March 2013: The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has published the third review of Italy's environmental performance, including progress towards a green low-carbon economy and international commitments. The Environmental Performance Review (EPR) presents 29 recommendations on how performance could be improved.
March 2013: The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) has released a report titled “An economic analysis of ecosystem-based adaptation and engineering options for climate change adaptation in Lami Town, Fiji.” Building on a vulnerability and adaptation assessment of Lami Town, the report presents a cost-benefit analysis of four adaptation scenarios.
March 2013: A policy brief by the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), titled "Addressing Gender in Climate-Smart Smallholder Agriculture," focuses on the constraints that are preventing women from participating in smallholder carbon and climate-smart activities.
February 2013: The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) has released a report, titled “Report on Adaptation Challenges in Pacific Island Countries,” which aims to contextualize the Pacific's adaptation challenges, highlighting adaptation efforts and ongoing challenges.
12 March 2013: The Spring 2013 newsletter of the Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) highlights the upcoming fourth Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM4) as well as recent CEM-related events and efforts in the areas of solar electric and wind energy technologies, clean energy progress in emerging economies, and urban sustainability technologies.
11 March 2013: The UNFCCC Secretariat has released the report of the centralized review of the 2012 annual submission of Liechtenstein (FCCC/ARR/2012/LIE), which states that total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions increased by 1.1% between 1990 and 2010.
8 March 2013: The UNFCCC Secretariat has released the report of the centralized review of the 2012 annual submission of Lithuania (FCCC/ARR/2012/LTU), which found that Lithuania's total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions increased by 56.9% between 1990 and 2010.
8 March 2013: At its 72nd meeting, the Executive Board of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) reached agreement on 22 recommendations for possible changes to the mechanism to make it more efficient and effective.
12 March 2013: The High-Level Meeting on National Drought Policy (HMNDP), organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO), the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), among other partners, is taking place from 11-15 March 2013 in Geneva, Switzerland. The HMNDP brings together world leaders, government decision makers, development agencies, and leading scientists and researchers to discuss drought preparedness and management policies.
8 March 2013: The Program on Forests (PROFOR) has released a World Bank report, titled "Deforestation Trends in the Congo Basin," which examines the link between economic development and deforestation in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Gabon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Republic of Congo.
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