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New Members Appointed to SIDS DOCK Executive Council
9 December 2019, United Nations Headquarters, New York, U.S.A.: SIDS DOCK, the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Sustainable Energy and Climate Resilience Organization, established in 2015, with all the rights and privileges of the United Nations (UN), is pleased...
SIDS DOCK Membership grows to 18 – Guinea Bissau and São Tomé and Principe welcomed
Photo credit: @gregmorrisphotographer October 22, 2019, United Nations Headquarters, New York, U.S.A.: The Republic of Guinea Bissau and the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe became the two, new Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to accede to the...
SIDS DOCK Assembly, a solemn ceremony – Tears for the Bahamas
SIDS DOCK Assembly, a solemn ceremony – tears for Tonga and the Bahamas October 22, 2019, United Nations Headquarters, New York, U.S.A.: The fifth session of the Assembly of SIDS DOCK opened with observance of a minute of silence in solidarity with the...
SIDS DOCK Assembly, a solemn ceremony – Tears for the Bahamas
October 22, 2019, United Nations Headquarters, New York, U.S.A.: Shari Lewis, a Partner at the Uniondale, New York, law firm, Rivkin Radler, LLP, was one of the first SIDS DOCK Partners to reach out to the Bahamas, after Hurricane Dorian caused massive destruction and...
Conservation finance: Seychelles’ troubled waters
Kanika Saigal Published on: Thursday, October 10, 2019 The Seychelles was the first country to issue a debt-for-nature swap to protect its marine environment; it was also the first to issue a blue bond, raising capital to finance sustainable marine and ocean-related...
Vacancy: CCREEE Communications and Public Relations Specialist
Deadline: Sunday, September 22, 2019 Working from the CCREEE office in Barbados and reporting to the Executive Director, the Communications and Public Relations (C&PR) Specialist will participate as a team member in establishing the Centre and its strategic...
SAMOA Pathway High-Level Luncheon “Mission Transforming Island Lives! The Network of Regional Sustainable Energy Centres for Small Island Developing States” on 27 September 2019 in New York at UN Headquaters
Event Date: Friday, 27 September, 2019 INTRODUCTION The high-level luncheon event “Mission Transforming Island Lives! The Network of Regional Sustainable Energy Centres for Small Island Developing States” is being organized under the umbrella of the Global Network...
How Leaders of Sinking Countries Are Fighting Climate Change
By Justin Worland | Photographs by Christopher Gregory for TIME Rising seas threaten to submerge Tuvalu, one of many island nations struggling with climate change. Christopher Gregory for TIME The journey to the Fijian village of Vunidogoloa is arduous. It...