Jamaica
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
July 2012: The Government of Saint Kitts and Nevis, with the support of the Global Environment Facility (GEF), is developing a national trust fund and conservation finance mechanism for the sustainable financing of protected areas in St. Kitts and Nevis.
A meeting held from 17-19 July 2012 gathered stakeholders to discuss the development of a sustainable financing architecture in the country. This effort is part of the Caribbean Challenge Initiative, under which the Governments of Bahamas, the...
21 Aug 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
16 August 2012: At its 18th Meeting, the Adaptation Fund Board (AFB) accredited the National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development of India as the National Implementing Entity (NIE) for India, and as its 12th NIE. The Board also approved grants for $50.7 million in seven countries, including one direct access project in Jamaica.
Additional projects were approved in Colombia, Djibouti, Cambodia, Egypt, Lebanon and Mauritania. The Board continued discussions on how to increase adaptation...
02 Aug 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
26 July 2012: The Global Environment Facility (GEF) Small Grants Programme (SGP) has provided a US$40,000 grant for the Jamaica Maritime Institute Trust Fund (JMITF) to establish a renewable energy center in Kingston, Jamaica.
The project, implemented by the UN Development Programme (UNDP), is titled “Establishing the Caribbean Maritime Institute as a Learning Centre for Renewable Energy, Producing Wind Energy/Potable Drinking Water,” and was launched on 26 July 2012. It aims to support...
02 Aug 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
25 July 2012: The Permanent Mission of Chile to the UN has submitted a “Declaration on the application of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development” to the Secretary-General of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20), on behalf of 10 Latin American and Caribbean governments, for circulation as a document of the Conference.
In the statement, the Governments of Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru...
