UNU
17 Jan 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
16 January 2012: The UN University Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS) has released a paper on the impact of climate change on Atoll Island States, the legal effects of potential re-location of their citizens living in low-lying islands, and issues of sovereignty, which determines the ability of the people of the islands to keep long-term control over their current natural resources.
The paper, co-authored by Lilian Yamamoto and Miguel Esteban, focuses on the situation of Atoll Island...
16 Jan 2012
This meeting will be preceded by a Workshop on Lessons Learned from Relevant Funds and Institutions on 12 July 2011. The meeting and the workshop are organized jointly by the UN University (UNU) and the Secretariat of the UNFCCC, with the support of the Government of Japan. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/second-meeting-of-the-transitional-committee-for-the-design-of-the-green-climate-fund/ ]
16 Jan 2012
The UN University (UNU) is organizing this event focused on legal negotiations in climate change. During the event, a panel will discuss mechanisms for access and benefit sharing related to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), and the implementation of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), including lessons for climate change legal negotiations from access and benefit sharing agreements. The panel will also discuss the implementation of global environmental agreements...
16 Jan 2012
This public symposium is co-organized by the UN University (UNU), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). It will be held back-to-back with the second Japan-Caribbean Community (CARICOM) ministerial-level conference and will bring together the foreign ministers of the 15 CARICOM member countries. The ministers will be joined by Japanese academics and experts to discuss the threats from climate change faced by CARICOM countries, in particular...
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/ ]
