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14 Feb 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
13 February 2012: The Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) concluded the seventh round of the Pacific Islands Countries Trade Agreement (PICTA) negotiations in Nadi, Fiji, on 10 February 2012. The seventh round of negotiations was focused on refining the proposed agreement on trade in services.
According to PIFS, participating countries agreed to a framework for final engagement of key stakeholders, and for progressing the finalization of the PICTA trade in services text and the related...
24 Jan 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
January 2012: The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) has issued the first fact sheet in a series titled “Building MEA Capacity for Pacific Island Countries.” The document is part of an EU project on “Capacity Building Related to Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) in African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Countries”.
The fact sheet describes pre-Conference of the Parties (COP) trainings conducted by SPREP for Pacific Island Countries (PICs)...
17 Jan 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
13 January 2012: The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) hosted the Pacific Leaders Meeting, a high-level meeting on facilitating renewable energy uptake in the Pacific Islands, immediately preceding the second session of the IRENA Assembly, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
The event gathered Heads of State, Ministers, agency Directors, and other high-level members of government of 11 Pacific Island States to discuss the barriers, opportunities and pathways towards the acceleration...
17 Jan 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
December 2011: The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the European Commission have released the latest issue of the newsletter on the Multilateral Environment Agreements in African, Caribbean and Pacific countries (ACP MEAs) Project. The newsletter features a guest article by Bakary Kante, Division of Environmental Law and Conventions, UNEP, outlining the progress of the ACP MEAs Project, over the past two and one-half years.
The newsletter also contains information on recently completed...
16 Jan 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
January 2011: The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has released a publication titled “Renewable Energy Country Profiles: Pacific.” The country profiles consider where renewable energy can contribute significantly to combating climate change.
The publication aims to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date picture of the situation of renewable energy, including: energy supply, electrical capacity, energy access, policies, targets, investment climate, projects and endowment in...
