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INSULEUR and European Commission select GTI as sustainability expert for tourism SMEs

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Gianni Chianetta to become full-time Chair of Greening the Islands Foundation after ending a successful mandate as Global Solar Council CEO

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Greening the Islands is excited to share that its founder Gi...

Facing extinction, Tuvalu considers the digital clone of a country

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As the climate emergency threatens its existence, the tiny P...

We depend on our beautiful reefs’: Fukushima water release plan sparks concern across Pacific

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Some fishers say they lack information and worry about Japan...

Barbados PM fights for shake-up of global climate finance

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World leaders meeting in Paris on Thursday could give poorer...

Investment flows to small island states grew by 39% in 2022

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The top five recipients accounted for 85% of foreign direct ...

‘A win of epic proportions’: World’s highest court can set out countries’ climate obligations after Vanuatu secures historic UN vote

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Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu on Wednesday won a historic...

Greek Island of Halki Now Self-Sufficient on Energy

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"As Pacific leaders shoulder the burden of climate leadershi...

Six Island Nations Commit to ‘Fossil Fuel-Free Pacific,’ Demand Global Just Transition

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"As Pacific leaders shoulder the burden of climate leadershi...

The “Palma Declaration” adopted by CPMR Islands Commission hold on 22 February 2023 in Palma

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Greening the islands took actively part in the 42nd Annual G...

INSULEUR’s General Assembly and Round Table

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Pacific countries have fought for fund to provide assistance...

Gran Canaria to host the first GTI Observatory Summit: The island meeting of public-private global leaders

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Floating Solar Panels Could Power Thousands of Cities Entirely, New Study Finds

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Pacific countries have fought for fund to provide assistance...

COP15 ends with landmark biodiversity agreement

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The United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP15) ended in ...

Indonesia puts 100-island archipelago up for auction, sparking environmental concerns

News The Widi Reserve, a coral atoll archipelago for sale in Indonesia. Photograph: Sothebys

Uninhabited Widi Reserve is in a marine-protected zone and b...

Amami Oshima: Japan’s UNESCO-listed subtropical island paradise

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GTI at COP27: The Historic Consensus on Reparations for Loss and Damage is Good News, But the Fund Must Go to SIDS With High Priority

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The COP27 outcome document “Sharm el-Sheikh Implementation P...

Greening the Islands keeps efforts high to help islands make good use of their resources

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GTI and partners are awarded another EU Horizon tender focus...

UN Declare ‘Ocean Emergency’

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Earth’s largest biosphere, oceans are vital for many reasons...

To Reap Benefits of ‘Massive’ Blue Economy, Small Islands, Least Developed Coastal States Need Multidimensional Vulnerability Index That Addresses Risks

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With 22,000 Tons of Fish Stolen Each Year, World Trade Organ...

Island nations get new lifeline to beat pollution

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Thirty-three Small Island Developing States join $515 millio...

Statement by Australia, Japan, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States on the Establishment of the Partners in the Blue Pacific (PBP)

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A new initiative for more effective and efficient cooperatio...

Island at End of the World Pitches $6 Billion Hydrogen Dream

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Argentina’s Tierra del Fuego wants hydrogen, ammonia from wi...

Heat wave: how Orkney is leading a tidal power revolution

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Strong tides make conditions in the Scottish islands ideal, ...

You can now invest and get shares in Greening the Islands!

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Do you love islands and wish to protect them from climate ch...

GTI and Gozo meet to boost local and state sustainable transition

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The GTI Observatory will hold a meeting in Gozo (Malta) on 2...

GTI AT THE CLEAN ENERGY FOR EU ISLANDS FORUM 2022: islands’ sustainable transition needs an enabling environment in which technology, policy and finance establish synergies and act together to boost transformations

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Greening the Islands has participated at the Clean energy fo...

GTI and Elafonisos continue their close cooperation to promote sustainable tourism on islands

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The fifth “Elafonisos Eco 2022 Symposium” took place in Elaf...

Greek island of Tilos is the world’s greatest recycler

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The Greek island of Tilos “is the island with the greatest r...

Water and sanitation in the Pacific continue to be dire

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There's concern that addressing water and sanitation challen...

How Norfolk Island is solving its waste dilemma

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Being located on a tiny parcel of land some 1,600 km from th...

‘Cash, coal, cars and trees’: what progress has been made since Cop26?

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Six months on, the war in Ukraine and ongoing Covid-19 pande...

Grants to support the creation of geoparks in Small Island Developing States

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UNESCO and the Global Geoparks Network (GGN) have launched a...

