Climate Change and Sea Level Rise
Beth
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27 Jun 2011
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http://www.sprep....
RMI Media Release and photo, 14 June, Majuro - A Memorandum of Understanding to pave the way for the implementation of the Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change Project in the Marshall Islands has been signed this week on Tuesday June 14th, 2011.
The MOU was signed by (pictured L-R) the Majuro Water Sewer Company (MWSC) Manager Mr. Hirobo Obeketang, MEC Board of Directors Chairman Hon. Minister Maynard Alfred, and the Office of Environmental Planning and Policy Coordination (OEPPC) Director Ms...
Beth
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24 Jun 2011
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http://www.bbc.co....
3 December 2010
Poor countries as well as rich should look to cut carbon emissions, says Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed.
Continuing to equate the need to develop with the right to emit carbon dioxide is, he says, "quite silly".
Mr Nasheed was speaking to BBC News at the launch of a report on vulnerability to climate impacts, which the authors say shows no nation will be untouched.
He said The Maldives has not received any of the "fast-start" finance pledged by...
courtney
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20 Jun 2011
In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), the National Environmental Advisory Board (NEAB) is authorized to fill the role of the national climate committee. A National Environmental Action Plan (NEAP) has been prepared by the NEAB, which establishes environmental priorities for the country and also provides a strategy for environmental action. The Climate Change Work Programme has also been implemented in SVG. In 2009, a comprehensive Environmental Management Act was drafted. The National...
courtney
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20 Jun 2011
St. Lucia has submitted its Initial National Communication on climate change under the UNFCCC in 2001. In addition, there is the National Environmental Management Strategy (NEMS) in St. Lucia. An Environmental Management Policy and Strategy has also been drafted. To date, St. Lucia has not promulgated any legislation dealing specifically with climate change. Work is still underway on to pass the Environmental Management Act. The Ministry of Planning is identified as the agency responsible for...
courtney
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20 Jun 2011
St. Kitts & Nevis submitted its First National Communications to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 2001. St. Kitts and Nevis has a tropical maritime climate, which is influenced by steady northeast trade winds and tropical oceanic and cyclonic movements. Major coastal impacts can be expected from sea-level rise and other effects of climate change. These effects will include an intensification of present patterns of coastal erosion, saline intrusion, and...
