Pacific
02 Apr 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
27 March 2013: Two recent meetings of the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF), its Sixth Meeting of the Carbon Fund Participants (CF6, 15-16 March) and its 14th Meeting of the Participants Committee (PC14, 19-21 March 2013), have discussed updates on emissions reductions programmes and considered presentations on REDD+ readiness from a number of countries.
The CF6 heard presentations from Ethiopia, the Republic of the Congo, Viet Nam, as well as a resolution on support for Costa Rica....
02 Apr 2013
The ICPD regional meeting for UNESCAP region is expected to take place in Bangkok, Thailand, from 16-20 September 2013. The conference will identify priorities for the future to prepare for the ICPD beyond 2014 agenda, focusing on sexual reproductive health, population dynamics and sustainable development, and demographic change. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/icpd-regional-population-conference-unescap/ ]
02 Apr 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
26 March 2013: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has released the March 2013 edition of its Pacific Economic Monitor (PEM), which includes four energy themed articles. The articles focus on Pacific efforts to achieve energy security and reduce reliance on fossil fuels.
The articles in the March PEM include: an overview from the New Zealand Aid Programme on Pacific energy security challenges; a profile of energy consumption and future energy demand in Fiji, Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, the...
02 Apr 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
27 March 2013: The UN University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) hosted a lecture by Walter Kälin, Envoy of the Chairmanship of the Nansen Initiative, on human displacement across borders as a result of natural disasters. Kälin introduced the Nansen Initiative, which aims to build consensus among governments on how to address cross border displacement following slow-onset and sudden disasters.
In introductory remarks, Koko Warner, UNU-EHS, highlighted three EHS...
27 Mar 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
19 March 2013: On the sidelines of the Fourth Regional 3R (reduce, reuse, recycle) Forum in Asia and the Pacific, 30 small island developing States (SIDS) exchanged lessons learned from the Japanese Technical Cooperation Project for Promotion of Regional Initiative on Solid Waste (J-PRISM) Management in Pacific Island Countries, funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) since 2000.
Convened in Ha Noi, Viet Nam, from 18-20 March 2013, the roundtable session. titled “3Rs...
