Suriname
16 Jan 2012
The GEF Caribbean Expanded Constituency Workshop (ECW) will bring together GEF focal points, focal points from the main Conventions (Biodiversity, Desertification, Climate Change and POPs), representatives from civil society and representatives from GEF agencies. The purpose of the meeting is to keep these stakeholders abreast of GEF strategies, policies and procedures and to encourage coordination. It will include participants from Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize Cuba, Dominica...
23 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
10 August 2011: The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) has published the July/August issue of its Climate news update, highlighting concerns ahead of the Durban Climate Change Conference, the cap of Chinese energy consumption and other regional news.
The news update notes that: South Africa’s preparations to host the next climate talks have encountered the skepticism of activists claiming South Africa’s lack of leadership on environmental issues; China’s...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
7 April 2011: A workshop in Paramaribo, Suriname, trained officials from 17 Caribbean nations in the use of Integrated Environmental Assessments for mainstreaming Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs). The workshop took place from 29 March-1 April 2011.
The workshop was organized by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) with support from the Global Environment Facility’s (GEF) Integrating Watershed and Costal Areas Management in Small Island Caribbean Developing States (IWCAM) Project...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
13 July 2011: The second meeting of the Caribbean Wetlands Initiative discussed the region’s implementation of the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar Convention), and resulted in agreement on activities and material to be presented and disseminated during the upcoming Pan-American meeting and the 11th meeting of the contracting parties (COP 11) to the Ramsar Convention.
The meeting took place in Kralendijk, on the island of Bonaire in the Dutch Caribbean, from 4-9...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
10 August 2011: The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) has published the July/August issue of its Climate news update, highlighting concerns ahead of the Durban Climate Change Conference, the cap of Chinese energy consumption and other regional news.
The news update notes that: South Africa’s preparations to host the next climate talks have encountered the skepticism of activists claiming South Africa’s lack of leadership on environmental issues; China’s...
