Co-organized by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
(UNHQ, Conference Room 5)
UN-OHRLLS is supporting SIDS Member States in the preparatory process for the Fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States, scheduled for 2024 and specifically for reporting on the SAMOA Pathway.
Loss and damage is already happening.?And the world¡¯s Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are on the frontline of a climate emergency where weather and climate extremes are on the rise, pushing people and ecosystems beyond the limits of what they can adapt to.??
Antigua and Barbuda, 10 August 2022 ¨C Officials from across the world¡¯s Small Islands Developing States (SIDS) in the Pacific, Caribbean, Atlantic, Indian Ocean and South China Sea (AIS) met in Antigua and Barbuda¡¯s capital St.
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29 July, St. Johns, Antigua ¨C As debt mounts for small island developing States (SIDS) in the Caribbean, their ability to build resilience to the climate crisis and other external shocks is lagging. A new fund, the Caribbean Resilience Fund (CRF), aims to provide island nations in the region with a lifeline to strengthen their resilience and restructure their debt.
Location: Saint John's, Antigua
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The UN Office for the Most Vulnerable States (OHRLLS) is supporting the convening of the ECLAC High-Level meeting to advance consideration of the ECLAC Caribbean Resilience Fund.
The world¡¯s small island developing States (SIDS) are facing the compounding shocks of the intensifying effects of climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic and high levels of debt.
One extreme weather event can wipe out decades of development progress in a Small Island Developing State - and these events are becoming more frequent.?
That¡¯s the sobering perspective from Samoa, whose ambassador to the United Nations, Mr. Fatumanava-o-Upolu III Pa'olelei?Luteru, was speaking at a UN-OHRLLS-organised side event to the Ocean Conference.?
