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13 Feb 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
12 February 2013: The Division for Sustainable Development (DSD) of the UN Department for Economic and Social Development (DESA) hosted an online panel discussion as part of its ongoing follow-up to the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20). The event took place on Google+ Hangout and featured four UN and civil society experts: Nikhil Seth, DSD Director; Elizabeth Thompson, Rio+20 Executive Coordinator; Langson James “Kimo” Goree VI, International Institute for...
13 Feb 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
11 February 2013: In a lecture titled “UN Progress on the Global Development Agenda, Post-2015 and Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs),” UN Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Helen Clark highlighted progress on health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), discussed the role of health and NCDs in the post-2015 agenda and commented on how collaboration between development and health actors can support multi-sectoral action on NCDs.
In the lecture, which was delivered at the launch of...
13 Feb 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
11 February 2013: The Low Emission Capacity Building Programme (LECBP) has hosted a webinar that introduced LECBP country teams and other practitioners to an approach developed by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) to prioritizing nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs). The approach has been tested and implemented in Trinidad and Tobago, Bangladesh and Kenya.
A report and presentations from the webinar, held on 17 January 2013, have been made available...
13 Feb 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
11 February 2013: The Adaptation Fund has released a call for public comments as seven projects and concept proposals are presently under review. The Adaptation Fund Board secretariat welcomes comments while the proposals are under technical review and screening by the Adaptation Fund.
The projects and concept proposals under review focus on: increased resilience to climate change in Northern Ghana through the management of water resources and diversification of livelihoods; adaptation to...
12 Feb 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
4 February 2013: In the context of declining revenue for the Adaptation Fund, the newly elected Chair of the Adaptation Fund Board, Hans Olav Ibrekk (Norway), has called on donors to fill in the funding gap with voluntary contributions.
In an interview with Espen Røst, Bistandsaktuelt, reproduced on the Adaptation Fund website, Ibrekk notes that despite allocating $165 million to projects in 25 countries over the past two years, the Adaptation Fund’s revenue has almost completely dried...
