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08 May 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
6 May 2013: The Global Environment Facility (GEF) Pacific ‘Implementing Sustainable Water Resources and Wastewater Management in Pacific Island Countries’ (IWRM) project has issued a progress snapshot on Tuvalu, reporting overall improvements in wastewater management and sanitation.
The goal of the project was to demonstrate how better sanitation technology and practices contribute to the protection of water resources, marine biodiversity, livelihood and food security.
The Tuvalu...
08 May 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
3 May 2013: The UNFCCC Secretariat has released a miscellaneous document containing the views of five parties, one intergovernmental organization, and one NGO on experience with the application of the guidelines for the national adaptation plan (NAP) process for the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) (FCCC/SBI/2013/MISC.2).
Parties having presented submissions are: Jamaica and the US; Malawi; Nepal for LDCs; Sri Lanka; and Tanzania. The World Health Organization (WHO) also presented a submission...
07 May 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
May 2013: Many Strong Voices (MSV) is developing a project on ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) to climate change, which is a priority area for MSV in 2013. The aim of this project is to reduce vulnerability to climate change by supporting an EbA methodology that integrates scientific and local/traditional knowledge.
Case studies will be carried out in communities in Belize and Seychelles. Work carried out to date includes field visits in both countries to meet with potential partners and assess...
03 May 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
2 May 2013: A new analysis by the World Bank Group shows that 20 fragile and conflict-affected countries have met one or more targets of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the past two years, since their analysis in 2011. The countries are meeting or are on track to meet goals to reduce extreme poverty, reach gender equality in primary education, improve access to water, and reduce maternal mortality. According to the Bank, this progress is due to better monitoring and accelerated...
03 May 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
2 May 2013:
The 69th Commission Session of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) met under the theme, ‘Building resilience to natural disasters and major economic crises,’ and concluded with the adoption of 17 resolutions aiming to balance the economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainable development for regional well-being.
This year’s meeting, held on 25 April-1 May 2013, in Bangkok, Thailand, focused on the growing threat...
