Natural and Environmental Disasters
07 Aug 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
2 August 2012: The Microfinance Innovation Facility of the International Labour Organization (ILO) underscores that larger insurance schemes are more likely to be effective in covering impoverished people against weather-related disasters and the impacts of climate change.
In an ILO press release, Facility Head Craig Churchill highlights that insurance schemes to reduce the vulnerability of the poor to weather disasters and climate change may need to go beyond the “micro” format to work at “...
07 Aug 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
17 July 2012: The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) has announced that it has signed a Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) with the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG), in order to enhance collaboration between the two regional entities, including by developing joint programming in the areas of disaster risk management, culture and the arts, labor mobility, and trade and economic development.
Under the four-year MOU, SPC and MSG also will partner on activities related to: conservation and...
02 Aug 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
27 July 2012: The 2012 Substantive Session of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), which met from 2-27 July 2012, in New York, US, has concluded with the adoption of resolutions and decisions on support to Least Developed Countries (LDCs), coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance and poverty eradication, inter alia. It also addressed preparations for the UN General Assembly (UNGA) quadrennial comprehensive policy review (QCPR) of the UN system operational activities for...
02 Aug 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
1 August 2012: The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has issued a call for proposals regarding the acquisition, installation and maintenance/leveling visits of tide gauge equipment over a one-year period in the Caribbean. The call is issued as part of the IOC-UNESCO’s mandate to coordinate implementation of the Tsunami and other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean Sea and Adjacent Regions (...
02 Aug 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
19 July 2012: Germanwatch launched a website addressing loss and damage caused by climate change, aiming to support Least Developed Countries (LDCs) in calling for action on the issue. The topic is increasingly relevant for LDCs, Germanwatch notes, as agreement to deliver mitigation commitments in line with staying below 2°C/1.5°C has not been yet achieved.
The website is part of the “Loss and Damage in Vulnerable Countries Initiative,” which runs from February 2012 through March...
