A report on a regional wastewater management meeting held in 2001 in Majuro, Marshall Islands. 15 pages
Report prepared by the Nauru MDG Taskforce and the Govt of Nauru with assistance from UNDP. 116 pages.
Finalised Policy on Nauru's National Water, Sanitation. 30 pages
Report - 108 pages sponsored WHO, UN Habitat, UNICEF and SPC
Scientific journal - Journal de la Societe des Oceanistes : 138-139 (2014)
Pacific brief for the report of the Secretary-General to CSD13 - SOPAC Miscellaneous Report 598
Report under the IWP-Pacific Technical report (International Waters Project) No. 9
Extracted Annexed from a WHO Mission to Nauru by Dr Ian Wallis 2001
Scientific article - Micronesica 40(1/2): 227-232 (2008)
Scientific article - Pacific Science 2008 (62 : 4) 495-498.
Discusses the clash between European and native cultures. Nauru was first sighted by Captain John Fearn of the 'Hunter' on a voyage from NZ to the China Seas in 1798. British mandate after the First world war. Development of the phosphate industry. Changes in the native economy. Population. Second World War
The environmental issue of greatest concern to the people of Nauru is the degradation of the mined phosphate lands. In all of the series of consultations that were carried out between the people of Nauru and the various teams of technical experts to ascertain the feasibility of rehabilitating the island, it was constantly emphasised that the total degradation of topside, including localized inland, water shortages and coastal erosions are problems that need to be addressed for sustainable development.
Japanese occupation. In August 1942, Nauru became one of the many island strongholds in the Empire's defensive chain protecting its Pacific conquests. Expecting an Allied attack any day, the Japanese strongly reinforced the little atoll, building numerous pillboxes and gun emplacements. The garrison also included four Type 95 light tanks - all of which were found parked under canvas next to one of the burnt-out oil tanks by the Australians when they occupied the island in 1945.
Brief history of Nauru from British occupation to the Japanese invasion.
Phosphate and political progress is the story of David and Goliath in a modern political setting in the South Seas. Controlled, protected, or occupied successively by Germans, Australians, British and Japanese and then again by Australians under the UN Trusteeship all (except Germany) for the purpose of exploiting the island's one resource - phosphate - Nauru is one of the smallest and most isolated islands in the Pacific, with a mere 3000 inhabitants.
The Nauru INDC hinges on the National Sustainable Development Strategy 2005-2025 (revised in 2019), the Nauru Energy Road Map 2014-2020, the second National Communication to the UNFCCC and the Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management Framework. In addition, relevant data and information have been used from the Nauru Bureau of Statistics and other government departments, private and civil society groups.
Project to finance a 6MW grid connected solar power plant and 2.5MWh/5MW battery energy storage system for solar smoothing energy storage. The system will be fully integrated and automated with the existing diesel generation (17.9 MW installed capacity currently manually operated) to optimize solar energy use, to enable optimal BESS charging/discharging and to provide optimal shut off of the diesel engines.
Energy poverty is widespread in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) of the Pacific. It is
estimated that 70 percent of Pacific islander households do not have access to electricity, which is
equivalent to access rates in sub-Saharan Africa and slightly below the average for low income
countries. Pacific SIDS face unique challenges in expanding access to electricity, given that their
populations are spread across tens of thousands of islands. Governments and development
Summary of energy situation in the Pacific including some of the challenges: isolated markets, small population base, limited skills and know-how, remote locations, small size markets, low economies of scale
The NERM is the implementation plan for Activities to facilitate Nauru’s energy sector development agenda. The main targets of the NERM 2014 - 2020 were that by 2020, Nauru would have:
i) 24/7 grid electricity supply with minimal interruptions.
ii) 50% of grid electricity supplied from renewable energy sources.
iii) 30% improvement in energy efficiency in the residential, commercial and government sectors.