Caribbean
16 Apr 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
April 2013: The International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG) has released publications addressing issues central to the green economy and the development of post-2015 development goals, gender equity, land rights and agriculture in Southern Africa, Madagascar, Guatemala, Brazil, and Caribbean small island developing States (SIDS).
The IPC-IG paper titled “Locating the Policy Space for Inclusive Green Growth within the SADC Extractive Sector” explores the high...
15 Apr 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
11 April 2013: The UNFCCC Secretariat released an updated compilation of all nationally appropriate mitigation action (NAMAs) that developing countries intend to implement (FCCC/SBI/2013/INF.12). It contains NAMA information communicated by 55 developing countries and a group of parties, as included in documents FCCC/AWGLCA/2011/INF.1 and FCCC/AWGLCA/2012/MISC.2 and Add.1, as well as those provided by Burkina Faso, Dominica, Gambia and Guinea, who had not previously communicated NAMAs.
The...
15 Apr 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
12 April 2013: At its 20th meeting, the Adaptation Fund Board approved a new project in Argentina to be implemented through the Fund’s direct access mechanism, but was unable to make progress on three projects submitted by multilateral implementing entities (MIE) due to the Fund’s limited resources.
The $5.64 million Argentinan project will work to increase adaptive capacity of small-scale famers and will be implemented by the Unit for Rural Change, a National Implementing Entity (...
13 Apr 2013
During the seventh meeting of pilot countries and regions participating in the Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR), participants will share updates regarding the implementation of the PPCR progress, mainly addressing monitoring and reporting, country coordination, stakeholder engagement, knowledge management, and private sector involvement. The event is organized in association with the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) Trust Fund Committee and Sub-Committee Meetings. PPCR pilots are...
12 Apr 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
April 2013: In the context of reduced agriculture yields from deforested and increasingly eroded hillsides in Haiti, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is supporting a project to rehabilitate hillside rainfed agriculture and irrigated valley systems.
The Small-scale Irrigation Development Project aims to rehabilitate watersheds in the north-west, north-east and central departments of Haiti. The project is rehabilitating sloped land by developing terraces and planting...
