ADB
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
23 February 2011: During the inaugural session of the World Conference on Recreating South Asia: Democracy, Social Justice and Sustainable Development, being held in New Delhi, India, from 24-26 February, Ajay Chhibber, UN Development Programme (UNDP) Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, highlighted that South Asia is at a critical turning point in its history, well placed to address inequalities and promote inclusive development to enable pro-poor growth and sustainable human...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
19 May 2011: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is providing a US$1 million grant from its concessional Technical Assistance Special Fund and the Global Environment Facility (GEF) is providing US$11.2 million in cofinancing in support of the Coastal and Marine Management Project to improve natural resource management and job alternatives in the Coral Triangle. The Governments of Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines are providing an additional US$3 million in non-cash contributions.
The Coral...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
3 June 2011: The first annual review meeting of the 2010-2020 Tonga Energy Road Map (TERM) took place on 23-24 May 2011, in Vava’u, Tonga, bringing together representatives from the Government of the Kingdom of Tonga, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), Australia, China, the EU and New Zealand, as well as development partners and regional organisations (including the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank (ADB), IUCN, the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), and the...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
1 July 2011: The Climate Investment Funds (CIF) approved US$444 million in grants and near-zero-interest loans to support five nation-wide strategic programmes for climate resilience in Cambodia, Mozambique, Nepal, St. Lucia, and Zambia, as well as US$90 million in grants for sustainable forest management (SFM) and REDD+ (reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries, as well as conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of carbon...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) hosted a workshop on the “Effective Waste Management and Resource Use Efficiency in East and Southeast Asia” in Manila, the Philippines, from 15-16 February 2007.
The workshop formed part of the 3R process initiated by the Ministerial Conference on the 3R Initiative held in Tokyo, Japan, in April 2005, which formally launched the Initiative by the G8 leaders at the Sea Island Summit. The meeting addressed municipal and industrial waste issues, as well as...
