Basel Convention
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
The UN General Assembly (UNGA) Second Committee (Economic and Financial) convened a debate on sustainable development from 29-30 October 2007, at UN headquarters in New York, US.
Among the speakers, John Holmes, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, expressed pessimism about the chances of reducing disaster-related losses by 2015, emphasizing the importance of implementing the Hyogo Framework for Action. Several speakers noted the need to help...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
The need for a global agreement on climate change for the post-2012 period, the importance of collaborative partnerships, and the role of the United Nations system were the focus of discussions during a three-day “thematic debate” in the UN General Assembly (UNGA).
The event, which met at UN headquarters in New York, US, from 11-13 February 2008, took as its theme: “Addressing climate change: the United Nations and the world at work.”
The meeting, which went one day longer than originally...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
The Sixteenth Meeting of the Forum of Ministers of Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean met from 27 January-1 February 2008, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
The meeting was organized by the Government of the Dominican Republic through the State Secretariat for the Environment and Natural Resources and the Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP/ROLAC), in its capacity of Secretariat of the Forum. A Preparatory Meeting of High...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
An international seminar entitled “Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in the Tourism Sector: Frameworks, tools and practices,” which primarily focused on developing countries and small island developing States (SIDS), was held from 9-11 April 2008 in Oxford, the UK.
The event was jointly organized by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), Oxford University’s Centre for the Environment and the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and brought together some 30 high-level tourism and...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
11 July 2008: In a speech delivered during the conference
The European
Union (EU) and its Overseas Entities: Strategies to Counter Climate Change and
Biodiversity Loss,” which was hosted on Reunion Island,
Mauritius, from 7-11 July 2008, under the auspices of the French Presidency of
the Council of the EU, Michel Jarraud,
Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), provided
an overview of the Organization’s history and work in tackling climate change.
He outlined the...
