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		<title>UNFCCC Releases GEF Report on Support for Biennial Update Reports Preparation    </title>
		<link>http://climate-l.iisd.org/news/unfccc-releases-gef-report-on-support-for-biennial-update-reports-preparation/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 15:02:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UNFCCC Secretariat has released a report submitted by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) (FCCC/CP/2013/INF.8) containing information on the resource status approved for non-Annex I Parties to prepare biennial update reports (BUR). ]]></description>
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		<title>UNFCCC Releases Report on GEF Support for Non-Annex I National Communications</title>
		<link>http://climate-l.iisd.org/news/unfccc-releases-report-on-gef-support-for-non-annex-i-national-communications-2/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 15:02:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Change Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UNFCCC Secretariat has released an information document on financial support provided by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) for the preparation of national communications by non-Annex I Parties (FCCC/SBI/2013/INF.7).]]></description>
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		<title>UNFCCC Publishes Workshop&#039;s Report on Ecosystem-Based Approaches</title>
		<link>http://climate-l.iisd.org/news/unfccc-publishes-workshops-report-on-ecosystem-based-approaches/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 15:47:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Change Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UNFCCC Secretariat has published a report on the technical workshop on ecosystem-based approaches for adaptation to climate change (FCC/SBSTA/2013/2), which was held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, from 21-23 March 2013. The workshop aimed at enhancing parties and expert organizations' understanding of ecosystem-based approaches for adaptation, sharing best practices and lessons learned, and identifying areas for further work.]]></description>
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		<title>Observed Carbon Dioxide Concentrations Reach 400 Parts Per Million Threshold</title>
		<link>http://climate-l.iisd.org/news/observed-carbon-dioxide-concentrations-reach-400-parts-per-million-threshold/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 15:15:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Observed concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere have exceeded the 400 parts per million (ppm) threshold at several stations of the World Meteorological Organization's (WMO) Global Atmosphere Watch network.]]></description>
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		<title>Workshop Analyzes Total Costs of REDD+ Activities in the Congo</title>
		<link>http://climate-l.iisd.org/news/workshop-analyzes-total-costs-of-redd-activities-in-the-congo/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 15:48:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Change Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forests & REDD]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Participants at a recent workshop in Kinshasa, assessed the total costs of REDD+ activities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ]]></description>
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		<title>Workshop on Tracking Mitigation Actions Strengthens Interactions Among African Countries</title>
		<link>http://climate-l.iisd.org/news/workshop-on-tracking-mitigation-actions-strengthens-interactions-among-african-countries/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 15:58:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Change Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The South African Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA), with support from GIZ and the International Partnership on Mitigation and Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV), organized a regional workshop on tracking mitigation actions in Africa. The event aimed to encourage the sharing of actions that individual African countries are taking and encouraging more countries to take early actions on climate change.]]></description>
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		<title>UNFCCC Releases LDCs Views on LULUCF for the Kyoto Protocol&#039;s Second Commitment Period</title>
		<link>http://climate-l.iisd.org/news/unfccc-releases-ldcs-views-on-lulucf-for-the-kyoto-protocols-second-commitment-period/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 15:15:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Change Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
		<category><![CDATA[Forests & REDD]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Secretariat has released an addendum containing the views from Nepal, for the Least Developed Countries (LDCs), on proposals or elements of proposals to address the implications of the implementation of decisions 2/CMP.7 to 4/CMP.7 and 1/CMP.8 on the relevant decisions adopted for the first commitment period and on any supplementary reporting required for the reporting of land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF) activities for the second commitment period (FCCC/SBSTA/2013/MISC.1/Add.2).]]></description>
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		<title>CCAFS Opens Southeast Asia Hub for Climate-Smart Agriculture Research</title>
		<link>http://climate-l.iisd.org/news/ccafs-opens-southeast-asia-hub-for-climate-smart-agriculture-research/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 15:15:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Change Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
		<category><![CDATA[Adaptation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security Program (CCAFS) Research Program of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) has opened a regional office in Hanoi, Viet Nam, to develop climate-smart farming technologies by working with Vietnamese and international research and development partners. ]]></description>
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		<title>World Bank Provides Guidance on GHG Emissions Assessments from Reservoirs </title>
		<link>http://climate-l.iisd.org/news/world-bank-provides-guidance-on-ghg-emissions-assessments-from-reservoirs/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 16:21:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Change Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The World Bank has released a publication titled "Greenhouse Gases from Reservoirs Caused by Biochemical Processes: Interim Technical Note," which aims to update the World Bank staff on how to measure GHGs from reservoirs in the context of dam infrastructure projects based on the most recent methodologies.]]></description>
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		<title>Experts Discuss the Enhancement of the UNFCCC Review Process</title>
		<link>http://climate-l.iisd.org/news/experts-discuss-the-enhancement-of-the-unfccc-review-process/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 14:33:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Change Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UNFCCC Secretariat has released the outcome of the 10th Meeting of Inventory Lead Reviewers on the Options to Improve the Cost-effectiveness, Efficiency and Practicality of the review process (FCCC/SBSTA/2013/INF.2). Participants noted that the implementation of the existing review process of national communications and national greenhouse gases (GHG) inventories is resource intensive, and that the newly-established international assessment and review (IAR) process for developed countries, to be launched in early 2014, will impose a substantial increase of work.]]></description>
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