CARICOM
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
29 July 2011: The sixth general meeting between the UN System and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and its Associated Institutions identified regional priorities across seven broad thematic areas for collaboration, including climate change, sustainable development and disaster management, and energy.
The meeting, which was held from 28-29 July 2011 in Georgetown, Guyana, provided a forum for reviewing and enhancing UN-CARICOM cooperation. The other priority thematic areas identified were: the...
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
10 August 2011: The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) has published the July/August issue of its Climate news update, highlighting concerns ahead of the Durban Climate Change Conference, the cap of Chinese energy consumption and other regional news.
The news update notes that: South Africa’s preparations to host the next climate talks have encountered the skepticism of activists claiming South Africa’s lack of leadership on environmental issues; China’s...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
15 April 2010: The 14th Caribbean Community (CARICOM)-Japan Consultations were held at CARICOM Secretariat headquarters in Georgetown, Guyana, on 15 April 2010, in preparation for the Second CARICOM-Japan Ministerial Meeting, which will convene in Tokyo, Japan, in September 2010. Participants discussed bilateral cooperation as well as regional and global issues such as the financial and economic crisis, security, climate change and disaster management.
Opening the Consultations, Amb. Elizabeth...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
7 July 2010: The 31st Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held in Montego Bay, Jamaica, from 4-7 July 2010, to discuss, among other things, climate change issues.
In an opening address delivered on 4 July, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon congratulated the region for its leadership and advocacy leading up to, and during, the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference in December 2009, noting that the Caribbean community had conveyed an...
