Knowledge Management
28 Feb 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
7 February 2012: The National Workshop for the UN CC:Learn Project to Strengthen Human Resources and Skills to Address Climate Change in the Dominican Republic concluded with a recognition of the need for climate change education and training to be mainstreamed into various sectors, and linked to sustainable development strategies and objectives.
The workshop, which took place on 7 February 2012, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, was organized by the Dominican Republic’s National Climate...
28 Feb 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
16 February 2012: The UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and Asian Development Bank (ADB) have released a report asserting that the challenges of resource constraints in the Asia-Pacific region are more serious than anywhere else, and proposing strategies for changing economic incentives to promote a green economy. The report was prepared as part of preparations for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20)....
28 Feb 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
15 February 2012: The World Health Organization (WHO) held a regional meeting to assist Western Pacific countries in their efforts to eliminate leprosy and strengthen their capacity to control the disease.
The meeting brought together national leprosy control managers from countries of the Western Pacific region that are not yet meeting the WHO leprosy elimination target of less than one case per 10,000 of population, namely the Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati and the Marshall Islands...
28 Feb 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
16 February 2012: At its first substantive meeting, the Ad Hoc Working Group to Further Study and Strengthen the Smooth Transition Process for the countries graduating from the least developed countries (LDC ) category took stock of the current situation regarding international support measures for LDCs, as well as existing smooth transition measures, and considered LDCs’ concerns related to the phase-out of those measures.
The Ad Hoc Working Group to Further Study and Strengthen the Smooth...
28 Feb 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
20 February 2012: The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) has announced the publication of a guide to help Pacific reporters produce news items on electronic and electrical waste (e-waste) issues. The guide highlights the legal, social, economic, health and environment implications of e-waste, and suggests activities to enable the news room to explore story ideas on the issue.
The guide was produced in partnership with the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural...
