Small Island Developing States

Disaster risk management, disaster risk reduction, disaster preparedness and long-term recovery in the context of Small Island Developing States (SIDS). Τhis theme covers the unique and particular vulnerabilities of SIDS as well as SIDS’ exposure to climate hazards and sea-level rise.

Latest Small Island Developing States additions in the Knowledge Base

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Tonga Broadcasting Commission explains how Tongan communities, still dealing with the psychological scars of the 2022 volcanic eruption and tsunami, have responded to recent earthquake activity in the country.

Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Reliving the memories of tropical cyclone Winston in Fiji from 2016 and how that natural disaster changed the way people think about preparedness.

Australian Broadcasting Corporation
SIDS4: Ensuring a Multi-hazard approach in the implementation of the Early Warning for All Initiative (EW4ALL)
Update

ADB’s Triple A initiative empowers atoll nations to tackle climate change and secure a resilient future through transformational adaptation strategies.

Development Asia
Update

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved an unprecedented US$103.2 million in grant financing to scale up life-saving early warning systems in seven of the world's most climate-vulnerable countries.

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
World map
Update

UNDRR, in its role as co-chair of the IBC alongside UNEP, has undertaken a meticulous mapping exercise, identifying 132 initiatives and actions led by 11 UN agencies.

Issue-based Coalition on Climate Change and Resilience
An aerial view of Aldabra Atoll in Seychelles
Research briefs

The geomorphology of a protected atoll likely contributed to Aldabra's ability to maintain its shoreline over a turbulent half-century.

Eos - AGU
Port Zante in Basseterre town, St. Kitts And Nevis
Feature

The profound lessons learned from this disaster have been instrumental in shaping disaster preparedness strategies worldwide, including in the Caribbean.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean
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Documents and publications

The 2024 small island developing states (SIDS) report for the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change explores the unique contexts, geographies, vulnerabilities, and needs that shape the evolving links between health and climate change in SIDS.

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