Science and Technology
30 Mar 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
28 March 2012: The UNFCCC Secretariat has published the submissions from three parties on their views regarding specific aspects of the eligibility of carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) projects as Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects (FCCC/SBSTA/2012/MISC.8).
The submissions were made in response to a request by the seventh session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (COP/MOP) for parties and admitted observer organizations...
30 Mar 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
28 March 2012: The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) has announced funding for two parts of the Tonga Energy Roadmap (TERM), a ten-year outline for energy market reform, laying out an approach and implementation plan to reduce Tonga’s vulnerability to oil price shocks, and improve access to modern energy services.
REEEP has committed to making specific recommendations on how institutions should be structured or adapted to realize the plan, and conducting a legislative...
30 Mar 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
28 March 2012: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released its full report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX). The report examines how climate extremes, in combination with social vulnerability, determine the impacts and likelihood of disasters, and the influence of climate change on climate extremes and other events that can contribute to disasters.
The Special Report features nine chapters on: risk management...
30 Mar 2012
This meeting is scheduled to be the final of five Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) meetings to negotiate a legally binding instrument on mercury. The meeting will take place sometime between 12-20 January 2013, with the final decision to be reached by the Bureau. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/fifth-session-of-the-inc-to-prepare-a-legally-binding-instrument-on-mercury/ ]
28 Mar 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
22 March 2012: The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) hosted a workshop in Nadi, Fiji, for regional experts to review the species action plans of its 2008 – 2012 Regional Marine Species Programme.
The regional action plans currently include dugongs, marine turtles, and whales and dolphins, and highlight priority areas and actions to guide conservation work on these species in the region. According to SPREP, these efforts will be supplemented by an action plan on...
