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Pacific Island Nations Lead the Way on Renewable Energy

Pacific pledge to switch to renewable energy http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/2012-05-11/pacific-pledge-to-switch-to-renewable-energy/941934  11 May 2012  Pacific Island nations have pledged to dump diesel and similar fuels they use to produce energy and replace them with renewable power sources.

Blowing in the wind, The Pacific nations will take their message to the Rio Plus 20 Earth Summit in Brazil in June. [ABC]
Tuvalu, Tokelau and Cook Islands’ leaders outlined their renewable energy targets this week.
Their pledges came at a meeting of small island states in Barbados, West Indies.

Their nations plan to rely on sources like coconut biofuel, solar energy and wind energy by the end of the decade.
Their declaration will be taken to the Rio Plus 20 Earth Summit in Brazil next month. Michelle Gyles-McDonnough, of the United Nations Development Program, told Radio Australia it was “tremendous leadership on the part of
small island developing states”

Donor partners – Denmark, Norway and the United Kingdom – had committed to support the small island states in their transformation, he said.

May 11, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized