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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...
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...
PCREEE and UNIDO join efforts to develop a regional e-mobility policy and program for the for Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs)
The Pacific Community (SPC) hosted Pacific Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (PCREEE) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) are assisting Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs) in the development of a regional...
Seychelles protecting even more of its waters, minister says on World Environment Day
(Seychelles News Agency) - Seychelles has designated 26 percent of its territorial waters as marine protection areas to complete the second phase of the debt for conservation finance deal with The Nature Conservancy, the environment minister said on Wednesday. The...
Pacific island countries work together for a sustainable energy future
Pacific Energy Ministers launched the Pacific Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (PCREEE) to boost efforts to increase access to energy which is cheaper, more reliable and better for the environment. CLICK HERE to see the Full Article
When will the world’s polluters start paying for the mess they made?
At UN climate talks in Bonn, governments must find sources of finance to support the victims of climate disaster, write officials from four vulnerable countries Residents evacuating Dominica as Hurricane Maria hits (Pic: US Navy/Sean Galbreath) By Joseph Isaac, Ronny...
What is SIDS DOCK?
SIDS DOCK is a United Nations (UN)-recognised international organisation established in 2015, with all the rights and privileges for addressing climate change, resilience, and energy security in small islands. SIDS DOCK represents 32 small islands and low-lying developing states across the globe and is so named because it is designed as a “DOCKing station” to connect the energy sector in SIDS with the global markets for finance and sustainable energy technologies. Belize is the Host Country for the SIDS DOCK Secretariat. The Honourable Wavel Ramkalawan, President of the Republic of Seychelles, is the current President of the 7th session of the Assembly of SIDS DOCK.