AOSIS
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
20 June 2011: The UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) Rio+20 Subregional Preparatory Meeting for the Caribbean, which convened at Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Headquarters in Georgetown, Guyana, discussed creating a green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication, the need for a blue economy addressing oceans and related issues, the institutional framework for sustainable development (IFSD), and emerging issues and partnerships.
Participants noted...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
July 2011: The Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) has recently revised its website. The revised website highlights the 20th anniversary of AOSIS and the “1.5 to stay alive” campaign, among other sections.
The website content is organized in six sections: Members and Observers of AOSIS; Issues, which highlights climate change; the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Sustainable Energy Initiative, known as SIDS DOCK; Documents and Media, including publications, video and statements by...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
3 August 2011: The Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) has announced the launch of SIDS DOCK, an international organization intended to catalyze sustainable energy projects in small island developing States (SIDS).
With US$14.5 million in funding from Denmark’s parliament, SIDS DOCK will operate as a “docking station,” connecting small islands with US and EU technologies, capital and carbon markets. SIDS DOCK is expected to be operational by September 2011.
According to...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
15 June 2010: The EU has provided US$1.1 million to the Solomon Islands Government to host an international meeting of 200 climate change negotiators from Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) to discuss key climate change issues ahead of the 16th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC, scheduled to take place in Cancun, Mexico, at the end of 2010.
Representatives from 91 countries that are parties to the UNFCCC will participate in the...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
May 2010: The Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Unit of the Division for Sustainable Development (DSD) has published the sixth issue of SIDS Newsletter. This issue contains updates on preparations for the high-level meeting, to be convened on 24-25 September 2010, to carry out a five-year review of progress in addressing the vulnerabilities of SIDS through the Mauritius Strategy for Implementation (MSI+5).
In an update on informal consultations on the draft political declaration, the...
