2012
The first workshop on long-term finance will take place from 9-11 July in Bonn, Germany, and will facilitate technical and analytical discussions on scaling up the mobilization of climate change finance after 2012. This workshop is part of the work programme on long-term finance and is one of two workshops which will be held in 2012. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/unfccc-workshop-on-long-term-finance/ ]
