August 2009: Volume 1

Welcome to the first edition of our newsletter on Climate, Environment and Energy in Asia-Pacific. This newsletter is brought to you by the UNDP Regional Team and is meant to give you the latest and greatest news and information from our activities in the Asia-Pacific Region. It includes updates on: new project approvals; impacts and results from our projects; information on our policy and mainstreaming work; noteworthy climate, environment and energy announcements; staff movements; events; and our activities in the Pacific.

Martin Krause, Team Leader

Newsletter Contents

Project Approvals

• GEF Funded Projects
• LDCF Funded Projects
• SCCF Funded Projects
• UN-REDD Funded Projects
• MFF Funded Projects

Impacts & Results

• Climate Change Mitigation Portfolio
• Biodiversity Portfolio

Policy Work & Mainstreaming

• PEI enters Phase 1 in Lao PDR

Noteworthy

• A crucial year for international climate change negotiations
• World Oceans Conference sees the adoption of the Manado Ocean Declaration and Coral Triangle Initiative
• UNDP Asia Pacific joins the world of online social-networking sites for knowledge sharing

Staff Movements

• Joined the team
• Departed from the team

Events

• Environment Focal Point Training & Knowledge Exchange Workshop, Bangkok, 8-12 June, 2009
• Poverty Environment Initiative Regional Meeting, Bangkok, Thailand, 12-15 June 2009
  
• Fifth Mangroves for the Future Regional Steering Committee Meeting, Mahe, Seychelles, 6-9 July, 2009
• Inception Meeting for the Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change (PACC) Project Inception Workshop, Apia, Samoa,29 June - 3 July 2009

Pacific Brief

• Climate Change Scoping Study
• Programs under the Global Environment Facility Pacific Alliance for Sustainability (GEF-PAS)
• Other UNDP supported projects in the Pacific
• Download the August 2009 Pacific Brief

 

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