Grenada
10 May 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
9 May 2012: On the second day of the SIDS High-Level Conference on Sustainable Development for All (SE4ALL), which convened in Bridgetown, Barbados, from 7-8 May 2012, delegates from the three SIDS regions – the Pacific, Caribbean and Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Mediterranean, and South China Sea (AIMS) – unanimously adopted the Barbados Declaration, which will be taken to the Rio+20 Conference in June.
The Barbados Declaration addresses challenges, opportunities, commitments and initiatives on...
04 May 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
30 April 2012: The Caribbean Renewable Energy Development Programme (CREDP) and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) have officially launched an Energy Efficiency Promotion Project.
The launch took place during a workshop, which convened from 26-27th April 2012, in Castries, Saint Lucia.
Co-financed by the European Union / Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (EU/ACP) Energy Facility, German International Cooperation (GIZ) and the OECS Secretariat, the project will develop norms,...
25 Apr 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
20 April 2012: The UNFCCC Secretariat has released a note containing information on financial support provided by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) for the preparation of national communications from Parties not included in Annex I to the Convention (CCC/SBI/2012/INF.7).
The note details of the financial support provided by the GEF for the preparation of initial and subsequent national communications from Parties not included in Annex I to the Convention (non-Annex I Parties). Annexed to...
20 Apr 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
17 April 2012: The Caribbean Marine Protected Areas Management Network and Forum (CaMPAM) has announced the launch of a project aimed at supporting learning exchanges among marine protected areas (MPA) staff and fishers from the Dominican Republic, Grenada, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Cuba, and Antigua and Barbuda, as well as other Caribbean countries.
According to CaMPAM, the learning exchanges, set to take place throughout April and May, aim to use manager exchanges as a tool for...
17 Apr 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
April 2012: The UN Development Programme (UNDP) has released the eighth issue of its Climate Change Adaptation Bulletin, a quarterly publication that provides an overview of UNDP-the Global Environment Facility (GEF) support to countries to affect policy and institutional change for climate change adaptation at the national, sub-national and community-levels. This issue focuses on adaptation projects in Africa, as well as an announcement of Germany’s support to adaptation initiatives in Grenada...
