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The 2nd International Conference ”Climate Change as a challenge for poverty reduction” will take place in Bonn, Germany from 30-31st of May, 2008.
The consequences of climate change are of ever increasing importance for development politics. Climate change poses a significant threat to the goals of the fight against poverty. The UN negotiations for a new global climate change treaty are gaining momentum; but without the consideration of the development politics' perspective an equitable climate treaty is impossible.
In the run-up to the UN Climate Conference in Bonn (2-13 June 2008) Germanwatch will hold on the 30 May (introduction and discussion, only in German language) and the 31 May (whole-day conference) an international conference on climate change and Poverty reduction.
Workshops will address specific themes in greater detail (e.g. climate change and food security, adaptation, deforestation, climate alliances). The conference will serve as a forum for opinion and information, and will send a signal to the UN Climate Negotiations: the path to a just Climate Treaty must be made clear.
Germanwatch in cooperation with the Heinrich-Böll- Fondation NRW and other partners with financial support from the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
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Keeping in view the factors responsible for slowing growth and rising poverty the government has formulated a comprehensive Economic Revival Program aimed at promoting pro-poor economic growth and poverty reduction. Pakistan's Interim-Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (I-PRSP) is the outcome of this holistic development agenda.
In order to oversee the implementation of the I-PRSP, the government has constituted a high-level National PRSP Implementation Committee headed by the Secretary General of Finance and comprising secretaries of federal and provincial PRSP partner government agencies. The National PRSP Implementation Committee is responsible for the implementation of PRSP policy reforms, evaluation of their impact, and appropriate adjustments (if required) in the policy regime. It will also develop and build consensus on the comprehensive national anti-poverty strategy (full Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper). For this purpose the government has established a PRSP Secretariat, in Finance Division, which will serve as the Secretariat for the National PRSP Implementation Committee.
http://www.finance.gov.pk/poverty/home.html