Caribbean
19 Dec 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
14 December 2012: The African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States expressed their support for the UN General Assembly’s (UNGA) draft resolution on a decade of Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) from 2014 to 2024 in The Sipopo Declaration, which was adopted at the Seventh Summit of ACP Heads of State and Government in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea from 13-14 December 2012.
The draft resolution on SE4ALL declares the decade 2014-2024 to be the “UN Decade of SE4ALL” to promote the use of...
17 Dec 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
14 December 2012: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the African, Caribbean and Pacific group of States (ACP) to strengthen collaboration on food insecurity, malnutrition, hunger, natural resources management and climate change.
Collaborative efforts will be undertaken in the following areas: food security; sustainable intensification of crops and livestock; fisheries and aquaculture production; food crisis early warning...
14 Dec 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
10 December 2012: The Global Environment Facility (GEF) Small Grants Programme (SGP) has announced funding for a project on the Bahamas’ second largest island, Abaco, to conserve the lobster population by training fishermen in sustainable fishing practices.
The project, implemented by the UN Development Programme (UNDP), conducted a series of workshops from February 2010-April 2012 for 200 local fishermen in sustainable lobster catch practices so they do not catch juvenile lobsters,...
13 Dec 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
11 December 2012: The Organization of American States (OAS) has announced the 14 recipients of small grants under the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA) “Sustainable Communities in Central America and the Caribbean” project.
The winning proposals were announced by OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulsa at a formal ceremony held at OAS Headquarters on 10 December 2012.
The project, funded by the US and implemented by OAS within the ECPA framework, seeks to...
10 Dec 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
26 November 2012: The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the Global Gender and Climate Alliance (GGCA) launched a publication, titled “The Art of Implementation: Gender Strategies Transforming National and Regional Climate Change Decision Making,” on the sidelines of the Doha Climate Change Conference. The publication showcases actions by women addressing mitigation or adaptation in 11 developing countries or regions.
The publication includes a synthesis of...
