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    Tilos, a Tiny Island, Makes a Giant Leap for Sustainability
    Energy & TransportDecember 2, 2024

    Tilos, a Tiny Island, Makes a Giant Leap for Sustainability

    Excerpt and Photo from greekcitytimes.com On November 19th, Tilos was awarded the prestigious Grand Jury Award at the European Enterprise Promotion Awards 2024 (EEPA) in Budapest. The island’s groundbreaking “Just Go Zero Tilos” initiative, which focuses on sustainable practices, has captured global attention. **A Model of Sustainability** The “Just Go Zero Tilos” project has transformed the island into a model of circular economy. Key achievements include: Tilos has proven that even the smallest of places can make a significant impact on the environment. The island’s success has inspired communities across Europe to adopt sustainable practices.

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    Prime Minister Mitsotakis at Naxos: Affordable and Clean Energy for Our Islands
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    Energy & TransportDecember 2, 2024

    Prime Minister Mitsotakis at Naxos: Affordable and Clean Energy for Our Islands

    In an interview with the local website naxostimes.gr, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis spoke about the creation of the Islands Decarbonization Fund, which aims to provide affordable and clean energy for the islands, improve the quality of life for island residents, and protect the unique character of each location. The interview was given on the occasion of his visit to the island. The Prime Minister highlighted the distinctiveness of the islands, the challenges faced by local governments, the need to protect against the over-reliance on tourism, and the importance of strategic planning in areas such as healthcare, infrastructure, and digital governance.

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    This island holds hope for solution to wasteful supply chains
    Energy & TransportNovember 26, 2024

    This island holds hope for solution to wasteful supply chains

    On the English Isle of Wight, TeeMill is using tech innovation to drive efficiencies in the fashion supply chain. The resulting financial savings are then ploughed into sourcing organic natural materials and circular systems. The inspiration for this model, founder Mart says, is his upbringing on an island with few resources, which installed a mentality of low waste.

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    The struggle for electricity in Ghana’s island communities
    Energy & TransportNovember 26, 2024

    The struggle for electricity in Ghana’s island communities

    Excerpt and featured photo from GNA.org.gh On a quiet evening in Lala, an island community, 16-year-old Aku Boakye sits by the dim glow of a kerosene lamp, straining to read her textbook. The rhythmic sound of waves lapping against the shore is broken by the occasional flicker of the weak flame, casting long shadows on the walls of the 16-year-old family’s small home in Sene District of Bono East Region. Aku dreams of becoming a nurse, but every night, the darkness threatens that dream. “I can only study when the Sun is up,” Aku says. “At night, we have no electricity. When it’s dark, it’s really dark.” This is the reality for over 170 island and 2000 lakeside communities in Ghana, where access to electricity remains a distant hope. These isolated communities, surrounded by water, are cut off from the national grid, live without the modern conveniences that much of the world takes for granted—lighting, refrigeration, or even the ability to charge a mobile phone. At a time when the global conversation around climate change (COP29) focuses on renewable energy and reducing emissions, for people like Aku, the conversation is simple- they need power to build a brighter future. For these communities with inhabitants of about three million, this conversation at ongoing climate talks in Baku, Azerbaijani resonates deeply.

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    Marshall Islands: The main question today is whether energy transition will be fair enough
    Energy & TransportNovember 13, 2024

    Marshall Islands: The main question today is whether energy transition will be fair enough

    Excerpt and Photo from report.az The President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, **Hilda Heine,** stated at the COP29 Leaders Summit in Baku that the new collective quantitative goal will only work if each party fulfills its commitments. “Today, the question is not whether the energy transition will happen. The question is whether it will be fair and inclusive enough. We are moving away from fossil fuels, but we see other countries continuing extraction and using coal. No one can escape the consequences of the climate crisis. However, some countries suffer more than others because they lack sufficient resources,” she said. Heine noted that the Marshall Islands has its own strategy for the future based on clean energy transition and adaptation. However, more funds are needed as soon as possible to implement this strategy.

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    Croatia’s Krk is world’s second zero waste island
    Energy & TransportNovember 12, 2024

    Croatia’s Krk is world’s second zero waste island

    Seven municipalities on Krk island – Krk, Baška, Dobrinj, Malinska-Dubašnica, Omišalj, Punat, and Vrbnik have been awarded the prestigious Zero Waste certification, presented to Europe’s most successful cities and municipalities, Zero Waste Europe said. The certification was approved by Zero Waste Europe (Mission Zero Academy) in recognition of outstanding achievements in sustainable waste management. In 2021, through collaboration between Krk’s municipal waste management company Ponikve and the national coordinator for the Zero Waste certification Zero Waste Croatia, the island became a candidate for accreditation. Krk has achieved the first out of five tiers in the Zero Waste certificate At the time, local authorities vowed to analyze the composition of mixed municipal waste, introduce volume-based payment, stimulate a reduction in waste generation and an increase in reuse, establish an expert council for waste management and promote home composting, all within five years.

