Kiribati
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The Climate Technology Centre is seeking proposals for the technical assistance project in Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Palau and Solomon Islands:
Capacity development to address risks in coastal zones. Deadline 19 March 2019, 17.00 Vienna time.
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Session 1 – Opening
Session 2 - The CTCN
Session 3 - Linking CTCN activities with national priorities and mechanism under the Convention
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PacGeo is an open access geospatial data repository for the Pacific Region providing premier geophysical, geodetic, and marine spatial data sets. Developed through collaboration between the GeoScience Division of Secretariat of the Pacific Community (GSD/SPC), University of Sydney, Geoscience Australia (GA), and GRID-Arendal. The development of PacGeo was combined with targeted training and capacity building activities conducted at the Pacific Maritime Boundary Working Group Meetings, held twice yearly at the University of Sydney and at other ad hoc events in the region.
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The 193 individual country profiles capture the status and progress of all UN Member States, and the 80+ indicators include a wealth of information on child, adolescent and adult anthropometry and nutritional status, in addition to intervention coverage, food supply, economics, and demography. This tool is particularly useful for nutrition champions at the country-level, as it presents a wide range of evidence needed to assess country progress in improving nutrition and nutrition-related outcomes.
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Type of National planCountryKiribati
Kiribati is a LDC SIDS with limited resources that will nonetheless commit to reduce emissions by 13.7% by 2025 and 12.8% by 2030 compared to a BAU projection. Kiribati also included a section on adaptation, which includes descriptions of Kiribati's vulnerability to climate change, adaptation programs and actions, means of implementation for mitigation and adaptation. A conditional reduction commitment is also communicated in the INDC.
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The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) is the regional development arm of the United Nations for the Asia-Pacific region. ESCAP is made up of 53 Member States and 9 Associate Members, with a geographical scope that stretches from Turkey in the west to the Pacific island nation of Kiribati in the east, and from the Russian Federation in the north to New Zealand in the south.
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The objective of the Grid Connected Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Project for Kiribati is to contribute to reducing Kiribati's dependence on imported petroleum for power generation in order to improve energy security and to reduce the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from diesel fuel use for grid electricity supply in Kiribati. The project has three components. The first component is investment in grid connected solar photovoltaic equipment.
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The objective of the Pacific Aviation Investment Project for East Asia and Pacific is to improve operational safety and oversight of international air transport infrastructure. This regional project was prepared covering the Republic of Kiribati, Kingdom of Tonga, and Tuvalu.