Maldives
08 Mar 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
6 March 2013: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has released a report on the costs of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in South Asia, titled “Economics of Reducing Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions in South Asia: Options and Costs.” The report synthesizes the results of studies conducted under an ADB technical assistance activity on the Regional Economics of Climate Change in South Asia Phase 1 (RECCSA 1) in five countries: Bangladesh, Bhutan, the Maldives, Nepal, and Sri Lanka.
The 102-page study...
20 Feb 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
18 February 2013: The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has reported that, in response to the Hyderabad Call for Biodiversity Champions in support of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, the Government of the Maldives has pledged that the entire country and its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) will become a UN Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Biosphere Reserve by 2017.
The pledge by the Republic of Maldives is in response to the Hyderabad Call for...
14 Feb 2013
This Special Session of the Southwest Indian Ocean Fisheries Commission (SWIOFC) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) will take place in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Current membership includes: Comoros, France, Kenya, Madagascar, Maldives, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, and Yemen. More information on the SWIOFC: http://www.fao.org/fishery/rfb/swiofc/en [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/special-session-of-the-southwest-...
23 Jan 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
21 January 2013: The World Bank’s Energy Sector Management Assistance Program’s (ESMAP) January e-Bulletin focuses on: improving the institutional framework for energy in the Maldives; a knowledge exchange forum for partner agencies convened by ESMAP; Indonesia’s Geothermal development; and activities relating to Africa Clean Cooking Energy Solutions (ACCES).
The e-Bulletin highlights the Maldives’ and other Small Island Developing States’ (SIDS) vulnerability to...
10 Jan 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
8 January 2013: The Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) of the World Bank has published a press release on a project to improve the institutional framework for energy in the Maldives to help meet the country’s climate change mitigation goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2020.
The ESMAP funded project began in 2010 and is supporting the Maldives in achieving its carbon neutrality target, especially by reducing its dependence on diesel-powered electricity. As part of the...
