Energy Resources
19 Oct 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
16 October 2012: Caribbean energy experts met in advance of the annual Caribbean Renewable Energy Forum (CREF), convening from 15-17 October, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Organized by the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States, the meeting considered alternatives for electricity interconnections in the Caribbean Region.
According to the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA), the event highlighted the need for island nations to build electricity linkages and...
15 Oct 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
10 October 2012: The UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) convened the “High-level Policy Dialogue on the Role of Macroeconomic Policy and Energy Security in supporting Sustainable Development in the Pacific,” from 8-9 October 2012 in Nadi, Fiji.
Participants considered how fiscal and monetary policy, through tax, subsidies, national budgets, and public investment to develop markets for the private sector to invest further in renewable energy and energy efficiency...
IMO's Environment Committee Considers Energy Efficiency, Ballast Water Management and Ship Recycling
9 October 2012: The 64th session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) addressed issues related to energy efficiency, ballast water management and ship-recycling. The session also led to the establishment of a new Particularly Sensitive Sea Area (PSSA) in the Saba Bank, in the north-eastern Caribbean area of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
On energy efficiency measures for ships, the MEPC focused on technical and operational...
11 Oct 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
8 October 2012: Delivering a lecture titled “Is anything being done on climate change?” at the Central Bank of Barbados in Bridgetown, Barbados, Christiana Figueres, UNFCCC Executive Secretary, conveyed three messages, namely that: climate change is happening; the world is doing something about it, “not enough, but we are walking in the right direction;” and much more can be done at the national level.
Figueres underscored that current climate modelling has underestimated both the...
09 Oct 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
5 October 2012: The Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) has announced that Niue will have access to US$4 million in funding from the Pacific Environment Community (PEC) for a national solar power initiative.
According to PIFS, the project, which is titled “Design, Manufacture & Installation of Solar Power Grid Connected Generators & Battery Backed Power Stabilizer,” anticipates annual savings of NZ$137,000, as well as an annual reduction of 329 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions....
