Energy for sustainable development : Pacific Regional Submission to the 14th Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD14) : background paper

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Microsoft Word - CSD14 Pacific Regional Submission-FINAL_Incl Attachments_.…Pacific Regional Submission to the Commission for Sustainable Development Fourteenth Session (CSD 14) Prepared by the Council of Regional Organisations of the Pacific (CROP) (Long Version: Full Text including Attachments) Background 1. The paper reviews the status of progress in Pacific small island developing States (Pacific SIDS) with specific focus on the themes of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development two-year cycle (CSD 14 and 15 sessions, 2006/7), namely; energy for sustainable development, industrial development, air pollution/atmosphere and climate change. 2. Input is derived from many sources including national and regional assessments for the 10-year review of the Barbados Programme of Action for SIDS undertaken in 2003-2004, the recent development of the Pacific Plan, information presented at relevant regional meetings in 2005, including the Pacific Regional Meeting to review t