Suriname
Bill
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27 Aug 2012
PREPARED BY OHRLLS
SUMMARY
The 2012 Third World Summit on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), saw 36 representatives and heads of state from Small Island Developing States (SIDS) take to the floor during the Plenary Session to deliver statements on a range of issues of importance and relevance to them. Of the 36 SIDS representatives, 10 were Heads of State while 10 were Heads of Government making up 26% of the 77 Heads of State and Heads of Government who addressed the Plenary...
02 Apr 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
27 March 2013: Two recent meetings of the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF), its Sixth Meeting of the Carbon Fund Participants (CF6, 15-16 March) and its 14th Meeting of the Participants Committee (PC14, 19-21 March 2013), have discussed updates on emissions reductions programmes and considered presentations on REDD+ readiness from a number of countries.
The CF6 heard presentations from Ethiopia, the Republic of the Congo, Viet Nam, as well as a resolution on support for Costa Rica....
20 Feb 2013
This workshop, titled "The Ozone Layer and Chemical and Waste Management Challenges in the Caribbean," is being organized by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). It seeks to strengthen environmental journalism skills and provide media professionals with relevant information and inputs for transmitting messages related to environmental protection and governance in the Caribbean. Its primary target audience includes editors and journalists of print, broadcast and online media, as well as news...
08 Feb 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
February 2013: The UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) Global Mechanism (GM) has launched a revamped web-based platform titled “Sustainable Land Management (SLM) – Finance.” The site will support the exchange of information on funding and finance for sustainable land management (SLM) among African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries, many of which are also small island developing States (SIDS).
The platform, which is part of the EU-funded Scope|ACP project, a South...
23 Jan 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
16 January 2013: Energy ministers and senior government officials from South American and Arab countries (ASPA) have adopted the Abu Dhabi Declaration on enhanced cooperation at the bi-regional mechanism’s inaugural meeting on energy.
The Declaration, adopted during the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week 2013, reaffirms member countries’ commitment to enhance energy links between the two regions and highlights opportunities for further cooperation in the areas of renewable energy, oil...
