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Capacity Building for Climate Negotiators
Malé : The Regional European Capacity Building Initiative (ecbi) Workshop for South and South East Asia, was inaugurated by Mr. Abdullahi Majeed, Deputy Minister of Environment of Maldives, today at Mookai Hotel, Male’. In the opening remarks he highlighted the importance of the workshop in climate negotiations, especially the most vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change, namely for Least Developed Countries (LDC) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS). He also encouraged the participants to make the best use of the workshop in preparing for the upcoming Fourteenth Session of the Conference of the Parities (COP 14) to be held in Poznan, Poland in December this year.  The Workshop is organized jointly by the Ministry of Environment of Maldives, International Institute of Environment and Development (IIED) and Bangladesh Center for Advanced Studies (BCAS). The aim of the workshop is to build sustained capacity in support of international climate change negotiations. Delegates from Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Vietnam, together with delegates from the Maldives participates in this 3 day workshop held from the 12 to 14 of August 2008. A team of experienced negotiators and resource persons from IIED, ecbi, BCAS led by Mr. Saleem-ul Haq, Director of IIED, shared their knowledge in preparing the participants for international climate change negotiations.
IPCC Shares it Nobel Peace Prize with Deputy Minister The UN Intergovermental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize with former us Vice-President Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. in December 2007. Mr. Abdullahi Majeed , Deputy Minister of Environment has been long associated with the work of the UN intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Mr. Majeed served as a Vice –Chair of the IPCC working Group II dealing with impacts, adaptation and vulnerability during the Panels Third Assessment Report in the period 1998-2002. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was established in 1988 to give policy makers neutral summaries of the latest expertise on climate change by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Mr. Abdullahi Majeed currently working as a deputy minister of Environment, Energy & Water. He has served for over 35 years both in Meteorological and Environmental sectors.
Mr. Amjad Abdulla, Director General of the Ministry of Environment, meets with the President of COP 14 11 June 2008 Bonn: Mr. Amjad Abdulla, as the Chair of the LCD group, met with the Minster for Environment of Poland Mr. Maciej Nowicki on 11 June 2008 on sideline with the Climate Change Subsidiary Bodies meeting which is being held in Bonn. The meeting was part of the preparation of the upcoming Conference of Parties 14th Meeting which will be held in Poznan, Poland from 1-12 December 2008. Minister Nowicki will be taking the Presidency of the COP 14. In the Meeting Mr. Amjad Abdulla briefed to the Minister Nowicki, the progress that LDCs as a group has achieved in the United Nations Climate Change Conference. In this regard, Mr. Amjad Abdulla highlighted that National Adaptation Programe of Action is one of such successful stories for LDC. The Meeting also raised some of the concerns for the LDC in the upcoming climate change COP and Minister Nowicki assured to the delegation from LDC that as a president of the COP, he will make sure that LDC along with others group issues would be given consideration. In this meeting, Mr. Amjad Abdulla was accompanied by Mr. Mr. Mohammad Reazuddin and Mr. Quamrul Islam Chowdhury from Bangladesh, Ms. Fatou Ndeye Gaye from Gambia and Mr. Ahmed Jameel from Maldives. Members of the European Parliament express their willingness to support Maldives adaptation efforts; further meetings on the Commission’s Global Climate Change Alliance also held 30 March 2008 Mr Amjad Abdulla, Director General at the Maldives Ministry of Environment, Energy and Water, and Mr Ahmed Sareer, the newly appointed chargé d’affaires at the soon to be established Maldives Mission to the European Union, have concluded two days of meetings with representatives of the European Parliament and the European Commission. Mr Patrick McMullan from the Maldives Mission also attended the meeting (more)
“The Environment- Our Future” theme of Commonwealth Day 2008 12 Marh 2008 A presentation on the Commonwealth Day theme for this year, “The Environment- Our Future” has been presented to participants of the official celebrations in Maldives (more)
Global Ministerial Environment Forum of UNEP 12 Marh 2008 A high level meeting from Maldives participated in the 10th Special Session of the Governing Council /Global Ministerial Environment Forum, held at the Principality of Monaco, from 20-22 February 2008. The delegation consisted of Minister of Environment, Energy and Water Mr. Ahmed Abdulla as head of the delegation, Mr. Abdullahi Majeed, Deputy Minister and Mr. Amjad Abdulla, Director General of the Ministry of Environment, Energy and Water (more) ި
Statement by His Excellency Ahmed Abdullah Minister of Environment, Energy and Water of the Republic of Maldives, at the United Nations Thematic Debate “Addressing Climate Change: The United Nations and the World at work” United Nations Headquarters, New York 12 February 2008 Mr. President, Mr. Secretary-General, Honorable Ministers, Excellencies, and friends: Let me begin by extending to you Mr. President, my gratitude for convening this important debate. Allow me also to congratulate the Secretary-General of the United Nations, His Excellency Mr. Ban Ki-Moon, for the commitment and leadership that he had demonstrated over the past year for ensuring the highest priority to climate change. more
Maldives Environment Minister Speaks for LDC countries in Bali Climate ConferenceEnvironment Minister Ahmed Abdullah has said that LDC member countries are confident that the Climate Change Conference in Bali has provided a window of opportunity to start a negotiating process which will make member countries of the United Nations to commit on targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The Minister said so while speaking at the Bali Climate Conference on behalf of the least developed countries. more
An international conference of AOSIS members
Maldives testifies at a hearing of the US House of Representatives select committee on energy and global warming solutions for vulnerable communities22 October 2007 The Maldives has testified at a hearing of the United States House of Representatives on the subject of Energy and Global Warming Solutions for Vulnerable Communities. Following an invitation extended by the US House of Representatives Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, Mr. Amjad Abdulla, Assistant Director General of the Ministry of Environment, Energy and Water testified at the hearing on behalf of the Government of Maldives. At the hearing which was held on Thursday, 18 October, Mr. Amjad Abdulla highlighted that the global warming and climate change represents a crisis that threatens the very existence of the Maldives. In this regard he highlighted the efforts by His Excellency President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom to bring international attention to this matter, and noted that for the past 20 years the President has been advocating for action by the international community to address this problem. Mr. Amjad Abdulla noted that although 20 years ago global warming and climate change was an issue of significance only to few countries like the Maldives, it is now a reality in all parts of the world (more)
Maldives to host climate change meeting to support Bali Summit October 14 2007 The Republic of Maldives will next month host an international climate change meeting ahead of the December UN brokered meeting in Bali where it is hoped to agree to keep global warming within manageable limits in line with the Kyoto Protocol. (more)
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