Energy Resources
30 Nov 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
21 November 2012: The UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (ROLAC) has formally launched a regional virtual knowledge platform on climate change.
The Regional Portal for Technology Transfer and Action on Climate Change in Latin America and the Caribbean (REGATTA) was taken live online on 21 November 2012.
REGATTA is a regional network of technology centers within Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) that aims to strengthen capacity and...
26 Nov 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
20 November 2012: The Third Regional Political Dialogue on Energy Efficiency in Latin America and the Caribbean met to discuss the institutional and policy frameworks needed in the region to promote rational and sustainable energy use to guide mutual and international cooperative efforts in LAC on the issue.
The Dialogue, held from 15-16 November 2012 in Panama City, Panama, under the theme “Measuring Energy Efficiency,” was organized by the UN Economic Commission for Latin America...
20 Nov 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
5 November 2012: The Government of New Zealand has announced that, building on its support to Pacific Island countries in identifying clean and affordable energy solutions, it will host a Pacific energy summit in March 2013. The announcement comes after news that Tokelau is effectively 100% solar powered, through technical assistance from New Zealand.
According to the New Zealand Government, a third solar power system was recently installed in Tokelau, as part of the NZ$8.5 million Tokelau...
10 Nov 2012
The twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity is expected to be held in the second half of 2014. Among other issues, the meeting will engage in a mid-term review of the implementation of the Strategic Plan and the Aichi targets. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/cbd-cop-12/ ]
07 Nov 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
2 November 2012: The latest issue of the newsletter of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) features an interview with Seychelles’ Foreign Minister, Jean-Paul Adam. Adam discussed: the effects on Pacific and Indian Ocean countries of rising sea-levels; ocean acidification and its effects on food security; the role of tourism in the economies of small island developing States (SIDS); and the upcoming international conference on sustainable development of SIDS in 2014....
