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		<title>UNFCCC Releases Submissions on QELROs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 17:21:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The submissions from Belarus, Iceland and AOSIS were made in response to a request in Decision 1/CMP.7 by the seventh session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (COP/MOP 7) for Annex I Parties listed in annex 1 to the decision, to submit information on their QELROs for the Kyoto Protocol second commitment period.]]></description>
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		<title>FTMM 2012 Concludes, Agrees on Phase Two of Traditional Knowledge Action Plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 17:19:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SIDS Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Trade Ministers adopted a series of decisions on trade-related matters before the PIF Secretariat. Among others, they agreed that Phase Two of the Traditional Knowledge Action Plan would focus on assisting PIF member countries to draft TK policy and legislative frameworks. Ministers also considered WTO-related issues, progress on PACER Plus, and assessment of the trade priority under the Pacific Plan.]]></description>
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		<title>Event: Pacific Roll-out of International Year of Sustainable Energy for All</title>
		<link>http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/pacific-roll-out-of-international-year-of-sustainable-energy-for-all/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 13:19:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SIDS Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hosted by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), the Pacific roll-out of the International Year of Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) will include the launch of: a documentary on energy security in the Pacific; an energy certification and accreditation scheme; and reports on the energy security status of Pacific Island countries (PICs).]]></description>
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		<title>PEC Fund Provides US$4 Million for Solar Power on FSM</title>
		<link>http://sids-l.iisd.org/news/pec-fund-provides-us4-million-for-solar-power-on-fsm/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 15:42:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SIDS Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The project is anticipated to contribute 1.7% electricity generation to the national renewable energy target of 30% energy from renewable energy sources by 2020. The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) is one of six countries to have accessed the Pacific Environment Community (PEC) Fund for renewable energy projects.]]></description>
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		<title>IRENA Publishes Guide for Decision-Makers on Electricity Storage and Renewables for Island Power </title>
		<link>http://sids-l.iisd.org/news/irena-publishes-guide-for-decision-makers-on-electricity-storage-and-renewables-for-island-power/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 15:32:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SIDS Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The guide presents options for electricity storage and lessons learned from case studies. It indicates that storage can be of value in systems that are transmission capacity-constrained or suffer from low power quality, and that a combination of renewables, storage and diesel generators- all carefully sized and integrated- often yields the lowest cost solution.]]></description>
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		<title>REEEP South East Asia and Pacific Newsletter Highlights Renewable Energy Projects, Workshops and Publications</title>
		<link>http://sids-l.iisd.org/news/reeep-south-east-asia-and-pacific-newsletter-highlights-renewable-energy-projects-workshops-and-publications/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 15:31:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The newsletter focuses on projects in Tonga, the development of the Global Atlas for Solar and Wind Energy, workshops on the CDM and Tonga's Energy Roadmap, and new UNDP and IEA reports.]]></description>
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		<title>Central America Discusses Mainstreaming Gender into Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management Policy</title>
		<link>http://sids-l.iisd.org/news/central-america-discusses-mainstreaming-gender-into-climate-change-disaster-risk-management-policy/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 15:26:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SIDS Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
		<category><![CDATA[Caribbean]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Responding to a mandate from Heads of State, three Central American Integration System (SICA) institutions jointly convened a workshop on mainstreaming gender into national and regional policies, programmes and instruments on climate change and disaster risk management policies that will result in a regional "roadmap" on the issue.]]></description>
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		<title>Event: CBD Southern Indian Ocean Workshop to Facilitate Description of EBSAs</title>
		<link>http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/cbd-southern-indian-ocean-workshop-to-facilitate-description-of-ebsas/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 01:46:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SIDS Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This workshop is convened by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). It aims to facilitate the description of ecologically or biologically significant marine areas (EBSAs), and will include one day of training on the application of EBSA criteria, as well as a four-day workshop. The workshop will include CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points in the Southern Indian Ocean region: Australia, Comoros, France, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Madagascar, Maldives, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, and the United Kingdom. ]]></description>
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		<title>SIDS Ministers Discuss Position for Rio+20</title>
		<link>http://sids-l.iisd.org/news/sids-ministers-discuss-position-for-rio20/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 16:44:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SIDS Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The informal ministerial meeting included: a presentation by Appio Claudio Acquarone, Ambassador of Brazil to Barbados, on Brazil’s views on the Rio outcome, noting it should incorporate, inter alia: poverty eradication and a clear framework for multilateral institutions on sustainable development; closed, high-level meetings to address SIDS' priorities for Rio+20 and proposed Third Global Conference in 2014; and a plenary discussion on expectations for Rio+20.]]></description>
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		<title>Asia-Pacific Human Development Report Discusses Climate Impacts for SIDS </title>
		<link>http://sids-l.iisd.org/news/asia-pacific-human-development-report-discusses-climate-impacts-for-sids/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 16:38:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SIDS Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
		<category><![CDATA[Agriculture & Food Security]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Desertification & Land]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[UNDP has released its regional human development report for the Asia-Pacific region, with a special focus on LDCs, including several SIDS, and their climate change-related challenges. The environmental vulnerability index, developed by the South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC), UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and their partners, describes Kiribati, Maldives and Tuvalu as among the most vulnerable countries to extreme environmental shocks. 
