Cuba
13 Nov 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
9 November 2012: UN General Assembly (UNGA) President Vuk Jeremić convened an informal meeting of the Assembly to address issues arising from Hurricane Sandy. The session detailed the monies allocated for affected countries from the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on countries to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
According to the UN, the storm caused death and destruction across the Caribbean region and the Eastern seaboard of the US....
03 Oct 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
1 October 2012: On the sixth and final day of the High-level Debate of the 67th Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), small island developing States (SIDS) called for ambitious commitments at the upcoming UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) meeting, underscored the importance of fisheries and renewable energy for sustainable development, and called for 2014 to be designated the International Year of SIDS.
Maxine Pamela Ometa McClean, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign...
02 Oct 2012
This meeting is organized by the UN Economic Commission on Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), and will bring together technical experts and government representatives of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries, Cuba and the Dominican Republic to examine the results of assessments of the economic and social impacts of climate change on the agriculture, coastal and marine, energy, health, tourism and water sectors in the Caribbean. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/...
14 Sep 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
September 2012: The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has released a special edition of the “IRENA Renewable Energy Country Profiles for the Caribbean,” as well as the “IRENA Renewable Energy Country Profiles Special Edition on Islands,” which summarize the state of renewable energy in these areas.
This overview includes information on the individual countries’ energy supplies, electrical generation, grid capacity and energy access, and highlights the countries’ energy...
07 Sep 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
3 September 2012: The Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) has announced the list of members as of 1 September 2012. IPBES has currently 92 members, including eight small island developing States (SIDS).
SIDS members of IPBES are: from Africa, Guinea-Bissau; from Asia and the Pacific, Fiji; and from the Caribbean, Antigua and Barbuda, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Saint Lucia, and Trinidad and Tobago.
IPBES also has members from Eastern Europe, Latin...
