Natural and Environmental Disasters
18 Sep 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
September 2012: The UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction Secretariat (UNISDR) has released a study on disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CAA) in the Pacific, titled “Disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in the Pacific: an institutional and policy analysis.” The study analyzes the level of integration of DRR and CCA activities across the region.
The 67-page report includes analysis of seven Pacific island countries: the Cook Islands, the...
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...
