SPREP
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
11 August 2011: A meeting to review the Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change (PACC) project, organized by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), discussed policy, technical, and operational issues and issued recommendations to enhance the impact of PACC and include lessons learned into other regional legal frameworks.
The meeting took place in Port Vila, Vanuatu, from 8-12 August 2011, and brought together over 50 participants, including national coordinators, representatives from the...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
17 August 2011: The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP), and the Government of Samoa have released the final agreed outcomes from the UN Conference for Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20) Pacific Subregional Preparatory Joint Ministerial Meeting.
The meeting convened in Apia, Samoa, from 21-22 July 2011. During the meeting, participants adopted “in principle” an outcome document...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
12 August 2011: The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) convened the 14th meeting of the Regional Meteorological Services Directors (RMSD), which recommended that Meteorological Service Directors engage in other national climate change initiatives, in particular mitigation resource analysis, in order to contribute expertise and benefit from these new funding opportunities.
Key recommendations from the meeting, which convened from 9-12 August 2011, in Majuro,...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
23 August 2011: The UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UN/ISDR) has released a report titled “At the Crossroads Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in Asia and the Pacific.”
The report aims to provide a snapshot of how DRR and CCA are integrated in the Asia Pacific region. Highlighting potential areas for cooperation among regional and sub-regional organizations, the report aims to support national and regional stakeholders in DRR and CCA, such as...
