Barbados
13 Jul 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
6 June 2012: The Organization of American States’ (OAS) General Assembly has endorsed the Inter‐American Plan for Disaster Prevention and Response and the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance. The Plan is a management tool for coordinating governments’ efforts in dealing with disaster prevention, preparedness, response and mitigation.
OAS members include the following small island developing States (SIDS): Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, the...
09 Jul 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
21 June 2012: The UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and UN-Water have released a report on water and the green economy in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). The report draws on presentations and discussions held during the LAC sessions of the International Conference “Water in the Green Economy in Practice: Towards Rio+20,” held from 3-5 October 2011, in Zaragoza, Spain.
Launched during the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+...
06 Jul 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
5 June 2012: The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) announced that all 16 member governments have renewed their hurricane and earthquake insurance for the 2012-2013 policy year, and that the Facility has provided them with a 25% rebate on their 2011-2012 policy year premium because none of their policies had been triggered.
CCRIF is encouraging member governments to use the rebates either to purchase additional coverage or to fund steps to improve hazard risk resilience and...
06 Jul 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
28 June 2012: The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has provided Barbados with a US$17 million loan to support its Public Sector Smart Energy program, which will be co-financed by a €5.8 million EU grant.
This program is designed to create and implement renewable energy solutions and energy efficiency measures to be carried out by government agencies. Such measures will aid in the ongoing process of cutting energy costs and reducing dependence on imported fuel in Barbados. The Smart Energy...
29 Jun 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
28 June 2012: The UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20) Secretariat has reported receiving 715 voluntary commitments, including commitments that will mobilize more than US$500 billion in action towards sustainable development. These include 52 government commitments, 82 UN/IGO commitments and 581 Major Group and civil society commitments. Sha Zukang, UNCSD Secretary-General, said the voluntary commitments complement the official outcome, and “are a major part of the...
