Samoa
12 Nov 2012
Convened by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), this 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 various waste management techniques, including policy and strategic approaches to integrated solid waste management, hazardous waste management and other key waste management...
12 Nov 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
October 2012: The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the European Commission have released the June 2012 issue of the newsletter on the Multilateral Environment Agreements in African, Caribbean and Pacific countries (ACP MEAs) Project. The newsletter features a guest article on the ways in which pesticide management contributes to the implementation of Multilateral Environment Agreements (MEAs).
The article by Mark Davis and Francesca Mancini, Pesticide Risk Reduction Group, Food and...
24 Oct 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
23 October 2012: The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) has announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), on a unified approach to coordination of energy security strategies around the Pacific.
According to SPC, the MoU recognizes the key role of each agency in promoting renewable energy in the pursuit of energy security in the Pacific, and outlined the mutual interest of SPC and IRENA to explore collaborative...
23 Oct 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
17 October 2012: The General Assembly’s Second Committee (Economic and Financial) met on 17 October 2012, in New York, US, to discuss financial support of countries in special situations. Focusing on Least Developed Countries (LDCs), Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs), and Small Island Developing States (SIDS), the discussion included issues of the post-2015 development agenda and follow-up to the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20) in these countries....
12 Oct 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
10 October 2012: The UN General Assembly’s Second Committee conducted its General Debate from 8-10 October 2012, at UN Headquarters in New York, US. Member States stressed the centrality of poverty eradication, the ongoing effects of the global economic crisis, and various processes around sustainable development. Most speakers reaffirmed their commitment to achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) before the 2015 target date.
While some urged the extension of the MDGs’ priorities...
