Sentences with phrase «including small island states»

Poor countries, including small island states and the least developed countries, were looking for a decision to create an international mechanism to address losses and damages caused by climate change.

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Smaller airports included Albany, N.Y.; Harrisburg, Pa.; Islip / Long Island, N.Y.; New Haven, Conn.; Newburgh, N.Y.; State College, Pa.; Watertown, N.Y.; and Wilkes - Barre / Scranton, Pa..

Her research experience includes mapping feral cat colonies and the efficacy of trap - neuter - release programs in small island states.

State - of - the art island business services include a wide array of indoor and al fresco gathering locations ideal for both small and large events.

Born in 1958, Chicago, IL Recent locations include Los Angeles; New Orleans; Baja California, Mexico; San Juan Islands, British Columbia and Portland SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2011 Loose Lips Do Sink Ships, Laurel Gitlen, New York Sorry We're Closed, Brussels, Belgium (forthcoming) 2010 Timothy Taylor Gallery, London 2009 Galerie Laurent Godin, Paris Laurel Gitlen, New York Sorry We're Closed, Brussels, Belgium 2008 State of the Union, Small A Projects, Portland, OR 2007 White Columns, New York SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2011 Sex Drive, Haverford College, Haverford, PA (curated by Stuart Horodner) 2010 Bienniale de Belleville, Paris 2009 Sign of the Times, Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago Diabolique, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada; Galerie de L'UQAM, Montreal, Canada; Military Museums, Calgary, Canada (curated by Amanda Cachia) Salvador Diaz Gallery, Madrid (curated by Rikrit Tiravanija) 2008 Say Goodbye To..., Clifford Gallery, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY 2008 Altoids Award, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York Ambivalent Figuration, Samson Projects, Boston, MA 2007 Memorial to the Iraq War, ICA London (with Harrell Fletcher) BIBLIOGRAPHY Free Speech Zone: Michael Patterson - Carver, monograph edited by Harrell Fletcher, with contributions by Fletcher, Matthew Higgs, and an introduction by Michael Patterson - Carver, (London: Four Corners Books, 2010) Cachia, Amanda, Diabolique, exhibition catalogue, (Dunlop Art Gallery, 2009) Dexter, Emma, «Michael Patterson - Carver» in 60: Innovators Shaping Our Creative Future, edited by Lucas Dietrich, (London: Thames and Hudson, 2009) «Michael Patterson - Carver,» (review) The New Yorker, October 19, 2009 Anne Doran, «Michael Patterson - Carver,» (review) Time Out New York issue 732, October 8 - 14, 2009 Sanders, Gabriel, «Trader Joe's Treasure,» The Forward, July 2008 Yim, Su - jin, «Political Artist Moves in Higher Circles» (Michael Patterson - Carver), The Oregonian, April 2008 Vogel, Carol, «Inside Art: Altoids Award» (Michael Patterson - Carver), New York Times, March 2008 Yim, Su - jin, «An Artist, Discovered» (Michael Patterson - Carver), The Oregonian, August 2007 PUBLIC COLLECTIONS American Folk Art Museum, New York City of Paris Permanent Collection FRAC Bretagne, Châteaugiron, France Museum of Everything, London

Doing nothing until the end of the decade would also likely mean curtains for low - lying areas and small island states, including the Maldives, whose President Mohamed Nasheed I advise on climate change issues.

These include the Like Minded Developing Countries, or L.M.D.C.s; the Least Developed Countries, or L.D.C.s; the Alliance of Small Island States, or AOSIS; and the Group of 77, or G77, which, confoundingly, has a hundred and thirty - four member countries.

This activity report summarizes how the GEF has supported the sustainable development for the Small Island Developing States (SIDS), which includes the development of the green economy in the SIDS.

This activity report provides an overview of measures taken to contribute to climate change mitigation and adaption, as climate change is affecting the world's poorest and most vulnerable countries, including Small Island Developing States, landlocked countries, arid - and semi-arid areas and countries where people are dependent on natural resources.

Recalling the concern reflected in the outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, entitled «The future we want», 1 that the health of oceans and marine biodiversity are negatively affected by marine pollution, including marine debris, especially plastic, persistent organic pollutants, heavy metals and nitrogen - based compounds, from numerous marine and land - based sources, and the commitment to take action to significantly reduce the incidence and impacts of such pollution on marine ecosystems, Noting the international action being taken to promote the sound management of chemicals throughout their life cycle and waste in ways that lead to the prevention and minimization of significant adverse effects on human health and the environment, Recalling the Manila Declaration on Furthering the Implementation of the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land - based Activities adopted by the Third Intergovernmental Review Meeting on the Implementation of the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land - based Activities, which highlighted the relevance of the Honolulu Strategy and the Honolulu Commitment and recommended the establishment of a global partnership on marine litter, Taking note of the decisions adopted by the eleventh Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity on addressing the impacts of marine debris on marine and coastal biodiversity, Recalling that the General Assembly declared 2014 the International Year of Small Island Developing States and that such States have identified waste management among their priorities for action, Noting with concern the serious impact which marine litter, including plastics stemming from land and sea - based sources, can have on the marine environment, marine ecosystem services, marine natural resources, fisheries, tourism and the economy, as well as the potential risks to human health; 1.

From the standpoint of some the most vulnerable countries, including some of the small island developing states making up the organization AOSIS, Kyoto was not aggressive enough to prevent climate change threats to them.

It identifies several points of concern, including the shrinking of Arctic ice; competition over water resources in Central Asia; sea - level rises and small island developing states; and climate change - induced migration in the Sahel region of Africa.

The countries that left claim to have the support of other coalitions of poor nations, including the Least Developed Countries, the Alliance of Small Island States and the Africa Group.

It said grants and highly concessional loans were essential for adapting to climate change in the world's most vulnerable countries, including small island developing States.

In a discussion scheduled for Friday, small island states will push to include research on the damages caused by climate change.

Specific goals of the Synthesis Workshop included inter alia: to inform health scientists, practitioners, and officials of the impacts of climate variability, and long - term climate change in the Indian Ocean, Pacific, Caribbean and other regions; to address vulnerability assessment and adaptation options for Small Island Countries; and to summarize conclusions and recommendations for common actions and activities for Small Island States and vulnerable islands in general.

This activity report demonstrates that Small Island Developing States (SIDS) have time and again risen to the task of managing their fragile environments to meet their sustainable development goals through a broad range of actions, including conservation and sustainable use of critical marine and coastal resources, climate change mitigation, adaptation efforts and more.

The publication includes commentary from UN climate chief Christiana Figueres, Poland's Environment Minister Marcin Korolec, IPCC chairman Rajendra Pachauri and Ambassador Moses from the Alliance of Small Island States.

These included an encouraging proposal from AOSIS, the Alliance of Small Island States, to immediately focus the short - term ambition agenda on international support for scaled - up renewable and energy - efficiency deployment.

The G77 comprises 130 countries, including India and Brazil, most African countries, the grouping of small island states (Aosis), the Gulf states and many others, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe.

Ten members are from Annex I countries and Ten members from Non-Annex II countries including African, Asia - Pacific, and the Latin America and Caribbean States, one member from a small island developing State and one member from a least developed country Party.

The Nairobi Work Program, a comprehensive work program of activities under the (SBSTA) aims «to assist all parties, in particular developing countries, including the least developed countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS).»

The court documents state that the deposit was made by a series of payments, including a small cash payment in India, without obtaining any receipt, and two transfers to the account of a British Virgin Islands - based company held at Hong Kong bank.