Investment for Sustainable Development in Islands
Island Nation To Take Control Of Its Top-Level Internet Domain
The Government of Niue, an island 2,400 kilometres northeast of New Zealand, has demanded a “redelegation” of its national webspace, .nu, from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).
- Noo Raajje debuts in the Maldives with a virtual public launch.
- Students help provide COVID-19 information to remote island residents.
- Counting costs: Fiji’s Cyclone Yasa, by the numbers.
- Will a multimillion-dollar dock help a remote Alaska community get more services?
- Island communities to benefit from £384 million superfast broadband in the New Year.
- Azoreans create new program to control influx of visitors to tourist sites.
Interesting stories about energy from the world’s islands:
- Caribbean’s largest solar generation and storage system begins construction.
- The bottlenecks to growing renewable energy in Cayman.
- Pacific Northwest poised to test 100% renewables as utilities weigh gas vs. storage.
- Irish islands play a role in developing new energy approaches
- Investors move forward with plans for a community-owned micro-brewery on Eigg.
This Island is a UNESCO Heritage Site Threatened By Climate Change
So far, the houses of the island’s 200 residents have been spared the flames — but the same cannot be said of the natural landscape on the World Heritage-listed island. Over half the rainforest — 8,500 square kilometers according to DPA news agency — has been destroyed by the fires
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