Energy Resources
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....
06 Nov 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
2 November 2012: The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) has announced that it is actively promoting the transition to cleaner diesel fuel, encouraging members to procure low-sulphur diesel fuel, which it says is only marginally more expensive per barrel.
According to SPC, sulphur content in fuel consumed in the Pacific is highly variable, ranging from 10ppm to 5,000ppm. The lower the sulphur content, the cleaner the fuel, and the less pollution from exhaust fumes.
SPC notes that...
02 Nov 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
29 October 2012: The French development agency (AFD) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) have signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to support the expansion of the AFD-IDB partnership and cooperation ties for development efforts in Latin America and the Caribbean. The MOU was signed on 14 October 2012, during the World Bank Annual Meeting in Tokyo, Japan.
The MOU will replace one signed in 2008 by the IDB and AFD. The activities under the new MOU will focus on urban...
