Science and Technology

GEF Holds Workshop on Monitoring, Capacity Building in Western Sahel
19 Mar 2013 | SIDS Policy and Practice
14 March 2013: The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has completed a three-day Expanded Capacity Workshop (ECW) for the West African Sahel, bringing together focal points from the GEF, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), and the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs). Representatives from civil society, the GEF Secretariat, and the GEF Agencies, also...
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IPBES-2
19 Mar 2013
The second meeting of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) is exepected to take place in late 2013. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/ipbes-2/ ]
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SPREP Analyzes Ecosystem-based Adaptation Options in Fiji
15 Mar 2013 | SIDS Policy and Practice
March 2013: The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) has released a report titled “An economic analysis of ecosystem-based adaptation and engineering options for climate change adaptation in Lami Town, Fiji.” Building on a vulnerability and adaptation assessment of Lami Town, the report presents a cost-benefit analysis of four adaptation scenarios. The report was produced as an inter-agency collaboration among the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), SPREP, Conservation...
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SPREP Launches Best Practice Waste Management Training in the Pacific
13 Mar 2013 | SIDS Policy and Practice
4 March 2013: The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), with funding from the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and technical support from Griffith University and the Fiji National University, has initiated an annual training course on best practice waste management techniques. The two-week training course is being attended by 16 participants from eight Pacific island nations. The course, which has been developed specifically to address waste management...
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Like-Minded Developing Countries Urge Ambitious Mitigation Commitments by Developed Countries
12 Mar 2013 | SIDS Policy and Practice
1 March 2013: Members of the the Like-Minded Developing Countries in Climate Change (LMDC) met in Geneva, Switzerland, on 1 March 2013, to discuss the outcomes of the 18th session of Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP 18). The meeting was attended by representatives of Bolivia, China, Cuba, Ecuador, Egypt, India, Mali, Malaysia, Nicaragua, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Thailand and Venezuela. Stressing that the developing countries will have to deal with most of the adverse effects of...
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