Barbados
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...
25 Jun 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
22 June 2012: The Governments of Samoa and Fiji have offered to host the Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in 2014. The offers were made during the countries’ respective interventions at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20), which took place from 20-22 June 2012, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In addition, Nauru called for early appointment of the Conference Secretary-General.
Paragraph 180 of the Rio+20 outcome document calls “for...
21 Jun 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
20 June 2012: The UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20) opened on Wednesday, 20 June 2012, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Following the election of officers, adoption of the agenda and other organizational agenda items, delegates proceeded to conduct a general debate. Over 50 Heads of State and Government, Vice-Presidents, ministers and Heads of delegation addressed the meeting on its first day. The high-level participants also took part in a roundtable discussion. In...
20 Jun 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
18 June 2012: Numerous new commitments to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) initiative have been made by governments, private sector and civil society at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20).
Specifically, these commitments include: a Ghanaian plan to develop a national energy action plan to support capacity development and innovative financing; a pledge by Barbados to increase its renewable energy use to 29% of all energy...
15 Jun 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
14 June 2012: The UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20) Secretariat has reported on the latest submissions of voluntary commitments, which it is compiling in an online compendium on the Rio+20 website. As of 14 June, a total of 229 voluntary commitments have been registered.
Out of this total number, 159 commitments are on Education, 27 on Sustainable Energy, ten on Sustainable Cities, and six on Sustainable Transport. This also includes 22 commitments made by SIDS...
