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Spotlight on work to encourage behaviour change towards waste management
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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August 1, 2024
31 July 2024, Funafuti Tuvalu - Whether it is dealing with disposable diapers in Vanuatu, improving waste management in Solomon Islands or changing mindsets about how to dispose e-waste at the Ensisi Valley in Papua New Guinea (PNG), the work of...
Pacific Islands gather in Funafuti for first-ever Plastic Dialogue
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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August 8, 2024
7 August 2024, Funafuti Tuvalu - With the community of nations deadlocked in international negotiations to conclude a global instrument to end plastic pollution by the end of 2024, a first-of-its-kind Plastic Dialogue was convened today in...
Transformer les déchets en énergie – une autre voie vers l’économie circulaire
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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October 9, 2024
2 octobre 2024, Port Vila – Les dispositifs existants de transformation des déchets en énergie et la manière dont cela peut contribuer à une économie circulaire ont été discutées lors de l’atelier régional sur l’économie circulaire qui s’est tenu...
Incorporating circularity for effective management of hazardous waste in the Pacific
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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October 2, 2024
1 October 2024, Port Vila – Hazardous waste generated through industrial activities, energy production, healthcare, agriculture, and from the transport sector is a major waste stream in the Pacific. The challenges faced by the Pacific due to its...
IMF Staff Concludes 2018 Article IV Mission to Vanuatu
International Monetary Fund
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February 7, 2018
February 7, 2018 End-of-Mission press releases include statements of IMF staff teams that convey preliminary findings after a visit to a country. The views expressed in this statement are those of the IMF staff and do not necessarily represent the...
EV EDUCATION LAUNCHED IN TOP VOCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN SAMOA, ALONG WITH NEW DECARBONIZATION PLANS
Government of Samoa
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April 8, 2025
[PRESS RELEASE 08 April 2025] – A significant educational milestone has been reached, with the opening of electric vehicles (EV) automotive workshops in three vocational institutions in Samoa, namely the National University of Samoa, Don Bosco...
Intégrer la circularité pour une gestion efficace des déchets dangereux dans le Pacifique
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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October 9, 2024
1er octobre 2024, Port Vila – Les déchets dangereux générés par les activités industrielles, la production d’énergie, le secteur des soins sanitaires, l’agriculture et le secteur des transports constituent un flux de déchets majeur dans le...
Turning waste into energy – a pathway to achieving circular economy
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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October 5, 2024
2 Oct 2024, Port Vila – The possibilities of turning waste into energy and how this can contribute to a circular economy were explored during the Regional Circular Economy workshop being held in Port Vila this week. Waste-to-Energy technologies...
Pacific leaders alarmed over climate change’s negative impact on food systems and food security
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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November 10, 2017
Pacific leaders gather at FAO before participating in the UN Climate Conference COP23. in Bonn. 11 November 2017, Rome – Climate change poses an alarming threat to food systems and food security in the Pacific islands, warned leaders of nine small...
Vanuatu: Statement of the IMF Mission at the Conclusion of a Staff Visit
International Monetary Fund
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March 4, 2014
Press Release No. 14/83 March 4, 2014 An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission led by Mr. Vladimir Klyuev visited Port Vila, Vanuatu, during February 23 – March 4, 2014 to discuss the economic outlook and policies with the authorities, private...
Pacific SIDS calls for global solidarity in addressing the plastics crisis, asks for high ambition
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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April 24, 2024
Vanuatu, speaking on behalf of the 14 Pacific Small Island Developing States (PSIDS), has made a call for the international community to work together in fulfilling its mandate to have an international legally binding instrument on plastic...
Climate, Environment, and Conservation: Women Leaders from Pacific Participate in U.S. Program on Climate Change
U.S. Department of State
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August 16, 2013
From August 18 – 28, 2013, twelve women climate leaders from across the Pacific region will visit Washington, D.C., Pensacola, Florida, and Honolulu, Hawaii to meet with policymakers, scientists, and innovators to share their experiences and to...
Vanuatu: IMF, Vanuatu to Co-host a High-Level Conference On Lifting Economic Growth in the Pacific Islands
International Monetary Fund
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November 5, 2013
Press Release No.13/425 November 5, 2013 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the government of Vanuatu will co-host a high-level conference in Port Vila on November 22, 2013. Lifting Potential Growth in the Pacific Islands will build on last...
Voices of Pacific Women: Tekura Moeka’a
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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April 24, 2024
Negotiating a Legally Binding Instrument on Plastic Pollution including in the Marine Environment 23 April 2024, Ottawa, Canada - For this young Cook Islands woman, she found it was a matter of “fight or flight” when it came to her very first UN...
Vanuatu: IMF Executive Board Concludes 2013 Article IV Consultation
International Monetary Fund
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June 21, 2013
Public Information Notice (PIN) No. 13/69 June 21, 2013 Public Information Notices (PINs) form part of the IMF's efforts to promote transparency of the IMF's views and analysis of economic developments and policies. With the consent of the country...
All eyes on Small Islands Developing States at the Fourth International Conference in Antigua and Barbuda
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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May 26, 2024
Samoa is passing the baton to Antigua and Barbuda this month as host of the Fourth International Conference on Small Islands Developing States. Over 3,000 registered delegates will descend upon the Caribbean Island to chart a course towards...
IMF Executive Board Concludes 2016 Article IV Consultation with Vanuatu
International Monetary Fund
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October 31, 2016
On October 21, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the 2016 Article IV consultation with Vanuatu. 1 Vanuatu’s economy is gradually recovering from the extensive damages caused by Cyclone Pam, which hit the...
Nos îles se félicitent de la poursuite de l'engagement en faveur de la gestion durable des déchets dans le Pacifique
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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May 23, 2024
22 Peut 2024, Apia Samoa - L'annonce qui a eu lieu cette semaine en faveur de la prochaine phase du projet SWAP (Committing to Sustainable Waste Actions in the Pacific / S’Engager pour une gestion durable des déchets dans le Pacifique) constitue...
FACT SHEET: Obama Administration Announces New Policies to Promote Conservation and Build Resilience to Climate Change, with a focus on Pacific Islands
RSS Feed
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September 1, 2016
In celebration of today’s opening of the World Conservation Congress, which the United States is hosting for the first time, President Obama last night addressed leaders from Pacific Island Conference of Leaders and the World Conservation...
IMF Staff Concludes 2016 Article IV Mission to Vanuatu
International Monetary Fund
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July 26, 2016
July 26, 2016 An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission led by Mr. Chris Papageorgiou visited Port Vila during July 13-26, 2016 to hold discussions on the 2016 Article IV consultation. The mission met with the Vanuatu authorities,...