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By MIL OSI - ForeignAffairs.co.nz / January 12, 2019 / 24-7, Adaptation, AM-NC, Asia, Asia Pacific, Asia Pacific Region, Capacity Building & Education, Climate, Climate Change, CTF, Data, Monitoring & Accountability, DJF, ENB, English, events, Exploration, Gas, Goal 13 - Climate Action, governance, International Negotiations, KB, land, Means of Implementation, meeting, MIL OSI, Mitigation, Monitoring & Evaluation, Oceania, Oceans & Coasts, Open Source Intel, Pacific, Science, SDGs (All), Small Island Developing States, Systemic Issues, UN Programme, Agency or Fund, UNEP, Weather, WMO / Comments Off on MIL-OSI Asia-Pacific: Event: 51st Session of the IPCC
Source: Small Island Developing States The 51st session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC 49) will convene from 20-23 September 2019. The IPCC is currently in its sixth assessment cycle. During this cycle, the Panel will produce the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6), a Methodology Report to refine the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National […]
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By MIL OSI - ForeignAffairs.co.nz / January 9, 2019 / 24-7, Aid, AM-NC, Asia, Asia Pacific, Asia Pacific Region, Banking and Finance, biodiversity, CBD, Chemicals & Wastes, Climate, Climate Change, CTF, Desertification & Land Degradation, DJF, Economics & Investment, ENB, English, Environment, Finance, Forests & REDD, GEF, Gender, Goal 11 - Sustainable Cities & Communities, Goal 12 - Responsible Consumption & Production, Goal 13 - Climate Action, Goal 14 - Life Below Water, Goal 15 - Life on Land, Goal 17 - Partnerships for the Goals, Goal 5 - Gender Equality, Goal 6 - Clean Water & Sanitation, International Financial Institution, KB, land, Means of Implementation, meeting, MIL OSI, Multilateral Environmental Agreement Body, News, Oceans & Coasts, Open Source Intel, Outcome, Ozone, Pacific, Resource Exploitation, Resource Exploration, SDGs (All), Small Island Developing States, Stakeholder Participation, Stockholm Convention, Sustainable Development, Technology, UNCCD, UNFCCC, Water & Sanitation, Weather / Comments Off on MIL-OSI Asia-Pacific: GEF Council Adopts First Work Program for New GEF-7 Replenishment
Source: Small Island Developing States 22 December 2018: The 55th meeting of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council adopted the first Work Program since the approval of the seventh replenishment of the GEF Trust Fund (GEF-7). The Work Program comprises 18 projects in 25 recipient countries, and amounts to USD 157.8 million, including GEF project […]
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By MIL OSI - ForeignAffairs.co.nz / January 4, 2019 / {GUEST-ARTICLES}, 24-7, Africa, Agriculture & Food Security, AM-NC, Asia, Asia Pacific, Asia Pacific Region, Business, Capacity Building & Education, Commerce, Crude, CTF, Culture, Disasters & Humanitarian Relief, DJF, Education, English, Environment, Exploration, Exports, Gas, Goal 15 - Life on Land, Goal 2 - Zero Hunger, Goal 3 - Good Health & Well-being, Goal 8 - Decent Work & Economic Growth, Health, Immigration, KB, land, Latin America, Latin America and the Caribbean, Means of Implementation, Media Intelligence, MIL OSI, Multi-stakeholder Partnerships, Near East, Oil, Open Source Intel, Pacific, Project, SDGs (All), Small Island Developing States, Southern Asia, Stakeholder Participation, Stakeholders and Major Groups, Systemic Issues, Technology, Trade, Weather, West Africa, Western Asia / Comments Off on MIL-OSI Asia-Pacific: Guest Article: A Food Revolution to Feed our Children
Source: Small Island Developing States More than a decade ago, a wide-ranging conversation with my brothers started us on a journey to understand how our family-owned company could help fix the ailing global food system. At the time, droughts were causing famines. More than a billion people did not have enough to eat. We set […]
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By MIL OSI - ForeignAffairs.co.nz / December 21, 2018 / 24-7, Africa, AM-NC, Asia, Asia Pacific, Asia Pacific Region, biodiversity, Capacity Building & Education, Chemicals & Wastes, Climate Change, CTF, Data, Monitoring & Accountability, DJF, Eastern Africa, English, Environment, Forests & REDD, Goal 13 - Climate Action, Goal 14 - Life Below Water, Goal 15 - Life on Land, governance, International Law, Justice, KB, land, Means of Implementation, MIL OSI, Monitoring & Evaluation, News, Oceans & Coasts, Open Source Intel, Pacific, Policy & Institutional Coherence, Publication, Resource Exploitation, Resource Exploration, Science, SDGs (All), Small Island Developing States, Stakeholder Participation, Stakeholders and Major Groups, Sustainable Development, Systemic Issues, Technology, UN Programme, Agency or Fund, UNEP, Water & Sanitation / Comments Off on MIL-OSI Asia-Pacific: ICEL Publishes 12 Charts Analyzing Proposed Global Environment Pact
