October 2011: The September-October 2011 issue of the Global Island Partnership's (GLISPA) Progress Update highlights outcomes of the Caribbean Challenge Planning Meeting, a briefing on Debt Swaps for Adaptation, the Hawai'i Green Growth Initiative and Micronesia Challenge. It also notes GLISPA's efforts at upcoming international conferences to raise attention for island initiatives.
November 2011: The Biotechnology Forum of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) has announced the latest in its series of moderated "email conferences," titled "Strengthening partnerships in agricultural biotechnologies for the benefit of smallholders in developing countries: Discussing North-South, South-South, Public-Private cooperation and more."
October 2011: The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) has reported on the release of new wheat and maize varieties that are resistant to disease and adapted to climate change in China and Ethiopia.
17 October 2011: The first day of the High-level Segment for 10th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 10) to the Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) included a roundtable discussion focused on the theme “The UNCCD in the context of Rio+20: Addressing desertification, land degradation and drought as a cornerstone of the Green Economy.”
13 October 2011: The European Commission has unveiled its "Agenda for Change" in EU Development policy as well as a new policy for EU budget support that aim to ensure development aid provides the maximum impact on poverty reduction.
7 October 2011: Several divisions of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) are supporting the Multi One Attitude Foundation in developing an awareness programme on water scarcity and ocean conservation.
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council is the main governing body of the GEF. It functions as an independent board of directors, with primary responsibility for developing, adopting, and evaluating GEF programmes. Council members representing 32 constituencies (16 from developing countries, 14 from developed countries, and two from countries with transitional economies) meet for three days, twice each year.
The Annual Meeting of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) gathers finance ministers from Latin America to discuss development priorities and provide guidance to the Bank. A series of seminars on topics of interest to participants will be sponsored prior to the opening of the meeting.
The GEF Council is the main governing body of the GEF. It functions as an independent board of directors, with primary responsibility for developing, adopting, and evaluating GEF programs. Council members representing 32 constituencies (16 from developing countries, 14 from developed countries, and two from countries with transitional economies) meet twice each year for three days.
7 October 2011: The Conference on Forests in a Green Economy has concluded with recommended actions on how to realize the potential of forests to help build a green economy. The recommendations and conclusions of the conference will be submitted to both the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20) in 2012 and the 10th Session of the UN Forum on Forests (UNFF 10), to be held in 2013.
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