SIDS go forward with ‘new sense of hope, solidarity and determination’
The roadmap towards achieving resilient prosperity for small island States adopted on Thursday in Antigua and Barbuda “marks the beginning of a new journey”...
Pacific Small Islands Developing States call for accelerated global efforts to address climate change
As a regional group, the voice of our Pacific Small Islands Developing States resonated across the Fourth International Conference on Small Islands Developing States...
Cook Islands calls for countries on the frontlines of climate change to have national...
Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown has called for countries on the frontlines of climate change to have their national debt forgiven.
Stressed during a...
Data-Driven Solutions: Key to overcoming challenges in Small Island States
Empowering decisions through data, was a sentiment echoed by many at the Fourth International Conference of Small Island Developing States currently being held in...
Weather Ready Pacific, a Pacific-led solution for Pacific Islands resilience designed by us, for...
The Weather Ready Pacific Programme of Investment, a landmark Pacific Island solution for Pacific Islands challenges to resiliency was magnified at the Fourth International...
More climate funding needed to ‘transition from rhetoric to decisive action’
Climate action taken so far to help fund efforts in cash-strapped small island developing States (SIDS) “does not measure up to what has been...
With One Voice, Small Island Developing States build bridges for a Sustainable Energy Future
Expert Insight by: Arieta Gonelevu Rakai, Regional Programme Officer, Islands, IRENA
Considering the deepening global climate crisis, the urgent call for action to accelerate...
Samoa hosts key technical workshop ahead of SIDS4 Conference
A three-day technical workshop is underway in Apia, Samoa from 11 - 13 March in preparation for the Fourth International Conference on Small Islands...
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Kiribati dodges aid cuts in NZ review
The New Zealand Government has decided against cutting its current foreign aid to Kiribati, following a review sparked by a diplomatic stoush between Foreign...
DOD’s $2 billion investment plans for FSM announced at Hegseth’s bilateral meeting with Micronesian...
The Pentagon plans to invest US$2 billion in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) to build more projects that would enable U.S forces to...
Small islands fear EU betrayal over shipping emissions levy
Climate-vulnerable island states say they are being trapped “between a rock and a hard place” by the European Union – led by the Netherlands...