CARICOM
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
15 March 2011: The Acting Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite, said the Caribbean region needs to intensify its quest for development finance to support the tourism industry in the region.
Applewhaite was speaking at the opening of the Annual Caribbean Tourism Summit in Brussels, Belgium, on 14 March 2011. Applewhaite’s call for intensified finance-seeking was delivered in light of the critical importance that tourism represents for the...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
10 March 2011: The Caribbean Conference on Climate Change and Ethical Principles, which was held from 8-9 March 2011, in Saint Kitts and Nevis, concluded with policy makers and other delegates vowing to intensify efforts to raise their populations’ awareness of climate change and promote behavioral change on related issues.
The Conference was organized by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), in collaboration with the Government of Saint Kitts and Nevis and with the...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
17 March 2011: The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, in collaboration with the Government of Canada, held a three-day regional training workshop on Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) for senior national planning/physical planning and environmental officers from 15-17 March 2011, in Bridgetown, Barbados.
Representatives from CARICOM member States, particularly those engaged in decision-making that incorporates EIA considerations, participated in the workshop, which was conducted by...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
16 March 2011: An Interactive Dialogue between the UN General Assembly (UNGA) and the UN Secretary-General’s High-level Panel on Global Sustainability (GSP) took place on 16 March 2011, in New York, US.
After an update from the Co-Chairs on the second meeting of the GSP, speakers on behalf of small island States emphasized the urgency of concrete action and the importance of marine resources. Other speakers said the problems and solutions are known, and asked the Panel for concrete...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
March 2011: The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the European Commission have released the March 2011 issue of the newsletter on the Multilateral Environment Agreements in African, Caribbean and Pacific countries (ACP MEAs) Project. The newsletter contains information on upcoming activities in the African, Caribbean and Pacific project hubs.
Activities being planned for implementation at the African Hub, housed at the African Union Commission (AUC), include the first Conference of Parties (...
