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Particularly vulnerable developing countries” refers to least

Priority will be given to particularly vulnerable developing countries, especially low-lying coastal, arid and semi-arid areas, LDC’s, SIDS and Africa, land-locked countries, and

Some examples of the results of those targeted interventions include: capacity-building workshops that assisted Côte d’Ivoire and Guinea-Bissau with the preparation of national reports on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women; and capacity-building efforts to pave the way for a consensus agreement at the seventeenth session of the Commission on Sustainable Development on actions

Regarding new and emerging issues, a number of delegations stressed the importance of sustainable management of aquatic and marine resources, especially fisheries; water scarcity, in particular its impact on food security; loss of biodiversity, owing to pressure from human activities and climate change; increasing urbanization, in particular problems of transport and waste management; energy use, in

Welcoming the outcome of the seventeenth session of the Commission on Sustainable Development, on the thematic cluster

(e) Taking into account and giving special consideration to the urgent and immediate needs and capacity constraints of LDCs, small island

It was pointed out that, in recent years, countries in the region had become prone to

(i) International cooperation to support urgent implementation of adaptation actions, including through vulnerability assessments, prioritization of actions, financial needs assessments, capacity-building and response strategies, integration of adaptation actions into sectoral and national planning, specific projects and programmes, means to incentivize the implementation of adaptation actions, and other ways to enable climateresilient development and reduce vulnerability of all Parties, taking into account the urgent and immediate needs of developing countries that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change, especially the least developed countries and small island developing

At the 2nd meeting, on 23 February, the representatives of major groups presented their views on policy options and possible actions relevant to the six thematic issues, as contained in the note by the Secretariat entitled “Major

Following the outcome of the seventeenth session of the Commission on Sustainable Development, held in 2009, the Division for Sustainable Development of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs decided to closely monitor the implementation of the agreed decisions

It has become increasingly evident that extensive effects of climate change have already appeared in most parts

Adaptation is a challenge faced by all Parties and that enhanced action and international cooperation on adaptation is urgently required to enable and support the implementation of adaptation actions aimed at reducing vulnerability and building resilience in developing countries, taking into account the urgent and immediate needs of developing countries that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change, especially the least developed countries and small island developing

The G-77 and China support the establishment and strengthening of existing disaster management capacities at all levels, including information and early warning systems that allow

Funding for adaptation will be prioritized taking into account the urgent and immediate needs of developing countries that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change, especially the least developed countries and small island developing

Recognizing that climate change has significant negative implications for human society and ecosystems that are already occurring and pose an existential threat to particularly vulnerable developing countries, especially the least developed countries and small island

Report of the Secretary-General on policy options and actions for expediting progress in implementation: interlinkages and cross-cutting issues (E/CN.17/2009/9) Note by the Secretariat on major

At its sixteenth and seventeenth sessions, the Commission on Sustainable Development reviewed water as a cross-cutting issue with

The Bali Action Plan indicates that developing countries that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse

Member States also stressed the importance of aligning country strategies with the Programme of Action and expressed the view that enhanced support was needed to increase the resilience of small island developing States