Oceans & Coasts

European Commission’s Scientific Newsletter Focuses on Climate Change Impacts on Coastal Management

4 March 2010: The February issue of Science for Environment Policy, the newsletter published by the European Commission to inform policy makers of recent research findings, includes a special thematic issue on coastal management that highlights links with climate change.

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UNCTAD’s 2010 Trade and Environment Review Focuses on Promoting Poles of Clean Growth

March 2010: The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has published its Trade and Environment Review 2009/2010, which contains some 20 essays on the topic “Promoting Poles of Clean Growth to Foster the Transition to a More Sustainable Economy.” read more »

CBD Secretariat Releases February Report of IYB Celebrations

March 2010: The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has circulated a report on the global celebrations of the International Year of Biodiversity (IYB) that took place in the month of February, including events that underscored the linkages between biodiversity and climate change.

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UNDP Advances the Climate Change Agenda in Timor-Leste

26 February 2010: The UN Development Programme (UNDP) participated in a post-Copenhagen debriefing meeting on 23 February 2010, in Dili, Timor Leste, underlining its commitment to addressing climate change in Timor-Leste.

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Ramsar Secretariat and World Bank to Collaborate on Climate Change Projects in Wetlands

16 February 2010: Anada Tiéga, Ramsar Secretary General, and Hartwig Schafer, Acting Vice President, Sustainable Development Network, World Bank, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that aims to “establish a framework of cooperation between Ramsar and the World Bank in exchange of technical expertise and capacity building related to the development and implementation of climate change projects in wetlands in the context of the World Bank-financed climate change portfolio.”

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UNEP Launches “Blue Carbon” Concept

25 February 2010: In a joint statement released at the 11th Special Session of the Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), which is taking place in Bali, Indonesia, from 24–26 February 2010, UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner and Indonesian Minister for Marine Affairs and Fisheries Fadel Muhammad emphasized the role of marine and coastal ecosystems in the fight against climate change.

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Event Announcement: CSD 18 SIDS Special Day

CSD-18 SIDS Day will serve as a PrepCom for the High-level Review of the Mauritius Strategy for the Implementation (MSI) of the Barbados Plan of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island States (SIDS), which is scheduled to take place in September 2010.
Location
New York, NY, US
Start Date
10 May 2010
End Date
10 May 2010
Link

http://www.un.org/esa/dsd/dsd_aofw_sids/sids_csdspecdayipm_18.shtml

Short Video of Grenada Highlights Impacts of Climate Change

16 February 2010: The UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), Division for Sustainable Development (DSD), in collaboration with the UN Department of Public Information (DPI) and UN-TV, are producing a series of short films to highlight the challenges faced by small island developing States (SIDS). read more »

Commonwealth Releases Study on Climate Change, Fisheries, Trade and Competitiveness

26 January 2010: The Commonwealth Secretariat has published a study titled “Climate Change, Fisheries, Trade and Competitiveness: Understanding impacts and formulating responses to Commonwealth small States,” which focuses on the likely impacts of climate change on the trade and competitiveness of the fisheries sector in small developing Commonwealth States.

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UNESCO Sponsors Pan-African Workshop Aimed at Fostering Modeling Capacities

18 February 2010: The Pan-African Workshop on “Decision-Making Support for Coastal Zone Management, Water Resources and Climate Change in Africa” was held in Cotonou, Benin, from 15-17 February 2010.

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