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June 2009 Climate Talks Underway in Bonn PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 03 June 2009 09:46
From 1-12 June 2009, several meetings are taking place in Bonn, Germany, as part of ongoing negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Kyoto Protocol. The Convention’s subsidiary bodies, the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) and the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA), will hold their 30th sessions. Longer-term aspects of international climate change cooperation will be considered by the sixth session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA 6) and the eighth session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP 8). The two AWGs are scheduled to conclude their work by the fifteenth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 15) to be held in Copenhagen, Denmark, in December 2009.


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Official Launch of Third National Environmental Action Plan, National Sustainable Development Strategy and Green Curriculum for Environment Education PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 30 April 2009 10:23

Third National Environmental Action Plan (NEAP), National Sustainable Development Strategy (NSDS) and Country Report on the Green Curriculum for the Environment Education in the Maldives prepared by the Ministry of Housing, Transport and Environment in co-ordination with the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) was officially launched by Dr. Young Woo Park, Regional Director of United Nations Environment Program for Asia and Pacific, in a ceremony held this morning in the Environment Ministry. The opening remark was delivered by the Chief Guest of the ceremony Dr. Mohamed Shareef, Deputy Minister of Housing, Transport and Environment. In his speech, he recognized the critical role UNEP has played in developing the Environmental Management Systems in the Maldives and thanked UNEP and UNDP for the commitment and support they have been providing to the Maldives.

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Dr. Young Woo Park meets with the Minister of Housing, Transport and Environment PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 29 April 2009 10:16

Dr. Young Woo Park, Regional Director of United Nations Environment Program for Asia and Pacific accompanied by Dr. Subrata Sinha, Environment Officer of UNEP ROAP, paid a courtesy cal to Mr. Mohamed Aslam the Minister of Housing, Transport and Environment.

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Official visit of the Regional Director of UNEP ROAP PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 29 April 2009 07:17
The Regional Director of United Nations Environment Program for Asia and the Pacific, Dr Yang Woo has arrived today on an official visit to Maldives. The regional Director is accompanied by Environment Officer of UNEP ROAP Dr. Subrata Sinha.

The visit is to officially launch the Country Report on the Green Curriculum for the Environment Education in the Maldives, The National Sustainable Development Strategy (NSDS) and 3rd National Environment Action Plan (NEAP) developed jointly by the Ministry of Housing Transport and Environment and United Nations Environment Program (UNEP).

During his visit he is to make courtesy calls on, Dr. Mohamed Waheed Vice President of Maldives, Mr. Mohamed Aslam Minister of Housing Transport and Environment and Mr. Patrice Coeur-Bizot the
United Nations Resident Coordinator for Maldives.
 
Bonn Climate Change Talks PDF Print E-mail
Monday, 30 March 2009 14:22
Bonn, Germany. The Seventh session of the Ad-hoc Working Group on further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP) and Fifth session of the Ad-hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA) began yesterday in Bonn, Germany. The talks are to take place from Sunday 29 March to Wednesday 8 April 2009 in Maritim Hotel.

Matthias Machnig, State Secretary, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety of Germany, highlighted the need to switch to a full negotiating mode in Bonn and stressed that the agreement in Copenhagen should be guided not only by what is possible but also by what is necessary to address climate change.  He also welcomed the US delegation and stated that the US is now “back in the game.”
 
 
The Maldives delegation participating in the talks is headed by Mr. Amjad Abdulla – Director General of the Ministry of Housing, Transport and Environment, accompanied by the ministry’s Environment Analyst, Mr. Ali Lishan and Ms. Shazra Abdul Sattar, First Secretary of the Maldives Permanent Mission to the UN in Geneva. Maldives is the lead coordinator on adaptation issues under the AWG LCA on behalf of G77/China and as the former chair of the LDCs, takes up responsibility and coordination of negotiations on thematic areas such as shared vision, mitigation, adaptation, finance and technology.
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