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		<title>SPREP Announces Rapid Biological Survey on Savaii, Samoa</title>
		<link>http://sids-l.iisd.org/news/sprep-announces-rapid-biological-survey-on-savaii-samoa/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 16:38:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SIDS Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Rapid Biological Survey project (BIORAP) is a joint initiative between Samoa, New Zealand and SPREP. BIORAP will focus on surveying the plants, birds and animals of approximately 65,000 hectares of Savaii’s cloud forests. Savaii is considered an area of special biodiversity significance, ranked 23rd out of 226 South Pacific islands in terms of conservation value.]]></description>
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		<title>ADB and Solomon Islands Agree on Country Partnership Strategy</title>
		<link>http://sids-l.iisd.org/news/adb-and-solomon-islands-agree-on-country-partnership-strategy/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 16:38:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SIDS Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Asian Development Bank (ADB) aims to support renewable energy, develop infrastructure and reduce poverty in Solomon Islands through a five-year Country Partnership Strategy that includes US$38 million in loan assistance.]]></description>
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		<title>World Bank Reports on Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Project</title>
		<link>http://sids-l.iisd.org/news/world-bank-reports-on-caribbean-catastrophe-risk-insurance-project/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 15:42:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SIDS Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The World Bank presented the results of the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) project, a programme that designed an insurance facility to allow countries to receive rapid access to emergency financing based on the occurrence of severe weather events, rather than on measuring damages.]]></description>
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		<title>Policy Briefing Discusses Roadmap for Dominican Republic&#039;s Climate Change Learning Strategy</title>
		<link>http://sids-l.iisd.org/news/policy-briefing-discusses-roadmap-for-dominican-republics-climate-change-learning-strategy/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 15:23:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SIDS Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
		<category><![CDATA[Capacity Building & Education]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[During the policy briefing, the outcomes of the workshop on “Developing Results-based Action to Strengthen Human Resources, Learning and Skills to Advance Green, Low Emission and Climate Resilient Development” were presented and discussed. The workshop was organized within the framework of the UN CC:Learn Project on “Strengthening Human Resources and Skills to Address Climate Change.”]]></description>
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		<title>IOSEA E-News Highlights Turtle Release, Capacity-Building Programmes</title>
		<link>http://sids-l.iisd.org/news/iosea-e-news-highlights-turtle-release-capacity-building-programmes/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 15:19:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SIDS Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest issues of the IOSEA Marine Turtle MoU E-News highlights turtle releases in Eritrea and capacity building in Myanmar/Burma. It also reports on future use of satellite transmitters for research in several African countries.]]></description>
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		<title>UN-HABITAT Report on the State of Arab Cities Focuses on Urban Transition</title>
		<link>http://sids-l.iisd.org/news/un-habitat-report-on-the-state-of-arab-cities-focuses-on-urban-transition/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 15:13:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SIDS Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[UN Programme, Agency or Fund]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[UN-HABITAT has released the 2012 State of Arab Cities on the theme “Challenges of Urban Transition.” The report notes that climate change adaptation will require better water conservation, better allocation of water use rights, reduction of fossil fuel use, and investments in renewable energy. It identifies Comoros, Somalia and Yemen as some of the most vulnerable countries in the world.]]></description>
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		<title>UNSG Report Highlights Potential of Marine Renewable Energies in SIDS</title>
		<link>http://sids-l.iisd.org/news/unsg-report-highlights-potential-of-marine-renewable-energies-in-sids/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 16:16:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SIDS Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
		<category><![CDATA[Caribbean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Oceans & Coasts]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[UN Secretariat]]></category>
		<description><![CDATA[The report of the UN Secretary-General on oceans and the law of the sea underlines that oceans are a vast renewable resource with the potential to help SIDS, characterized by limited land and land-based natural resources, to produce billions of watts of electric power. It highlights the example of the Ocean Thermal Energy Corporation, which currently is designing the world’s first two commercial ocean thermal energy conversion plants in the Bahamas.]]></description>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sids-l.iisd.org/news/sids-high-level-conference-on-se4all-adopts-barbados-declaration/</guid>