You can now invest and get shares in Greening the Islands!

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Study fully online or blended for a Master by Research or PhD in Islands and Small States Studies

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As of October 2022, the Islands and Small States Institute (...

Why the Dutch embrace floating homes

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Faced with worsening floods and a shortage of housing, the N...

Japan’s Lucky Island Shows the Hidden Effects of Rising Sea Temperatures

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Global warming is already changing Iki, the first place in J...

Roger Léron Award 2022: Let’s celebrate Energy Efficiency Leaders

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The Roger Léron Award is coming back in 2022 with a new focu...

The tiny islands leading the green transition

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Small island communities have often been pioneers for sustai...

Island states meet to discuss suing Global North over climate change

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A new alliance for climate reparations is seeking compensati...

The remote Shetland Islands are a surprising leader in the race to net zero

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 Shetland, a group of islands off the coast of Scotland, is ...

Climate change: IPCC report warns of ‘irreversible’ impacts of global warming

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Many of the impacts of global warming are now simply "irreve...

GTI Report to be introduced in 2022 as key resource for islands and corporates

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In 2022 GTI deepens technological scope with the Observatory...

Blue ocean solutions for climate resilience and accelerated development

News Countries, like the Seychelles and Belize, with coastal blue carbon ecosystems are increasingly looking to the ocean for climate change and business solutions. Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPS

 Nairobi, Kenya, Dec 22 2021 (IPS) - Seychelles’ 115 islands...

Will ScotWind auction deliver a renewables revolution?

News The Beatrice field in the Moray Firth is the largest offshore wind farm in Scottish waters

The ScotWind auction is the first time in a decade that plot...

Reunion Island plans to go green

News The Les Cedres project on Reunion Island combines PV panels with organic farming

France's overseas territory Reunion Island is aiming to prod...

Indonesia’s biodiesel drive is leading to deforestation

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Indonesia pledged at the recent COP26 climate summit that it...

Tonga remains cut off after a massive eruption and tsunami. Here’s what we know

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 (CNN) - The eruption of an underwater volcano near Tonga on...

Europe’s First Hydrogen Fuel Cell Sea-Going Ferry Is Powered Purely by Renewable Energy

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When innovative companies, government institutions, and univ...

Leaders in Glasgow finally acknowledge islands are uniquely threatened by climate change, but measures do not match urgency

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At COP26 GTI strengthens international partnerships with key...

IRENA, Small Island States Align to Accelerate Energy Transition

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The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the Al...

The Resilience Scorecard is transforming how Caribbean nations are responding to the climate crisis

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The impacts of climate change are different around the world...

Barbados prime minister Mia Mottley’s defence of Small Island Developing States at COP26 makes her a regional rock star

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'Caribbean people have NEVER been more proud' Prime Ministe...

Cop26: Pacific delegates condemn ‘monumental failure’ that leaves islands in peril

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Representatives particularly disappointed by softened langua...

Rising sea levels threaten Marshall Islands’ status as a nation, World Bank report warns

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Large parts of Pacific country’s capital would be permanentl...

Greece’s Popular Islands Are Crowded — With Plastic

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The Aegean islands are parched. Breaking the dependency on i...

How Greenland’s melting glaciers could boost climate-friendly farming

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The glacial rock flour left behind by a retreating ice sheet...

8th GTI e_Convention: islands becoming testbeds for the integration of technology, policy and finance to boost sustainable transition

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 GTI Awards see raising quality and ambition in island proje...

Welcome on board: the GTI Observatory welcomes new members to strengthen actions towards islands self-sufficiency

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Chalki and Sint Maarten islands, the Asian Development Bank,...

Genius Watter for sustainable tourism: water and energy for an eco-resort in cape verde

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Genius Watter has created a sustainable energy and water eff...

Three islands receive EU RESponsible Island Prize for local renewable energy transition

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Today, the Commission announced that the Danish island of Ær...

Cleantech Entrepreneurs Driving a Green Recovery in Barbados

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Croatian island eyes green energy self-sufficiency in this decade

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NJIVICE, Croatia, June 18 (Reuters) - The northern Adriatic ...

Solar and battery microgrids reduce diesel reliance for 26 islands in Maldives

News Maafaru, one of the 26 islands in the Maldives to have microgrids installed. Image: DHYBRID.

Microgrids have been installed across 26 Maldivian islands u...

Elafonisos hosted the 4th Ecological Symposium to boost islands sustainability and share best practices

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GTI reinforces cooperation with the Greek islands signing a ...

