UNFPA
14 Aug 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
August 2012: Many Strong Voices (MSV), a collaboration between coastal communities in the Arctic and small island developing States (SIDS) that seeks to promote action on climate change, is working to ensure that information on historical documents relevant to climate change adaptation is available. As part of this effort, MSV highlighted two historical environment and climate change initiatives.
The first is the Small States Conference on Sea Level Rise, which convened from 14-18 November...
13 Jul 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
13 June 2012: The Executive Board of the UN Development Programme (UNDP), the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) and the UN Office for Project Services (UNOPS) released a draft sub-regional programme document for the Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs) for 2013 to 2017. The programme includes support for accelerated action toward the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), including on climate change, disaster risk reduction (DRR), and environmental management activities.
The Board...
16 Jan 2012
US President George W. Bush is the host of the 2004 G8 Summit. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/g8-sea-island-summit-2004/ ]
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
1 February 2011: The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) has announced that it, together with the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the World Health Organization (WHO), the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) and bilateral donors, have signed a joint partnership arrangement for the delivery of the Vanuatu Health Sector Strategy 2010-2016.
Members of the partnership will form a working group together with Ministry of Health directors, its planning officer and finance manager, and support it in annual...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
3 August 2011: The UN CC:Learn Steering Group has announced the selection of Benin, Uganda and the Dominican Republic to participate in the 2011-2013 pilot implementation phase of the UN CC:Learn’s “Pilot Projects to Strengthen Human Resources, Learning and Skills Development,” aimed at supporting countries to develop a strategic approach to climate change learning.
The announcement is the outcome of the Steering Group’s second meeting, which was held from 7-8 July 2011 in Geneva,...