		<title>SIDS High-Level Conference on SE4ALL Adopts Barbados Declaration</title>
		<link>http://sids-l.iisd.org/news/sids-high-level-conference-on-se4all-adopts-barbados-declaration/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 17:14:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SIDS Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[AOSIS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Caribbean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CARICOM]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[National & International Governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oceans & Coasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Outcome]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poverty Eradication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SIDS]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Barbados Declaration was adopted at the SIDS High-Level Conference on Sustainable Development for All (SE4ALL) in Bridgetown, Barbados. The Declaration reflects challenges, opportunities and initiatives by SIDS on sustainable energy.]]></description>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sids-l.iisd.org/news/informal-ministerial-roundtable-on-climate-change-calls-for-building-on-durban/</guid>
		<title>Informal Ministerial Roundtable on Climate Change Calls for Building on Durban</title>
		<link>http://sids-l.iisd.org/news/informal-ministerial-roundtable-on-climate-change-calls-for-building-on-durban/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 15:41:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SIDS Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chemicals & Wastes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[EU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Global]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Poverty Eradication]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sustainable Development]]></category>
		<description><![CDATA[An Informal Ministerial Roundtable on Climate Change brought together representatives from 30 countries, including from LDCs and AOSIS. The Roundtable was convened by Connie Hedegaard, European Commissioner for Climate Action, who called on countries to keep up the momentum created in Durban on climate change and to make progress at Rio+20.]]></description>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sids-l.iisd.org/news/sprep-announces-biodiversity-project-for-cook-islands-nauru-tonga-and-tuvalu/</guid>
		<title>SPREP Announces Biodiversity Project for Cook Islands, Nauru, Tonga and Tuvalu</title>
		<link>http://sids-l.iisd.org/news/sprep-announces-biodiversity-project-for-cook-islands-nauru-tonga-and-tuvalu/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 15:38:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SIDS Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
		<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[GEF]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[International Financial Institution]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[UN Programme, Agency or Fund]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Under the three year project, funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and implemented by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), participating countries will carry out activities with local communities to strengthen management of threatened species and ecosystems, through helping to ensure the sustainable use of natural resources. ]]></description>
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		<title>UNFCCC Releases Submissions on Drivers of Deforestation and Monitoring Systems</title>
		<link>http://sids-l.iisd.org/news/unfccc-releases-submissions-on-drivers-of-deforestation-and-monitoring-systems/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 15:27:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SIDS Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Caribbean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Financial Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forests & REDD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Latin America & the Caribbean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Monitoring & Evaluation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Multilateral Environmental Agreement Body]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Publication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science, Assessment & Monitoring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SIDS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South West Pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UNFCCC]]></category>
		<description><![CDATA[The UNFCCC Secretariat has released two joint submissions from Parties contain their views on: robust and transparent national forest monitoring systems as referred to in paragraph 71c of decision 1/CP.16 as requested by the SBSTA at its 35th session; and on how to address drivers of deforestation and forest degradation as referred to in paragraph 71c of decision 1/CP.16 as requested by the SBSTA at its 35th session.]]></description>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sids-l.iisd.org/news/un-cclearn-workshop-focuses-on-strengthening-climate-change-learning-in-the-dominican-republic/</guid>
		<title>UN CC:Learn Workshop Focuses on Strengthening Climate Change Learning in the Dominican Republic</title>
		<link>http://sids-l.iisd.org/news/un-cclearn-workshop-focuses-on-strengthening-climate-change-learning-in-the-dominican-republic/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 15:16:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SIDS Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
