Barbados
08 Jun 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
7 June 2012: The Project Board of the Global Pilot Project on Climate Change Adaptation to Protect Human Health carried out by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the World Health Organization (WHO) held its first meeting of national project managers.
The meeting took place from 18-19 May 2012, in Bonn, Germany, was hosted by WHO-EURO, and coincided with the UNFCCC Climate Change Conference held at the same venue. It brought together representatives...
04 Jun 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
29 May 2012: Two Caribbean climate experts are visiting the central Pacific island of Kiribati to study and learn lessons from the climate challenges faced by atoll countries. The visit was arranged as part of the UN Development Programme’s (UNDP) project on “South-South Cooperation between Pacific and Caribbean small island developing States (SIDS) on Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management.”
David Farrell, Caribbean Institute of Meteorology, and Lorna Inniss,...
30 May 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
28 May 2012: Representatives from Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member States attended a training workshop focused on renewable energy technologies appropriate for the Caribbean island State context, particularly solar cooling and heating systems, photovoltaics and wind energy.
The Sustainable Alternatives for Tropical Island States 2012 (SATIS 2012) workshop took place from 9-11 May 2012, in Bridgetown, Barbados. The event was hosted by the Caribbean Solar Energy Society (CSES) with support...
24 May 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
21 May 2012: The UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has published a report that examines the vulnerability and exposure to climate change of the 72,182 km coastline of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).
The report looks at individual five km long, 20 km wide strips of LAC coastline, analyzing the physical, socioeconomic and ecological characteristics of coastal zones according to variables such as land type and use, crop areas or ecosystem zones, population...
22 May 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
May 2012: Senior government officials from the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency’s (CDEMA) Central Sub-region have convened for a second annual round of consultations.
Disaster management officials from Barbados, Dominica, St. Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines met on 8-9 May 2012 in Warrens, Barbados. Barbados serves as the CDEMA Sub-Regional Focal Point (SRFP) for the Central Sub-region.
The meeting featured what officials from Barbados’ Department of Emergency...
