Health
25 Jun 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
22 June 2012: The third and final meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20), Pre-Conference Informal Consultations Facilitated by the Host Country, and the UNCSD convened back-to-back in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 13-22 June 2012. During their ten days in Rio, government delegations concluded negotiations on the Rio outcome document, titled “The Future We Want.”
Representatives from 191 UN Member States and observers, including...
21 Jun 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
19 June 2012: In an effort to tackle the damage caused by marine litter on the environment, livelihoods and human health, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) launched the Global Partnership on Marine Litter on the sidelines of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20).
According to UNEP, the Government of the Netherlands, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Plastics Pollution Coalition and a number...
15 Jun 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
14 June 2012: The UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20) Secretariat has reported on the latest submissions of voluntary commitments, which it is compiling in an online compendium on the Rio+20 website. As of 14 June, a total of 229 voluntary commitments have been registered.
Out of this total number, 159 commitments are on Education, 27 on Sustainable Energy, ten on Sustainable Cities, and six on Sustainable Transport. This also includes 22 commitments made by SIDS...
13 Jun 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
13 June 2012: As part of the Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change (PACC) Project, the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) has released a video on water conservation activities in Tuvalu.
The video features water conservation and integrated water resource management (IWRM) activities, funded under the PACC project, including: self-composting toilets; rain water collection; and activities to promote a culture of water hygiene. According to SPREP, climate change...
12 Jun 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
8 June 2012: The Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) has reported that the Council of Regional Organisations in the Pacific (CROP) has recalled its statement on “Collaborating to Support Effective Responses to Climate Change,” during a meeting of the CROP Executives Subcommittee on Climate Change (CES-CCC).
The PIFS Secretary General is the permanent Chair of CROP, and, together with the Director General of the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), co-Chairs...
