Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
17 Jan 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
6 January 2012: The European Investment Bank (EIB) has announced that it will grant a €50 million line of credit to the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) to help finance borrowing member countries’ (BMC) efforts to address climate change mitigation and adaptation.
The credit line can be used to finance up to half of the aggregate total costs of eligible projects related to climate change, such as: energy efficiency; renewable energy; forestry and land use; low-carbon technology research,...
elena
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09 Jan 2012
Kingstown
389 sq km
English, Vincentian Creole
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
17 November 2010: The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) announced that it has completed insurance payments to the Governments of Barbados, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines following Tropical Cyclone Tomas.
Total payouts for the three countries were: Barbados, US$8,560,247; Saint Lucia, US$3,241,613; and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, US$1,090,388. CCRIF was formed at the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM’s) request for a cost-effective risk transfer...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
27 November 2010: The 17th Extraordinary Meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna (ICCAT) took place from 17-27 November in Paris, France, bringing together over 500 delegates from 35 contracting parties, including Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, and Vanuatu.
The Commission reviewed the status of tuna stocks and by caught species, including sharks and turtles, in the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. The contracting parties...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
7 December 2010: The UN General Assembly (UNGA) has adopted two resolutions calling on all States to bolster their support for the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and highlighting the specific challenges faced by small island developing States (SIDS), among other things.
The two resolutions are: the UNGA’s 38-page omnibus resolution on “oceans and the law of the sea” (A/RES/65/37); and the resolution on “sustainable fisheries, including through the 1995...
