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10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
2 June 2011: The UN General Assembly (UNGA) held an informal thematic debate on the topic “Green Economy: A Pathway to Sustainable Development,” including a morning panel on opportunities and challenges of a green economy, and an afternoon panel on transitioning toward green economy, as well as extensive discussion.
In the opening segment of the debate, held on 2 June 2011, at UN Headquarters in New York, US, UNGA President Joseph Deiss said the major characteristic of the green economy is the...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
3 June 2011: The first annual review meeting of the 2010-2020 Tonga Energy Road Map (TERM) took place on 23-24 May 2011, in Vava’u, Tonga, bringing together representatives from the Government of the Kingdom of Tonga, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), Australia, China, the EU and New Zealand, as well as development partners and regional organisations (including the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank (ADB), IUCN, the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), and the...
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
6 July 2011: The Global Islands Partnership (GLISPA), together with the Seychelles Department of Environment and the University of the Seychelles, convened a seminar on the launch of the Western Indian Ocean Coastal Challenge, on 6 July 2011, in Victoria, Seychelles.
During the event, Kate Brown, GLISPA, provided a brief history of the work of GLISPA, and explained that the Partnership promotes action for island conservation and sustainable livelihoods by: inspiring leadership; catalyzing...
