SIDS4 Daily Bulletin: Unlocking Climate Finance

The Department of Environment is the overarching National Government Agency responsible for Environmental Management in Antigua and Barbuda.

The overall mission of the DoE is to provide technical advice and implement projects and programs on behalf of the Government and the people of Antigua and Barbuda. These projects are designed to protect and enhance the country’s environment, as well as seek common solutions to national, regional and global environmental problems.

SPREP is the regional organisation established by the Governments and Administrations of the Pacific charged with protecting and managing the environment and natural resources of the Pacific.

The Headquarters is based in Apia, Samoa with other SPREP offices in Fiji, the Republic of the Marshalls Islands and Vanuatu. SPREP has around 150 staff recruited from around the Pacific region and the world, and has an annual budget of approximately USD35 million in 2022.

The establishment of SPREP in 1993 sends a clear signal to the global community of the deep commitment of Pacific island Governments and Administrations for better management of the environment within the context of sustainable development.

The strategic direction for SPREP is clearly set out in the 2017-2026 SPREP Strategic Plan. The Plan outlines the mandate, vision and programmes for the organisation, and places strong emphasis on effective delivery of services to SPREP Member countries and territories.

The World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian organization saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability and prosperity, for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of climate change.

UN Climate Change and six prominent partners are catalysing action on the ground through Regional Collaboration Centres that bring together climate change expertise with in‐depth local knowledge.

Set up to spread the benefits of the Clean Development Mechanism under the Kyoto Protocol, the RCCs have broadened their role since the adoption of the Paris Agreement to facilitate the implementation of countries’ Nationally Determined Contributions under that agreement.

The RCCs facilitate national climate action through capacity-building, technical assistance and strategic networking—mobilizing know-how and resources to drive clean development.

In this context, the RCCs help the secretariat and its partners to deliver Regional Climate Weeks in Asia-Pacific, Africa, Latin-America and the Caribbean and MENA regions. The Climate Weeks are fast emerging as one of the most important platforms for bringing together regional stakeholders and support climate action at the regional level.

As a service provider in the field of international cooperation for sustainable development and international education work, we are dedicated to shaping a future worth living around the world. We have over 50 years of experience in a wide variety of areas, including economic development and employment promotion, energy and the environment, and peace and security. The diverse expertise of our federal enterprise is in demand around the globe – from the German Government, European Union institutions, the United Nations, the private sector, and governments of other countries. We work with businesses, civil society actors and research institutions, fostering successful interaction between development policy and other policy fields and areas of activity. Our main commissioning party is the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).

The commissioning parties and cooperation partners all place their trust in GIZ, and we work with them to generate ideas for political, social and economic change, to develop these into concrete plans and to implement them. Since we are a public-benefit federal enterprise, German and European values are central to our work. Together with our partners in national governments worldwide and cooperation partners from the worlds of business, research and civil society, we work flexibly to deliver effective solutions that offer people better prospects and sustainably improve their living conditions.

The registered offices of GIZ are in Bonn and Eschborn. In 2022, we generated a business volume of around EUR 4 billion. Our 25,422 employees, almost 70 per cent of whom are national staff, work in around 120 countries. As a recognised development service provider, we currently have 353 development workers in action in partner countries. Furthermore, in 2022, the Centre for International Migration and Development (CIM), which is run jointly by GIZ and the German Federal Employment Agency, placed 143 integrated experts and 257 returning experts with local employers in our partner countries, or provided them with financial support, advice or other services.

The Islands and Small States Institute (ISSI) of the University of Malta (UM) is a world-renowned centre of excellence in islands and small states studies, promoting teaching, research and training on economic, social, cultural, ecological and geographical aspects of islands and small states. We offer postgraduate courses on islands and small states studies, as well as a PhD degree, by means of a student-centred, hybrid teaching programme, including supporting students from Small Island Developing States through scholarships. The ISSI hosts the World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre on Health Systems and Policies in Small States, and coordinates the Climate Change Platform. To learn more about the ISSI, connect with us on Facebook and Twitter.

O Camões – Instituto da Cooperação e da Língua, I. P., abreviadamente designado por Camões, I. P., é um instituto público integrado na administração indireta do Estado português, dotado de autonomia administrativa, financeira e património próprio, que prossegue atribuições do Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros (MNE) sob superintendência e tutela do respetivo ministro.

No domínio da cooperação, compete ao Camões , I.P. propor e executar a política de cooperação portuguesa e coordenar as atividades de cooperação desenvolvidas por outras entidades públicas que participem na execução daquela política.

No domínio da promoção externa da língua e cultura portuguesas, o Camões, I.P. tem por missão propor e executar a política de ensino e divulgação da língua e cultura portuguesas no estrangeiro, assegurar a presença de leitores de português nas universidades estrangeiras e gerir a rede de ensino de português no estrangeiro a nível básico e secundário.

Climate Analytics is a global climate science and policy institute engaged around the world in driving and supporting climate action aligned to the 1.5°C warming limit.

We connect science and policy to empower vulnerable countries in international climate negotiations and inform national planning with targeted research, analysis and support.

Our international team of 130 experts and support staff work from our headquarters in Berlin and our regional offices in Africa, Australia and the Pacific, the Caribbean, North America and South Asia.

The Ashley Lashley Foundation is a non-profit organization that empowers youth, promotes health, advances gender equality, and addresses environmental challenges.

Welcome to Kneyzus Energy and Co., where our journey began as an ambitious thesis project aimed at sparking a vital change in Trinidad and Tobago’s education system. We’re dedicated to shedding light on the immense potential of renewable energy, particularly the innovative concept of waste-to-energy or bioenergy.

As we’ve grown, our mission has expanded beyond the classroom walls. We’ve evolved into passionate advocates for Sustainable Development Goal 7, committed to driving awareness and action towards affordable and clean energy for all. At the heart of our endeavor is the transformational power of bioenergy – harnessing organic materials to generate not only clean energy but also organic byproducts that enrich local farmers’ yields.

The Antigua & Barbuda Hospitality Training Institute (ABHTI), formerly known as the Hotel Training Centre began in 1977 as a unit of the Antigua State College at Golden Grove which came out of a merger of the Leeward Islands Teachers’ Training College, and the Golden Grove Technical College. At that time the Golden Grove Technical College included to form the Advanced Level Department at the Antigua State College. Our Vision states that we seek to be the premier Hospitality and Tourism Training Institute in the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) and wider Caribbean.

At ABHTI, we believe that the life of the mind is vitally linked to a life of imagination, level-headedness, and action. Because of this, we have developed a selection of programmes that will enable you to create a solid learning experience that takes you into the future. ABHTI will equip you for an exciting career, opportunities and responsibilities in the Tourism/Hospitality Industry, and for a lifetime of learning and growth. An ABHTI education is your first step to becoming a Hospitality Professional.

The vision of ABIIT is to be the pace setter for tertiary level education in the Eastern Caribbean by providing programs relevant to the global market place. We will do this by providing our students with opportunities for life long learning in a supportive and professional environment.

ABIIT is committed to fostering academic access, scholarship and excellence as it builds a cadre of human resources with the skills, knowledge and attitudes that are current and relevant for the global job market and for continuing studies.

We are young ocean advocates representing the Caribbean Island Nations, voicing out our concerns regarding the state of our ocean and implementing projects that benefit the health of the ocean. The hub membership is open to interested individuals who fall between the ages of 18-35 and are passionate about protecting our marine resources and leading innovation in the marine space in the Caribbean.