Source: Small Island Developing States 10 December 2018: On the heels of the release of the UN Secretary-General’s report on the global pact for the environment, the International Council of Environmental Law (ICEL) released 12 Charts that group in one place most of the environmental law principles that Governments have already accepted in their international […]
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By MIL OSI - ForeignAffairs.co.nz / December 19, 2018 / 24-7, AM-NC, Asia, Asia Pacific, Asia Pacific Region, Atmosphere, biodiversity, Capacity Building & Education, Chemicals & Wastes, Conservation, Crude, CTF, Data, Monitoring & Accountability, Desertification & Land Degradation, Disasters & Humanitarian Relief, DJF, Eastern Asia, Employment, English, Environment, Europe, Exploration, Follow-Up and Review, Forestry, Forests & REDD, Gas, Goal 11 - Sustainable Cities & Communities, Goal 12 - Responsible Consumption & Production, Goal 13 - Climate Action, Goal 15 - Life on Land, Goal 16 - Peace, Justice & Strong Institutions, Goal 17 - Partnerships for the Goals, Goal 3 - Good Health & Well-being, Goal 6 - Clean Water & Sanitation, governance, Health, Immigration, Indigenous & Community Forests, KB, land, law, Legal, Means of Implementation, MIL OSI, Mining, Monitoring & Evaluation, National Action, National Government, News, Oil, Open Source Intel, Pacific, Policy & Institutional Coherence, Protected Areas, Publication, Resource Exploitation, Resource Exploration, SDGs (All), SLM, Small Island Developing States, Sustainable Development, Systemic Issues, Technology, Trade, UN Regional Economic & Social Commission, UNECE, UNESCAP, Wildlife / Comments Off on MIL-OSI Asia-Pacific: UNECE Review Finds Mongolia on Track on SDGs
Source: Small Island Developing States 13 December 2018: The UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) has conducted a review of Mongolia’s environmental performance. The Environmental Performance Review (EPR) finds that Mongolia is on track with implementation and monitoring of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the SDGs. The Government of Mongolia requested the UNECE […]
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By MIL OSI - ForeignAffairs.co.nz / December 19, 2018 / 24-7, Adaptation, Adaptation and Loss and Damage Update, Africa, Agriculture & Food Security, Aid, AM-NC, Asia, Asia Pacific, Asia Pacific Region, biodiversity, Central Asia, Climate, Climate Change, CTF, Culture, Data, Monitoring & Accountability, Disasters & Humanitarian Relief, DJF, Eastern Africa, Eastern Asia, Economics & Investment, Ecosystem Approach, English, Environment, Europe, Goal 13 - Climate Action, Goal 15 - Life on Land, governance, Human Settlements & Population, KB, land, Landscape Approach, Latin America and the Caribbean, MIL OSI, Monitoring & Evaluation, Mountains, News, Open Source Intel, Pacific, Policy & Institutional Coherence, Publication, Science, SDGs (All), SLM, Small Island Developing States, South America, South-Eastern Asia, Southern Asia, Sustainable Development, Systemic Issues, Tourism, UN Programme, Agency or Fund, UNEP, UNFCCC COP 24, Weather, Western Asia / Comments Off on MIL-OSI Asia-Pacific: UNEP Report Decries Low Policy Attention to Adaptation in Mountain Ecosystems
Source: Small Island Developing States 11 December 2018: Coinciding with World Mountain Day 2018, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP, or UN Environment) and GRID-Arendal launched the ‘Mountain Adaptation Synthesis Report’ on the sidelines of the UN Climate Change Conference in Katowice, Poland. The publication emphasizes that despite experiencing a disproportionately high number of disasters compared […]
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By MIL OSI - ForeignAffairs.co.nz / December 15, 2018 / 24-7, AM-NC, Asia, Asia Pacific, Asia Pacific Region, Capacity Building & Education, CTF, Data, Monitoring & Accountability, DJF, Eastern Asia, Economics, Economy, English, events, Goal 15 - Life on Land, governance, KB, land, Means of Implementation, meeting, MIL OSI, Mountains, Open Source Intel, Pacific, partnership, SDGs (All), Small Island Developing States, Southern Asia, Stakeholders and Major Groups, Sustainable Development, Systemic Issues / Comments Off on MIL-OSI Asia-Pacific: Event: First IISUMOD Convention on Sustainable Mountain Development
