Waste Management
Bill
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14 Jan 2013
The report "SIDS-focused Green Economy: An Analysis of Challenges and Opportunities" was launched at COP7 of the Nairobi Convention for the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Eastern African Region, which took place in Maputo, Mozambique, from 10 to 14 December 2012.
The Contracting Parties of the Nairobi Convention -among which there are SIDS, i.e., Comoros, Mauritius, Seychelles- , the Intergovernmental organisations and...
30 Apr 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
29 April 2013: The 11th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention (BC COP 11), the sixth meeting of the Rotterdam Convention COP (RC COP 6), the sixth meeting of the Stockholm Convention COP (SC COP 6) and the second simultaneous extraordinary meetings of the COPs to the three conventions (ExCOPs 2) are convening back-to-back in Geneva, Switzerland.
By holding the meetings back-to-back, parties hope to achieve more effective and coherent decision-making on policy,...
12 Apr 2013
MOP 25 is scheduled to consider a number of issues, including nominations for critical- and essential-use exemptions. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/25th-meeting-of-the-parties-to-the-montreal-protocol/ ]
09 Apr 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
8 April 2013: The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) has announced Daniel Namosuaia, of the Solomon Star newspaper, as the 2012 winner of the Vision Pasifika Award, on the theme “Clean Pacific,” in the framework of the Pacific campaign addressing waste management issues in the region.
Namosuaia won the Award for his story “Wastes of our City,” which highlights issues and solutions with waste management practices in Honiara. A special...
02 Apr 2013
This meeting will consider issues related to the implementation of the Montreal Protocol in preparation for the 25th Meeting of the Parties (MOP25) scheduled to convene in November 2013. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/33rd-meeting-of-the-open-ended-working-group-of-the-parties-to-the-montreal-protocol/ ]