Welcome on board: Chumbe Island joins the GTI Observatory to engage experts and other islands to mainstream a sustainable circular economy

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Big Island On Pace To Meet Renewable Energy Goals In 2 Years

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Hawaii island could be the first area in the state to exceed...

Seychelles’ biggest water basin to undergo rehabilitation for better storage

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(Seychelles News Agency) - Seychelles' biggest freshwater ba...

Maldives issues tender for 40MW / 40MWh of battery storage

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The Indian Ocean island nation of the Maldives has begun ten...

Plastic debris on remote islands raises temperatures by 2.5C and threatens turtle populations

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Study of Henderson Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands fi...

Japan Islands eyed as world heritage site offer insights into biodiversity

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An advisory panel of the United Nations Educational, Scienti...

Candidacies for the 7th edition of the GTI Awards are open until October 1st, 2021

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GTI and Green Destinations announce a new partnership to sup...

The GTI Awards 2021 contest opens for submissions the 13th of May with a new category “governance & inclusion”

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Among the GTI Award’s past winners, Barbados, Cape Verde, Se...

Welcome on board: St Helena joins the GTI Observatory to engage experts and other islands to explore pathways to more sustainable water, transport and agriculture

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Greening the Islands is glad to announce the new member of t...

ECOSOC chief calls for financial support for small island developing states

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Small island developing states (SIDS) must receive financial...

DOE to Support 11 Remote and Island Communities Transitioning to Resilient Clean Energy Solutions

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Remote Communities Partner with DOE Experts and National Lab...

Outer islands embrace green energy

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During his weekend tour of some outer islands, President Wav...

Redonda: The Caribbean island transformed into an eco haven

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There are no resorts, no beaches, no amenities, and its cont...

Privatising the wilderness: the Tasmanian project that could become a national park test case

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Conservationists say newly released documents call into ques...

‘Ocean in crisis’: Global plan to protect world’s seas

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Ambitious initiative to protect area larger than South Ameri...

‘World’s most powerful’ tidal turbine sets sail from Dundee

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A tidal-powered turbine, which its makers say is the most po...

A New Artificial Island: Preparing for Rising Seas in the Maldives

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A new artificial island near Malé could be a destination for...

A Small Italian Island Is Set to Win Big From Europe’s Tourism Revival

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Plans to pick vaccine winners and losers have sparked fury o...

GTI launches the new edition of the Awards with a webinar to highlight the progress of past winners, present the new Jury and open the nominations

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EU, Caribbean, Pacific & Indian Ocean islands showcase t...

Water in a loop: how to combat water scarcity on remote islands

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Every summer, thousands of tourists travel to Greece’s idyll...

FACT SHEET: Small and Less Populous Island Economies (SALPIE) Initiative

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UK Government joins partners to sign Heads of Terms agreemen...

Seychelles exploring installation of man-made reefs to protect from coastal erosion

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UK Government joins partners to sign Heads of Terms agreemen...

Italy Introduces Covid-Free Islands To Save Summer Tourism

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Fancy the idea of traveling to a small island in Italy this ...

Islands Growth Deal worth £335 million signed

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UK Government joins partners to sign Heads of Terms agreemen...

Falkland Islands Government publishes legal framework for Environment Trust

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The Falkland Islands Government this week published the lega...

Big Island Scales Back Plans For Recycled Water

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The lower category of recycled water could still be used on ...

Tesla partners with nickel mine amid shortage fears

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Tesla has decided to become a technical partner in a nickel ...

Shetland electric cars can now be fuelled purely by the power of the sea

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Cars in Shetland can now be fuelled purely by the power of t...

How Jamaica Is Rebuilding Its Economy Using Sustainable Bamboo

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When David Stedeford, a UK-born paper-manufacturer vacatione...

How Debt and Climate Change Pose ‘Systemic Risk’ to World Economy

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With dozens of countries struggling to manage both staggerin...

GTI prepares the ground to originate new innovative projects and coalitions for regional, national, EU and international tenders

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GTI Observatory holds first session of task force meetings, ...

Vineyard planted on Easter Island

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Winemakers explore the potential for Pinot Noir and Chardonn...

Greenpeace to study biological diversity in Seychelles’ waters along the Mascarene Plateau

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Greenpeace International will carry out research in Seychell...

Green hydrogen – the island opportunity

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Islands are being turned to as testing grounds for hydrogen ...

Croatian islands need expertise to push green agenda forward

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Cohesion policy is the most powerful tool at the EU’s dispos...

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