Pacific
15 Mar 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
March 2013: The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) has released a report titled “An economic analysis of ecosystem-based adaptation and engineering options for climate change adaptation in Lami Town, Fiji.” Building on a vulnerability and adaptation assessment of Lami Town, the report presents a cost-benefit analysis of four adaptation scenarios.
The report was produced as an inter-agency collaboration among the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), SPREP, Conservation...
15 Mar 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
February 2013: The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) has released a report, titled “Report on Adaptation Challenges in Pacific Island Countries,” which aims to contextualize the Pacific’s adaptation challenges, highlighting adaptation efforts and ongoing challenges.
The 29-page report outlines current adaptation activities, national priorities, challenges and constraints, and successes and lessons learned. The report focuses on experiences under the Global...
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13 Mar 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
4 March 2013: The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), with funding from the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and technical support from Griffith University and the Fiji National University, has initiated an annual training course on best practice waste management techniques.
The two-week training course is being attended by 16 participants from eight Pacific island nations. The course, which has been developed specifically to address waste management...
13 Mar 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
March 2013: The March 2013 issue of the “Micronesia Challenge Newsletter,” published by the Micronesia Challenge Secretariat, features articles on: a meeting of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Micronesia Challenge Communications Working Group; and Guam’s adoption of a Micronesian Challenge logo.
According to the newsletter, the CNMI MC Communications Working Group held its inaugural meeting on 28 February 2013, to design the CNMI Micronesia Challenge...
