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02 Apr 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
27 March 2013: The UN University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) hosted a lecture by Walter Kälin, Envoy of the Chairmanship of the Nansen Initiative, on human displacement across borders as a result of natural disasters. Kälin introduced the Nansen Initiative, which aims to build consensus among governments on how to address cross border displacement following slow-onset and sudden disasters.
In introductory remarks, Koko Warner, UNU-EHS, highlighted three EHS...
28 Mar 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
March 2013: The third issue of the Sustainable Development in Action newsletter features updates on the Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in 2014 and the High-level Political Forum on sustainable development (HLPF).
On the SIDS conference, the newsletter highlights a new website launched by the Conference Secretariat. It also notes that SIDS leaders aim to make partnerships a cornerstone of the conference, and that a “SIDS in Action” registry has been...
27 Mar 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
19 March 2013: On the sidelines of the Fourth Regional 3R (reduce, reuse, recycle) Forum in Asia and the Pacific, 30 small island developing States (SIDS) exchanged lessons learned from the Japanese Technical Cooperation Project for Promotion of Regional Initiative on Solid Waste (J-PRISM) Management in Pacific Island Countries, funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) since 2000.
Convened in Ha Noi, Viet Nam, from 18-20 March 2013, the roundtable session. titled “3Rs...
27 Mar 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
March 2013: The Global Water Partnership (GWP) March edition of “News Flow” highlights the launch by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and GWP of a joint Integrated Drought Management Programme (IDMP) to improve monitoring and prevention of droughts.
The newsletter features articles on GWP projects and workshops, including on: climate information in the Caribbean; integrated urban water management (IUWM) in El Salvador; water use efficiency in India; flood information in...
27 Mar 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
26 March 2013: The Pacific Energy Summit in Auckland, New Zealand, which brought together Pacific Island leaders, international investment and development banks, aid donor countries and private sector representatives, resulted in funding commitments of US$635 million to support renewable energy and energy efficiency projects in Pacific Island countries.
The commitments entail US$255 million in grant funding and US$380 million in concessional loans to support over 40 of the 79 proposed projects...
