Science and Technology
10 Apr 2012
This conference is organized by the Collaborative Institute for Oceans, Climate and Security of the University of Massachusetts Boston. The theme of the conference is “Collaboration and Action to Address the Impacts of Climate-related Ocean Change on Human, National and International Security.” The conference will bring together scientists, policy makers, and intellectual leaders to discuss the inter-connectedness between oceans, climate and security, and will consist of keynote speakers and...
10 Apr 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
18 March 2012: The Second Global Transition 2012 Dialogue on the New Economy focused on a number of issues related to the green economy during a weekend event on the sidelines of negotiations for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20).
The event was held from 17-18 March 2012 in New York, US. It was co-organized by Stakeholder Forum, the new economics foundation (nef), the New Economics Institute, and the Green Economy Coalition, in collaboration with other...
10 Apr 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
4 April 2012: The Basel Convention Regional Centre for the Caribbean Region has submitted its business plan for the 2012-13 biennium to the Secretariat of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal (Basel Convention).
The plan was developed after consultation with stakeholders in the public, private and civil society sectors throughout the Caribbean and submitted to the Basel Secretariat on 2 April 2012. It identifies priority training...
10 Apr 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
5 April 2012: The Global Climate Change Alliance (GCCA) has released the training module used in a recent overseas countries and territories (OCTs) workshop on mainstreaming climate change into national development planning and budgeting.
The OCT Workshop, which took place from 27-28 January 2012, in Brussels, Belgium, was one of a series. A first workshop was held in Vanuatu in the Pacific in February-March 2011, another session took place in Maseru, Lesotho, in October 2011, and two sessions ...
04 Apr 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
30 March 2012: Highlighting the challenge of conserving edible bananas, which do not have seeds, Bioversity International is participating in a project that seeks to protect varieties of banana. The project is being carried out in conjunction with the Global Crop Diversity Trust and the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), and is part of a global effort to conserve banana genetic diversity and promote their use through the MusaNet network coordinated by Bioversity International. ...
