World Bank
10 Jan 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
8 January 2013: The Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) of the World Bank has published a press release on a project to improve the institutional framework for energy in the Maldives to help meet the country’s climate change mitigation goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2020.
The ESMAP funded project began in 2010 and is supporting the Maldives in achieving its carbon neutrality target, especially by reducing its dependence on diesel-powered electricity. As part of the...
06 Dec 2012
This meeting will include the meetings of: the Forest Investment Program (FIP) Sub-Committee; the Scaling Up Renewable Energy Programme (SPREP) Sub-Committee; the Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience (PPCR) Sub-Committee; the Strategic Climate Fund (SCF) Trust Fund Committee; and the Clean Technology Fund (CTF) Trust Fund Committee. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/cif-trust-fund-committee-and-sub-committee-meetings/ ]
03 Dec 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
28 November 2012: The UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the World Bank have released a new version of their web platform on climate finance information. The Climate Finance Options (CFO) website features sections on funding sources, a knowledge center and on the ground activities, each of which aims to facilitate decision making.
The funding sources section highlights available adaptation and mitigation funding to help users identify financing for their projects. The knowledge center is a...
26 Nov 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
22 November 2012: The Save Our Species (SOS) initiative has announced its support for 25 new projects. In this second round, SOS is funding conservation projects on dolphins, dugongs, manatees, gibbons, rhinos and tigers, as well as lesser known but similarly threatened species such as river turtles, Asian crocodiles, flying foxes, freshwater fish and plant species.
SOS is a global coalition initiated by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the Global Environment Facility...
13 Nov 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
November 2012: The Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI) has released the September issue of “Capacité,” its quarterly newsletter for the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) in the Caribbean islands. The newsletter provides information on activities of CEPF-financed projects, as well as grants approved from July-September 2012.
The newsletter highlights activities including: the launch of the Caribbean Birding Trail; surveillance of Haiti’s Ricord’s Iguana...
