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10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
5 May 2011: The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) has published the seventh issue of its Weekly News Update on Climate Change, featuring international and regional news on climate change-related issues.
The newsletter reports on the first meeting of the Transitional Committee for the design of the Green Climate Fund, which took place from 28-29 April 2011, in Mexico City, Mexico. It highlights the statement by Christiana Figueres, UNFCCC Executive Secretary, in which she...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
10 May 2011: The Pacific Island Forum Secretariat (PIFS) announced that additional finance is available from the EU’s 10th Development Fund (EDF10) to Pacific Island Countries (PICs) considered “good” performers.
According to PIFS, the EU is linking the commitment of funds under the National Indicative Programmes (NIPs) under EDF10, to the implementation of the EU Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Initiative, announced in September 2010 at the UN MDG Summit.
The EU recently announced...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
16 May 2011: The South-South Cooperation programme of the Global Mechanism (GM) of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) has launched the new website www.scopeacp.net, which seeks to provide tools to enhance the use of existing resources as well as to increase access to new and innovative financial resources for sustainable land management (SLM).
Described as a Sustainable Land Management Finance (SLM-F) knowledge exchange and learning tool, this website seeks to provide ...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
30 May 2011: The European Union (EU) and the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) signed a Contribution Agreement for a project titled “Increasing Agricultural Commodity Trade (IACT).” The project is part of a EUR30 million programme titled “Strengthening Economic Integration Through Trade” (SPEITT), which is designed to increase the ability of members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) to benefit from global trade and regional economic...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
30 May 2011: This year’s environment media award from the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) is focused on the Pacific Year of the Dugong, SPREP has announced, to encourage media workers in SPREP countries to raise awareness on dugongs, sea grasses and marine life in general.
The Vision Pasifika Media Award is a partnership between SPREP and the African, Caribbean and Pacific countries Multilateral Environment Agreements (ACP MEAs) Project, which is funded...
