On June 16th 2015, the STAP hosted two speakers, Captain David A. Condino, a Maritime Transportation Specialist at the United States Coast Guard, Office of Port and Facility Compliance and Charles (Bud) V. Darr, Senior Vice President for Technical and Regulatory Affairs for Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA). The discussion focused on the international and regional regulatory frameworks addressing port reception facilities, and the role of... Read More
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Meetings of the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions in Geneva, May 4-15, 2015 and the Basel-Rotterdam-Stockholm (BRS) Science Fair (May 7-9, 2015) The Executive Secretary of the BRS officially invited the STAP to be involved in the inaugural BRS Science Fair, May 7-9, 2015, on the occasion of the Meetings of the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions in Geneva, May 4-15, 2015. The STAP Chair and STAP Chemicals Panel member were asked to participate in the form of on-film interviews on such aspects as the complementarity of the work of the STAP with that of the subsidiary bodies of the Conventions, the ways in which the STAP contributes to scientific understanding for the Chemicals and waste focal area, and... Read More |
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STAP's regular bi-annual meeting with GEF Agencies and other partners was held on June 1, 2015, beginning at 10 AM. The meeting took place in the main building of the World Bank, corner of H Street and 18th - Conference Room MC C2-125.
In 2012 our STAP Postdoc on Climate Change Adaptation, Veronique Morin, participated in a graduate exchange program with Kyoto University. The program was entitled "Disaster Resilient Countries (DRC)", and consisted of intensive short courses and field visits to tsunami, flood and earthquake disaster affected areas all over Japan and Thailand. Three years after completing the program, Kyoto University catches up with Veronique to see what kind of activities she is involved in at the STAP, and to reflect on how the DRC program helped her to prepare for her ongoing work.
The Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel of the Global Environment Facility (STAP/GEF) and the Programme of Research on Climate Change Vulnerability, Impacts and Adaptation (PROVIA) of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) are undertaking a joint activity that will inform the scientific basis for measuring, monitoring and evaluating climate change adaptation. Most of the existing frameworks have been developed from the perspective of project level M&E. However, with increased attention on mainstreaming adaptation into medium to long-term development activities, as reflected in the growing importance of the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) related... 