Tonga
13 Mar 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
4 March 2013: The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), with funding from the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and technical support from Griffith University and the Fiji National University, has initiated an annual training course on best practice waste management techniques.
The two-week training course is being attended by 16 participants from eight Pacific island nations. The course, which has been developed specifically to address waste management...
25 Feb 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
18 February 2013: The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) has announced that the Government of Denmark has provided US$4 million for the development of clean and sustainable energy in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), Palau, the Marshall Islands (RMI), Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. The finance has been provided through the Small Islands Developing States (SIDS) DOCK mechanism.
According to SPC, proposals from Pacific SIDS, to SIDS DOCK include: improving the...
23 Feb 2013
At this meeting, Tonga will share its Tonga Energy Road Map 2010-2020 (TERM) that “explores different pathways and action items required to achieve the aspirational target of doubling the share of renewables in the global energy mix as defined under the UN Secretary-General Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) initiative.” The Summit will also focus on regionalism and how best the Pacific Islands can work with the development partners involved in energy. [ for more information: http://sids-l....
13 Feb 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
11 February 2013: In a lecture titled “UN Progress on the Global Development Agenda, Post-2015 and Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs),” UN Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Helen Clark highlighted progress on health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), discussed the role of health and NCDs in the post-2015 agenda and commented on how collaboration between development and health actors can support multi-sectoral action on NCDs.
In the lecture, which was delivered at the launch of...
09 Feb 2013
Organized by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), this meeting is for representatives of the Cook Islands, Fiji, Indonesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. The meeting 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 the GEF...
