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From Millie Mila on Combatting family and sexual violence in PNG
Very touching and I'd like to know more on the policies of Family Support Centres here in Papua New Guinea.
From Albert Schram on PNG’s role in facilitating climate change dialogue
Reality is that Fiji plays a leading role. PNG's policy framework is not encouraging emission reduction. Installing solar power is still illegal for some industries, for example. Therefore a lot of work left to do but hardly any interest to do it, except for a few academics and other converts.
From Amitava Deb on What do Australians think about immigration?
Australian immigration policies are known to create ripples in not just Australia but also across the world 🙂 What's more interesting in your post is 'public understanding' of the immigration issue is largely based on the perception that migrants take up their jobs. The current immigration policy requiring the employers in Australia to sign a document stating they will contribute towards training of the indigenous human resources holds more water in the long run.
Very informative post, Mr. Sherrell. Thank you!
From Henry Vira on Bringing people into Pacific policy
A pity the writer was not in Vanuatu at the time when the national consultation process towards the National Sustainable Plan were underway - took more than 2 years to consult and put this document together. Please come and talk to us before you start falling into the same trap of generalizing about these very unique island nations.
From John Whittle on How I made my own open-access “research portal”
Rohan this is great. Previously I have always had access to journals. However, since semi-retiring I have struggled getting access. I too started to build a list of reputable sites and would have to go into them one by one. However, I did come across two valuable points of access. One is the National Library of Australia. So by joining you can access their electronic journals. They do not have a lot on development but nevertheless there are some. There is often one to two year embargo on access. The second is ANU Alumni. Being a graduate of ANU allowed me to access selected journals. There is a range and it does include Wiley and SAGE journals which for me has been very useful. I am based in Canberra so if you had time I would like to discuss some of this further.
From Tom Jacobs on Fiji’s sovereign green bond
Yes indeed. It was a timely question. Let me also say as IFC is one of the five organisations that make up the World Bank Group, the Bank Group is on track to meet its target of 28% of its lending going to climate action by 2020 and to meeting the goals of its Climate Change Action Plan, which was developed after the Paris Agreement. And as you've noted, in line with our support to developing countries to effectively implement the goals of the Paris Agreement, the World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim has announced the Bank Group will no longer finance upstream oil and gas after 2019. In exceptional circumstances, consideration will be given to financing upstream gas in the poorest countries, where there is a clear benefit in terms of energy access for poor people and the project fits within the countries' Paris Agreement commitments. It's also worth noting that to mobilise more funding for climate, IFC will invest up to $325 million in the Green Cornerstone Bond Fund, a partnership with Amundi, to create the largest ever green bond fund dedicated to emerging markets. This is a US$2 billion initiative aiming to deepen local capital markets and expand and unlock private funding for climate related projects. The fund is already oversubscribed at over US$1 billion.
From Wes Morgan on Fiji’s sovereign green bond
Ah. It would appear I asked a day too early! World Bank announced an end to finance for oil and gas exploration at the 'One Planet' summit in Paris yesterday. It would appear to be very big news:
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/dec/12/uk-banks-join-multinationals-pledge-come-clean-climate-change-risks-mark-carney
From Terence Wood on The Papua New Guinea Election Results Database
Hi again Michael,
On 2017 results -- I am still trying to get these. I hope I might have them sometime soon. But I am not sure of this.
Kind regards
Terence
From Terence Wood on The Papua New Guinea Election Results Database
Hi Michael,
That's a very good question -- and a very interesting part of PNG politics. Unfortunately, I don't have those statistics. I would love to gather them in the future though. In the meantime you could use the database and compare the parties that MPs were elected under in 2007 with those that they stood under in 2012 -- this would give you some sense of party changes mid-term, although it would not be ideal.
Terence
From Michael Kabuni on The Papua New Guinea Election Results Database
Looking forward to 2017 results.
If possible can you provide the stats of how many MPs switch from one party to another between a parliamentary term?
From Wes Morgan on Fiji’s sovereign green bond
Many thanks Tom. This analysis is super interesting. In a post-Paris world it seems to me that both public and private finance need to take into account climate risks, and that financing for long-term infrastructure (particularly energy infrastructure) needs to be aligned with global efforts to limit warming to well below 2 degrees (above the long term average). Can you share information about how the IFC itself plans to phase out financing for fossil fuel projects?
From Ted Taru on Seasonal Worker Programme: bigger and better in 2016-17