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    Ajaccio: At the ‘Energ’Isule’ conference, islands are collaborating for a more sustainable future.
    Energy & TransportNovember 1, 2024

    Ajaccio: At the ‘Energ’Isule’ conference, islands are collaborating for a more sustainable future.

    Article excerpt from corsenetinfos.corsica. Translated from french Photo retrieved from corsenetinfos.corsica The 2024 edition of Energ’Isule, organized by the Agency for Sustainable Development, Urban Planning and Energy of Corsica (AUE) and dedicated to the ecological transition of islands, took place Wednesday and Thursday at the Palais des Congrès in Ajaccio. During several roundtables, experts focused on the theme “mitigation and adaptation to climate change in Non-Interconnected Zones (NIZ)” over these two days. Created in 2013, this event is dedicated to the ecological transition of islands and brings together key players from the institutional, economic, academic, and associative sectors, as well as renowned experts at the national and European levels, to offer them a platform for exchange and collaboration. The event, which is notably attended by speakers from Guadeloupe and Martinique and European islands, is under the theme “**Mitigation and adaptation to climate change in Non-Interconnected Zones (NIZ)**“, a major topic for territories particularly impacted by this phenomenon. “The world is currently facing unprecedented climate change with an increase in heatwaves, droughts, natural disasters, large fires, floods, sea-level rise, and cyclones. Often with major human tragedies and socioeconomic consequences as a corollary,” Julien Paolini, president of the AUE. “This fight against global warming can only be envisaged around two pillars: the reduction of greenhouse gases, and therefore the exit from fossil fuels, and the adaptation of our territories,” he added, asking: “Adapting means anticipating the threats, risks, and dangers that weigh on us today, it means making our territories more resilient and more resistant, and more autonomous.”

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    Seychelles: African Development Bank approves a USD 25 million loan to improve access to renewable energy and create jobs
    Energy & TransportOctober 11, 2024

    Seychelles: African Development Bank approves a USD 25 million loan to improve access to renewable energy and create jobs

    The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a $25 million loan to Seychelles to implement the first phase of the Economic Resilience and Green Recovery Support Programme aimed at economic governance management across the archipelago. The operation, the first in a series of programmes scheduled for 2024, 2025 and 2026, will support efforts by the Seychelles authorities to improve tax revenues and enhance governance in the public sector, including efficiency of public spending and public service delivery as key pathways to advance governance and economic management reforms. . The tax will play an important role in the country’s tax mobilisation efforts and provide funds for investment in circular economy projects. The programme will support current efforts of the Seychelles Ministry of Investment, Entrepreneurship and Industry to drive economic diversification and transformation in the key sectors of fishing and tourism. These initiatives include the revision of relevant legislative frameworks to promote growth of the private sector, supporting the recently approved industrial policy. The programme will also help the Seychelles authorities to deepen reforms that promote environment and climate resilience, assisting the government’s efforts to integrate climate adaptation and mitigation into the National Development Strategy for 2024-2028.

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    Electrifying Island Transportation: An Ongoing Success Story
    Energy & TransportOctober 10, 2024

    Electrifying Island Transportation: An Ongoing Success Story

    In the journey towards decarbonisation, small island nations face unique challenges, but also hold distinctive advantages when it comes to deploying zero-emission trucks and buses – this was the focus of the session on zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) at the 2024 Virtual Island Summit. The expert panel featured Pamela Mercedes Abreu Toribio, Mitigation Analyst at the National Council for Climate Change in the Dominican Republic, Josh Simons, Assistant Director of Maintenance and Engineering Services, Bermuda Government’s Department of Public Transportation, and Sebastián Galarza, Executive Director, Sustainable Mobility Center. Moderated by CALSTART’s Ricardo García Coyne, the session discussed the economic, logistical, and environmental aspects of transitioning to electric trucks and buses in island contexts, with a special emphasis on Latin American and Caribbean nations. Island nations are highly dependent on imported diesel, which drives up fuel costs, reduces energy security, and contributes to pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. Despite making up a small percentage of vehicles on the road, diesel trucks and buses account for more than a third of fuel consumption and nearly 70% of nitrogen oxide emissions globally. In island environments, this problem is compounded by geographic isolation and limited access to fuel markets.

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