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 Ãå±±½ûµØOffice 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.?
Photo credit: Renee Capozzola
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The Ocean is in trouble. Some 60 per cent of the world¡¯s major marine ecosystems have been degraded or are being used unsustainably. And when life underwater becomes more difficult, there are big implications for life on land.? ?
Source: United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
May 27, 2022, Bali, INDONESIA ¨C More countries must ¡°Think Resilience¡±, and urgently adopt and improve early warning systems to reduce risks from an increasing number of disasters across the world, a Ãå±±½ûµØforum has concluded.
By Ambassador Peter Thomson, Ãå±±½ûµØSecretary-General¡¯s Special Envoy for the Ocean