Culture
30 Oct 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
21 October 2012: The Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants presented his first report to the UN General Assembly (UNGA). The report’s thematic section on climate change and migration analyzes technical considerations, discusses international law and political engagement, and makes recommendations.
In the report, Special Rapporteur François Crépeau examines technical aspects of climate change-induced migration, defining the concept, and identifying the most affected and vulnerable...
24 Oct 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
18 October 2012: The UN Development Programme (UNDP) has released its final issue of The Baobab Coalition Journal, a publication reporting on community activities and efforts under the Africa Adaptation Programme (AAP). The issue features articles on information sharing on AAP efforts, food security and resilience, gender mainstreaming, and an editorial by the director.
“Localizing the climate change story” illustrates how AAP teams inform people about climate-related threats and opportunities...
08 Oct 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
8 October 2012: The 11th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 11) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) opened on 8 October 2012, in Hyderabad, India, directly following the sixth Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. The two-week meeting will address a series of cross-cutting and ecosystem-related issues, as well as financial, administrative and implementation-related topics.
CBD COP 11 will address: the status of the Nagoya Protocol on access to...
24 Sep 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
20 September 2012: The UN reported a decline in development aid for the first time in many years, highlighting a gap of US$167 billion between development aid targets and actual commitments, in the 2012 report of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Gap Task Force, which is titled “The Global Partnership for Development: Making Rhetoric a Reality.”
The report, written by experts from around 50 UN and other intergovernmental entities, analyzes progress regarding international commitments in...
19 Sep 2012
This session will include the hearing and consideration of country reports and dialogues with Member States including Chile, Togo, Equatorial Guinea, Comoros and Turkmenistan, among others, as well as reports from the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) on the implementation of the Convention in areas falling within the scope of their activities. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/53rd-session-of-...
