Samoa
29 Nov 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
21 November 2012: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has announced the appointment of Wu Hongbo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, as Secretary-General for the Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS). The Conference, which will seek renewed political commitment to address the special needs of SIDS, is scheduled to take place in Apia, Samoa, in 2014.
According to the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), Wu and DESA will work in...
23 Nov 2012
Convened by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), this two-week course is open to participants from the Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, Marshall Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. The course will focus on landfill and dumpsite management, leachate treatment and management, and environmental monitoring. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/waste-...
16 Nov 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
1 November 2012: Seven Pacific islands delivered the outcomes of their Cost Benefit Analyses (CBAs), during the conclusion workshop of the Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change Project (PACC). The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) began the series of trainings in November 2011, to support countries in conducting CBAs and thereby improve the selection and design of adaptation projects.
The conclusion workshop took place in Apia, Samoa, from 30 October- 2 November...
15 Nov 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
12 November 2012: The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Risø Centre supported the participation of 12 representatives from Pacific island countries in the Carbon Expo Australasia 2012, which took place from 7-9 November 2012, in Melbourne, Australia. According to the Risø Centre, representatives from Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu attended the Expo.
Support for their attendance was part of the Pacific regional Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) capacity-building...
15 Nov 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
14 November 2012: The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) coordinated the first regional training on the Pacific Climate Change Portal for national counterparts. Participants discussed user needs and the establishment of a network of climate change portal editors and users.
The training, which took place at the University of the South Pacific (USP) in Suva, Fiji, on 6-8 November 2012, equipped participants from the Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Samoa, Tonga,...