Source: Small Island Developing States The International Institute for Sustainable Mountain Development (IISUMOD), in partnership with the Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA), the World Agricultural Heritage Foundation (WAHF), and the Center for Internal Areas and Apennines (ArIA) of the University of Molise, will convene the First IISUMOD Convention on Sustainable Mountain Development on […]
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By MIL OSI - ForeignAffairs.co.nz / December 14, 2018 / {GUEST-ARTICLES}, 24-7, Adaptation, Agriculture & Food Security, AM-NC, Asia, Asia Pacific, Asia Pacific Region, Business, Canada, Climate, Climate Change, Commerce, Crude, CTF, DJF, English, Exploration, Gas, Goal 10 - Reduced Inequalities, Goal 13 - Climate Action, Goal 16 - Peace, Justice & Strong Institutions, Goal 17 - Partnerships for the Goals, governance, Health, Human Rights & Indigenous Peoples, Intergovernmental Organization, Justice, KB, land, Latin America and the Caribbean, law, Legal, MIL OSI, Mining, Multilateral Environmental Agreement Body, National Government, New Zealand, Northern America, Oil, Open Source Intel, Pacific, Policy & Institutional Coherence, Politics, Project, Publication, SDGs (All), Small Island Developing States, South America, Southwest Pacific, Sustainable Development, Systemic Issues, Trade, UN Secretariat, UN-DESA, UNFCCC, UNFCCC COP 24, United Kingdom, Weather / Comments Off on MIL-OSI Asia-Pacific: Guest Article: Indigenous Knowledge and Epistemic Injustice in National Climate Planning
Source: Small Island Developing States This week, global leaders assemble for the 24th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 24) to the UNFCCC in the light of a groundbreaking report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). In this report titled, ‘Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C’ (SR15), the IPCC identifies […]
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By MIL OSI - ForeignAffairs.co.nz / December 8, 2018 / 24-7, AM-NC, Asia, Asia Pacific, Asia Pacific Region, Capacity Building & Education, CTF, Data, Monitoring & Accountability, DJF, English, events, Finance, Goal 1 - No Poverty, Goal 15 - Life on Land, governance, International Financial Institution, KB, land, Land Tenure and Property Rights, Means of Implementation, meeting, MIL OSI, Monitoring & Evaluation, Open Source Intel, Pacific, Policy & Institutional Coherence, Poverty Eradication, SDGs (All), Small Island Developing States, Sustainable Development, Systemic Issues, United States of America, World Bank / Comments Off on MIL-OSI Asia-Pacific: Event: Land and Poverty Conference 2019: Catalyzing Innovation
Source: Small Island Developing States Welcome to IISD’s SDG Knowledge Hub The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) has consolidated its nine Policy & Practice/Regional Coverage knowledgebases, and the tens of thousands of published articles contained within them, into a single entry point: SDG Knowledge Hub. This new, comprehensive knowledge management platform focuses on the […]
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By MIL OSI - ForeignAffairs.co.nz / December 5, 2018 / 24-7, Access to Genetic Resources & Benefit-sharing, Adaptation, AM-NC, Asia, Asia Pacific, Asia Pacific Region, biodiversity, Biosafety, Capacity Building & Education, CBD, CBD COP 15, China, Climate, Climate Change, Conservation, CTF, Disasters & Humanitarian Relief, DJF, Economics & Investment, ENB, English, Finance, Global Biodiversity Strategy & Targets, Goal 13 - Climate Action, Goal 14 - Life Below Water, Goal 15 - Life on Land, governance, Health, Human Rights & Indigenous Peoples, International Negotiations, Invasive Alien Species, KB, land, Means of Implementation, meeting, MIL OSI, Mitigation, Multilateral Environmental Agreement Body, NATO, News, Oceans & Coasts, Open Source Intel, Pacific, Peoples Republic Of China, Policy & Institutional Coherence, Protected Areas, Resource Exploitation, Resource Exploration, SDGs (All), Small Island Developing States, Sustainable Development, Sustainable Use, Systemic Issues, Technology, Technology / Transfer, Trade, Weather / Comments Off on MIL-OSI Asia-Pacific: UN Biodiversity Conference Establishes Processes to Consider Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, Emerging Technologies
Source: Small Island Developing States 2 December 2018: Held under the theme, ‘Investing in Biodiversity for People and Planet,’ the UN Biodiversity Conference resulted in the adoption of numerous decisions on strategic, administrative, financial, and ecosystem-related issues of relevance to the implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, and […]
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