French Polynesia
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
The 15th South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Meeting of Officials met from 13-16 September, and the fifth SPREP Environment Ministers’ Meeting met on 17 September in Pape’ete, Tahiti, French Polynesia.
The meetings endorsed a new strategic approach for the regional intergovernmental organization for the period 2005-2009, departing from its previous organizational arrangement of having five key result areas and establishing two new long-term strategic programmes – the Island...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
5 August 2010: The 41st meeting of the Pacific Islands Forum, which took place in Port Vila, Vanuatu, from 4-5 August 2010, concluded with the issuance of a Communiqué, which contains a section on climate change.
According to the Communiqué, climate change remains the greatest threat to the livelihoods, security and well-being of the peoples of the Pacific. Pacific leaders stress the need for a meaningful legally-binding agreement on emissions reduction to be reached urgently and without delay...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
9 September 2010: The 21st meeting of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) convened in Madang, Papua New Guinea, from 6-10 September 2010, and concluded with the adoption of a Strategic Plan for 2011-2015.
The Plan will guide regional environmental cooperation and the work of SPREP with four priorities: climate change; biodiversity and ecosystem management; waste management and pollution prevention; and environmental monitoring and governance. According to the meeting Communiqué,...
