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Strategizing Island Futures at the Science-Policy-Diplomacy Interface
About the IPL

The Island Policy Lab is passionately committed to finding solutions to the unique challenges faced by island nations, territories and other small island jurisdictions stemming from social, economic, environmental and natural resource factors. 
Mission

The mission of the IPL is to provide policymakers, corporate public and private leaders and the general public with data-driven and high quality analysis on sustainability issues in islands.  The IPL also provides a shared, open knowledge sharing and transfer platform to strengthen SIDS universities capacity and SIDS government policy interventions. It aims to bring the power of academic rigor to generate innovative and applied policy-based solutions to islands’ problems. 
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
Call for Abstracts: "Multi-dimensional vulnerability indices for developing countries: Methods and Models"

Guest Editorial Committee
Dr. Kalim Shah, University of Delaware
Dr. Stefano Moncada, University of Malta
Dr. Lino Briguglio, University of Malta
Dr. Winston Moore, University of West Indies 

We invite you to submit your proposed paper title and abstract for consideration to develop into a full article for publication in a Special Issue of Geoforum (Elsevier).  Your abstract should be between 250-300 words to be submitted via email to kalshah@udel.edu by June 23, 2021.

Click here to access full description of the Call for Abstract
CONFERENCE CALL - IICE2021
The 26th International Interdisciplinary Conference on the Environment, Virtual, Oct 6-8th, 2021

The Interdisciplinary Environmental Association (IEA) and Laboratorio Nacional de Ciencias de la Sostenibilidad-IE (UNAM-Mexico) invite you to submit Abstracts with title for the upcoming virtual conference. President of the IEA, Dr Shah will present on the strategic plan of the IPL.  Abstracts for the conference are due by 15th July 2021.

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ANNOUNCEMENT
Island Policy Lab's Director is now Editor-in-Chief of CESaRE

Island Policy Lab's Director Dr. Kalim Shah is now the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Caribbean Environmental Sciences and Renewable Energy (CESaRE).

CESaRE is a unique new outlet publishing leading edge research, with a focus of highlighting the research of young researchers.

Visit CESaRE website here
UPDATES
Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Reiner Lemoine Institute of Germany and the Island Policy Lab of University of Delaware 

Recognizing that the current energy system needs to be transformed into a more sustainable one, the Reiner Lemoine Institute - premier German-based energy research institute and the Island Policy Lab have set course to working towards a low-carbon energy future through education, research and project development.
 

Our current project - Leveraging our common expertise in energy system analysis, the IPL and RLI are currently studying the energy system of Indonesia and analyzing ways to accelerate transition to more renewable energy.

 
NEW POLICY BRIEFS
See here every quarter for our latest policy brief on urgent island issues
Precautionary Policy? The Wakashio Oil Spill in Mauritius.  A hard lesson about coastal and marine management
By Raghoo P

Mauritius - a Small Island Developing State (SIDS) in the Indian Ocean - has faced a major ecological disaster in 2021 with an oil spill catastrophe.  In 2019, another similar disaster occurred in Rennell Island in the Pacific.  In this Policy brief, we document the oil disaster in Mauritius and discuss the lessons learnt for SIDS, in general.

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NEW RESEARCH, JUST PUBLISHED
An Institutional-Based Governance Framework for Energy Efficiency Promotion in Small Island Developing States 

By Shah K, Raghoo P, Surroop D
published in the journal Climate

Energy efficiency continues to take the proverbial “backseat” to energy access and renewable energy policy discourses in SIDS. In this study, we motivate the energy efficiency policy agenda to encourage more action. To do so, we review the current energy challenges in SIDS, discuss the trends in the rate of improvement in energy efficiency, exhibit an updated list of energy efficiency programs and initiatives being implemented in SIDS, consider barriers to energy efficiency and set forth a plan to accelerate action. A four-pronged policy advancement approach tackling initiation, incentivization, information and investment is recommended to tap the potential gains from energy efficiency. We offer a more executable plan of action, focusing on combining institutional arrangements, policy requirements and energy efficiency affairs in SIDS.

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Transition to a Green Economy - Possibilities and Policies for Trade in Goods and Services 
By Shah K
published on AMCHAM Linkage

From the IPL's ongoing collaborations with
the business community on moving economic activity forward post-COVID, this is an article in the American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM - Trinidad & Tobago) Linkage Magazine (Issue 4 -  Reset/Recovery).

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Visit our Website for complete Publications list.
CONVERSATIONS
IPL collaborates with Solve Climate by 2030 (Global Dialogs) in Delaware and island countries

The IPL collaborated with the Solve Climate 2030 project to bring island universities on board for the first time, truly making the event international in scope. 

Th panel for Delaware included climate experts from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Delaware Meteorological Office and the University of Delaware.  Prof Saleem Ali, IPL Academic Committee member was the led organizer.
Sustainable Energy Policy for Recovery of Island Economies

This webinar was held by the Lab through a grant from the Oak Ridge Associated Universities.  Panelists included Mr. Sai Navoti, Chief of SIDS Unit, UNDESA (United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs) along with other experts from the University of Delaware, Fiji National University, the International Renewable Energy Agency and Reiner Lemoine Institute (Germany).
Guyana Basin Summit: Staying Green and Turning Black Gold Green

Dr Shah led and moderated a panel which brought together private sector industry and government officials to discuss a low-carbon development strategy for Guyana and Suriname.  Panelists were from the Guyana Energy Agency, CARICOM Secretariat, Chatham House and IPD Latin America.  Link is the keynote speech by His Excellency Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali, President of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, to the Summit.
 
NEWS FROM OUR ISLANDS

Sao Tomé island: São Tomé island has two species of caecilians found nowhere else on Earth from Phys Org

Jamaica: Conservation solutions in paradise: Jamaica's Oracabbessa Bay Fishing Sanctuary from Mongabay News

Cuba: Cuba's Economic Isolation protected its environment from Scientific American

Puerto Rico: MPC Energy solutions invests in cogeneration in Puerto Rico from The Weekly Journal

Rennell Island: 'They failed us': how mining and logging devastated a Pacific island in a decade from The Guardian

Fiji: Balancing climate, culture and community: Fiji's relocation challenge from DeVex Turning the Tide

Solomon Islands: In Solomon Islands, marine protection must put livelihoods front and center from DeVex Turning the Tide
SOLUTIONS NOT SLOGANS

The Lab is actively engaged on grants, education and research project with businesses, universities, NGOs and governmental agencies, interested in island sustainable development.  Contact us by email on islandpolicylab@udel.edu to discuss how we can work with you and your organization.  Do share our newsletter with your peers.
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