Global
23 Apr 2013
|
SIDS Policy and Practice
11 April 2013: Foreign Ministers of the Group of Eight (G8) met in London, UK, from 10-11 April 2013, to address a number of international issues, challenges and opportunities that impact on global peace, security and prosperity. The joint statement adopted at the conclusion of the meeting addresses, among other issues, climate change.
In the joint statement, Foreign Ministers highlight climate change as a key global remaining challenge and a contributing factor to increased economic and...
17 Apr 2013
|
SIDS Policy and Practice
17 April 2013: Ministers and senior officials from over a dozen donor countries met in Washington, DC, US, on 10-11 April 2013, to discuss ways to meet the challenge of scaling up climate finance and low-carbon investment in developing countries.
The meeting, which was convened and chaired by the US, was attented by representatives from Australia, Canada, Denmark, the EU, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Switzerland, the UK and the US, as well as from development...
16 Apr 2013
|
SIDS Policy and Practice
3 April 2013: Party representatives and observers attending the third meeting of the Standing Committee on Finance (SCF) discussed: arrangements between the Conference of the Parties (COP) and the Green Climate Fund (GCF); the Forum of the SCF; the fifth Review of the Financial Mechanism; and the work programme on long-term finance.
The meeting’s report (SCF/2013/3/7) indicates that, on arrangements for COP-GCF, the SCF agreed to propose a list of elements for consideration by the GCF...
12 Apr 2013
|
SIDS Policy and Practice
11 April 2013: The fourth informal meeting of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) to define the format and organizational aspects of the high-level political forum (HLPF) took place at UN Headquarters in New York, US, on 11 April 2013.
Opening the meeting, Co-facilitator Cesare Maria Ragaglini, Permanent Representative of Italy, recalled that during the previous informal, held on 21 March 2013, delegations had registered preliminary views on a list of proposed non-exhaustive elements on the format...
12 Apr 2013
MOP 25 is scheduled to consider a number of issues, including nominations for critical- and essential-use exemptions. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/25th-meeting-of-the-parties-to-the-montreal-protocol/ ]
