sustainable development
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Securing a Sustainable Caribbean Future – upcoming Forum
Regional and international leaders will gather in Port of Spain from 5 to 7 May 2015 to tackle intractable challenges to development and identify strategies for securing a sustainable Caribbean future. The Forum for the Future of the Caribbean is being co-hosted by the University of the West Indies and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Trinidad and Tobago in collaboration with…
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Opinion: Bridging the gap – SDG Fund paving way for Post-2015 Agenda
UNITED NATIONS, (IPS) – The countdown has begun to September’s Summit on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with world leaders discussing the 17 goals and 169 targets proposed by the United Nations Open Working Group. The post-2015 development agenda will focus primarily on strengthening opportunities to reduce poverty and marginalisation in ways that are sustainable from an economic, social and…
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ILO Meeting of Caribbean Ministers of Labour to address ‘Decent Work for Sustainable Development’
The 9th ILO Meeting of the Caribbean Ministers of Labour, organized by the International Labour Organization (ILO) in collaboration with the Government of The Bahamas, will be held on 3-4 March 2015 at the British Colonial Hilton in Nassau, The Bahamas. The Meeting will bring together Ministers with responsibility for Labour, Permanent Secretaries and high-level officials of the English- and…
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Jamaica Environment Minister issues call to action for sustainable development
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Jamaica’s Minister of Water, Land, Environment, Sustainable Development and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill on Thursday evening issued a call to all Caribbean Community (CARICOM) stakeholders to shape the sustainable development agenda of the Region. “Governments, the private sector and civil society must all work together in shaping this agenda, particularly in 2015 when…
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Jamaica Environment Minister issues a call to action for sustainable development
Jamaica’s Minister of Water, Land, Environment, Sustainable Development and Climate Change, the Hon. Robert Pickersgill on Thursday evening issued a call to all Caribbean Community (CARICOM) stakeholders in shaping the sustainable development agenda of the Region. Addressing the opening of the Fifty-Third Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on the Environment and Sustainable Development at…
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Meeting an opportunity to move along sustainable energy path – CARICOM DSG
The Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on Energy which is being held at the CARICOM Secretariat today is an opportunity for the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to move forward along the sustainable development path, Deputy Secretary-General, Ambassador Manorma Soeknandan said. Delivering opening remarks at the Ministerial Meeting, Ambassador Soeknandan pointed to the critical nature of…
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Caribbean climate change officials meeting in Saint Lucia
CASTRIES, St Lucia, Jan 27, CMC – Caribbean climate change negotiators are meeting here in preparation for global talks on the environment in Paris later this year. The talks are a follow-up to the 20th Conference of Parties (CoP) held in Peru last December. “The crucial Paris meeting should see the adoption of a new global agreement for reducing climate…
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Sustainable development good for business
Sustainable develop-ment has become a key element of postal development. “It can be used to improve relationships with partners; create new markets; respond to customer’s expectations; ensure the professional development of employees and social dialogue; and to educate the public about the environmental and social causes,” says Universal Postal Union (UPU) representative Ann-Claire Blet. She was at the time addressing…
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