Waste Management
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
13 March 2009: The Caribbean Workshop on the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) and related chemicals and hazardous waste management instruments convened in Bridgetown, Barbados, from 10-13 March 2009. The workshop concluded, inter alia: that the Second International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM-2) should formally recognize and support the regional coordination committees established by several regions; that Global Environment Facility (GEF) national...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
14 May 2010: Delegates at the 18th session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD 18) focused on the thematic cluster of transport, chemicals, waste management, mining, and sustainable consumption and production patterns, and conducted a one-day preparatory committee meeting for the five-year high-level review of the Mauritius Strategy for the Implementation (MSI+5) of the Barbados Plan of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States (SIDS).
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10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
2 July 2010: The 38th meeting of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council took place in Washington DC, US, from 29 June-1 July 2010, and approved major reforms aimed at helping developing countries to meet international environmental challenges, including those related to climate change and biodiversity.
During the meeting the Council approved major reforms designed to give developing countries and stakeholders more control and access to funds, including: direct access to GEF resources for...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
9 September 2010: The 21st meeting of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) convened in Madang, Papua New Guinea, from 6-10 September 2010, and concluded with the adoption of a Strategic Plan for 2011-2015.
The Plan will guide regional environmental cooperation and the work of SPREP with four priorities: climate change; biodiversity and ecosystem management; waste management and pollution prevention; and environmental monitoring and governance. According to the meeting Communiqué,...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
17 September 2010: The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Global Environment Outlook (GEO) Regional Consultation for Asia and the Pacific took place in Bangkok, Thailand, on 16-17 September 2010.
This regional consultation was the fourth in a series of seven regional consultations being undertaken by UNEP as part of the preparation for the production of the fifth GEO (GEO-5). The principal output of these consultations is a final report for each regional consultation, containing the outcomes of...