		<category><![CDATA[Capacity Building & Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Capacity Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Caribbean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Information Exchange]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Latin America & the Caribbean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meeting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The CC:Learn workshop focused on identifying priority actions in the Dominican Republic to address immediate professional learning needs, and strengthen institutional capacities to deliver learning action. Participants discussed specific actions to strengthen climate change learning and considered ways of strengthening institutional capacities to deliver learning within both formal and non-formal education.]]></description>
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		<title>Event: Solving the E-Waste Problem (StEP) General Assembly</title>
		<link>http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/solving-the-e-waste-problem-step-general-assembly/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 17:14:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SIDS Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
		<category><![CDATA[Chemicals & Wastes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meeting]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[UNEP]]></category>
		<description><![CDATA[The Solving the E-Waste Problem (StEP) General Assembly will convene from 23-25 May 2012, in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Convened by the UN University (UNU), the General Assembly will be attended by StEP partners from government, industry, and NGOs involved in e-waste management.]]></description>
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		<title>UNFCCC Releases Views on the New Market-based Mechanism</title>
		<link>http://sids-l.iisd.org/news/unfccc-releases-views-on-the-new-market-based-mechanism-2/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 15:47:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SIDS Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Caribbean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Financial Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Latin America & the Caribbean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Multilateral Environmental Agreement Body]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Publication]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[SIDS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South West Pacific]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UNFCCC Secretariat has released a new submission from Costa Rica on behalf of Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Panama and Peru, and the translation of two previous submissions from Parties containing their views on the new market-based mechanism. The submissions will be considered by the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA) at its 15th session.]]></description>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sids-l.iisd.org/news/unfccc-releases-bolivia-and-ecuadors-submissions-on-a-framework-for-various-approaches/</guid>
		<title>UNFCCC Releases Bolivia and Ecuador&#039;s Submissions on a Framework for Various Approaches</title>
		<link>http://sids-l.iisd.org/news/unfccc-releases-bolivia-and-ecuadors-submissions-on-a-framework-for-various-approaches/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 15:44:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SIDS Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Caribbean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Financial Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Latin America & the Caribbean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Multilateral Environmental Agreement Body]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Publication]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[UNFCCC]]></category>
		<description><![CDATA[The UNFCCC Secretariat has released the submissions from Bolivia and Ecuador containing their views on a framework for various approaches to be considered by the AWG-LCA at its 15th session, under its agenda item on the development of proposals to enhance the cost-effectiveness of, and to promote, mitigation actions, bearing in mind different circumstances of developed and developing countries.]]></description>
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		<title>PIFS Follows Up on Peer Reviews in Niue, Tuvalu</title>
		<link>http://sids-l.iisd.org/news/pifs-follows-up-on-peer-reviews-in-niue-tuvalu/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 15:25:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SIDS Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
		<category><![CDATA[Capacity Building & Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Capacity Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economics, Trade & Investment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Information Exchange]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Intergovernmental Organization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Monitoring & Evaluation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PIFS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poverty Eradication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SIDS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South West Pacific]]></category>
		<description><![CDATA[The Cairns Compact is an initiative agreed by Pacific Leaders at the 2009 Pacific Islands Forum. It aims to accelerate progress toward the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by strengthening Forum Island countries’ (FIC) leadership of their own development agendas and encouraging development partners to work more effectively together. PIFS teams recently conducted visits in Niue and Tuvalu to discuss implementation of the reviews' recommendatoins.]]></description>
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