Natural and Environmental Disasters
04 Sep 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
30 August 2012: The 43rd Pacific Islands Forum convened in Rarotonga, the Cook Islands, from 28-30 August 2012, under the theme of “Large Oceans Island States – the Pacific Challenge.” Issues discussed at the meeting included the outcomes of the recent UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20), the Oceanscape initiative, climate change, and radioactive contaminants in the Marshall Islands. The 43rd PIF Communique includes the key commitments of Pacific Leaders.
On the outcomes...
04 Sep 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
31 August 2012: Many Strong Voices (MSV), a collaboration between coastal communities in the Arctic and small island developing States (SIDS) that seeks to promote action on climate change, has released a paper titled “Ecosystem-Based Adaptation to Climate Change in Caribbean Small Island Developing States: Integrating Local and External Knowledge.”
The paper underscores that Caribbean SIDS are vulnerable to climate change impacts, such as: sea level rise; invasive species; ocean acidification...
28 Aug 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
August 2012: The August issue of the Global Water Partnership Caribbean (GWP-C) newsletter includes stories on smallholder agricultural water management (AWM), rainwater harvesting (RWH), gender and sanitation, water supply improvement projects, youth involvement in water management, and integrated water resources management (IWRM) and disaster resilience.
The “Caribbean Water Insight” newsletter features articles on: innovative agriculture as a profitable and sustainable business...
21 Aug 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
15 August 2012: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has release its annual flagship statistical publication, titled “Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2010.” The publication, which includes a special chapter on Green Urbanization in Asia, examines the challenges and opportunities associated with the region’s urban boom, detailing measures required to transform cities into sustainable centres of growth.
According to the report, Asia must act now and move towards resource-friendly cities, or...
07 Aug 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
2 August 2012: The Microfinance Innovation Facility of the International Labour Organization (ILO) underscores that larger insurance schemes are more likely to be effective in covering impoverished people against weather-related disasters and the impacts of climate change.
In an ILO press release, Facility Head Craig Churchill highlights that insurance schemes to reduce the vulnerability of the poor to weather disasters and climate change may need to go beyond the “micro” format to work at “...
