Energy Resources
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
10 November 2010: The European Commission has launched a public consultation, open to EU and partner countries, on the future of EU development policy, which aims to “collect views” on advancing progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and beyond, in the face of economic, food and environmental crises.
The Commission proposes four main areas for debate: the impact of EU aid; the facilitation of more inclusive growth; the promotion of sustainable development; and...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
12 November 2010: Leaders of the Group of Twenty (G20) met in Seoul, Republic of Korea, on 11-12 November 2010 and adopted: a Leaders’ Declaration; the Seoul Action Plan including a commitment to the Seoul Development Consensus for Shared Growth; and concrete measures summarized in a Multi-Year Action Plan on Development, focusing particularly on the development of infrastructure in developing countries.
According to the Leaders’ Declaration, the G20 express: strong commitment to promptly...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
11 November 2010: The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has formalized a US$400,000 grant to pave the way for the preparation of the Caribbean Sustainable Energy Roadmap and Strategy (C-SERMS).
The money will be used to finance a consultancy to assist in developing the C-SERMS, including the following tasks: defining a strategic and targeted regional approach to increase the contribution of renewable energy, energy efficiency and bioenergy in the energy mix; setting achievable targets (...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
November 2010: The UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) has published the fourth issue of its magazine, “Making It: Industry for Development,” with the theme “On track to prosperity?” The issue focuses on the challenge facing the world’s 49 Least Developed Countries (LDCs), particularly the importance of strengthening productive capacity, and it attempts to define the issues faced by these countries and to identify the solutions. The magazine includes articles on: helping LDCs,...
katharina
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28 Oct 2011
This project sought to remove barriers to Renewable Energy (RE) use in the Caribbean, through specific actions to overcome policy, finance, capacity, and awareness barriers, estimating the contribution of renewable energy sources to the Region’s energy balance to be significantly increased. It sought to further provide the opportunity to replace existing fossil fuel-based decentralized electricity generation with RE based generation plants or to provide electricity to areas not yet covered. The...
