SIDS DOCK Pacific Regional Meeting
The purpose of the SIDS DOCK Pacific Regional Meeting is to review the work of the first phase of the SIDS DOCK Support Programme funded by the Government of Denmark and to plan the next phase. The goal is to get consensus on the SIDS DOCK Platform design in a timely...News from the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
Waste Management training opportunities for the Pacific Applications are being invited by SPREP for two Train-the-Trainers waste management courses (in March and April 2013) targeting Pacific islanders. Both courses focus on developing the skills of Pacific islanders...Pacific islands drop diesel for 100 percent solar power
Source: Alertnet // Peter Madden by Peter Madden The island nation of Tokelau switched on the third and final installment of its new solar energy grid last week, earning praise around the world as the first country to become entirely solar-powered—except it’s not a...Low Carbon Economy in Small Islands
Belmopan, Belize: For the Cook Islands, located in the South Pacific, transformation of the energy sector through the development and deployment of renewable energy resources and technologies is not, “just an option.” According to The Honourable Henry Puna, Prime Minister and Minister of Energy and Renewable Energy of the Cook Islands, “it is the only way.”