Science and Technology
15 Mar 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
March 2013: The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) has released a report titled “An economic analysis of ecosystem-based adaptation and engineering options for climate change adaptation in Lami Town, Fiji.” Building on a vulnerability and adaptation assessment of Lami Town, the report presents a cost-benefit analysis of four adaptation scenarios.
The report was produced as an inter-agency collaboration among the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), SPREP, Conservation...
13 Mar 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
4 March 2013: The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), with funding from the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and technical support from Griffith University and the Fiji National University, has initiated an annual training course on best practice waste management techniques.
The two-week training course is being attended by 16 participants from eight Pacific island nations. The course, which has been developed specifically to address waste management...
12 Mar 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
1 March 2013: Members of the the Like-Minded Developing Countries in Climate Change (LMDC) met in Geneva, Switzerland, on 1 March 2013, to discuss the outcomes of the 18th session of Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP 18). The meeting was attended by representatives of Bolivia, China, Cuba, Ecuador, Egypt, India, Mali, Malaysia, Nicaragua, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Thailand and Venezuela.
Stressing that the developing countries will have to deal with most of the adverse effects of...
08 Mar 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
6 March 2013: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has released a report on the costs of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in South Asia, titled “Economics of Reducing Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions in South Asia: Options and Costs.” The report synthesizes the results of studies conducted under an ADB technical assistance activity on the Regional Economics of Climate Change in South Asia Phase 1 (RECCSA 1) in five countries: Bangladesh, Bhutan, the Maldives, Nepal, and Sri Lanka.
The 102-page study...
05 Mar 2013
The Open Working Group (OWG) on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will begin its work in a meeting to be convened in mid-March 2013, according to a 20 February letter from the UN General Assembly (UNGA) President: http://bit.ly/X1cwiC [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/substantive-meeting-of-open-working-group-on-sdgs/ ]
