CARICOM
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
29 June 2011: The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the EU have released the June issue of their newsletter on the African, Caribbean and Pacific Multilateral Environment Agreements (ACP MEAs) project. The newest newsletter is sub-titled “The Future of the Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction in Small Island Developing States.”
The newsletter opens with a guest article by Jill Key, Pacific Hub coordinator, on the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
4 July 2011: The 11th issue of the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre’s (CCCCC) Climate Change News Update, which compiles international and regional climate change-related news, highlights the World Bank’s US$47.12 million Regional Disaster Vulnerability Reduction Projects, which aims to help Grenada and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to climate-proof their buildings and increase their public institutions’ capacity to assess natural risks.
The issue also reports on a World Bank...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
4 July 2011: During the 32nd Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), participants discussed priority issues for the Community, including human and social development issues such as climate change, sustainable development, health, external trade and security issues.
On climate change, the Heads of Government agreed to the establishment of a team of experts to draft a regional plan of action to guide regional negotiators who will participate...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
4 July 2011: The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) and the EU have entered into an agreement to, among other things, support Caribbean Forum (CARIFORUM) countries in meeting the challenges of climate change.
Under the agreement, the EU has allocated €8 million to support 17 CARIFORUM countries to meet the challenges of climate change. The four-year project will be managed by the CCCCC, with the objective of developing and strengthening the Caribbean region’s efforts in reducing...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
19 July 2011: The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) has published the 12th issue of its Climate Change News Update, which reports on recent developments in European and Australian law related to climate change mitigation.
The News Update highlights that the European Parliament has rejected a key report that would have toughened the EU stance on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and has voted against increasing the EU target from 20% to 30% greenhouse gas (GHG) emission cuts below...
