Victor Swezey, The Globe and Mail November 12, 2024 Canada is launching a US$1.48-billion climate platform as it vows to remain committed to promoting financing for the countries most vulnerable to climate change at this year’s COP29 summit in Azerbaijan. The public-private partnership, called GAIA, will devote 70 per cent of its funds to climate adaptation projects, … Continue reading Canada launches $2-billion public-private finance platform for developing countries at COP29
Category: Small Island Developing States
October 19, 2024 London, UK / Apia, Samoa / Sydney, Australia Today, the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) launches The King’s Commonwealth Fellowship Programme. Inspired by His Majesty King Charles III, and his life’s work to create opportunity and to tackle contemporary challenges including climate change and inequality, the programme has been developed in response to urgent … Continue reading His Majesty King Charles III Commonwealth Scholarships for Small Island States launches
By Sir Ronald Sanders On Tuesday, October 8, I went to a meeting at the World Bank and listened with growing disappointment to a presentation on “Taxing Wealth for Equity and Growth,” supposedly focused on Latin America and the Caribbean region. I was less disappointed about the lack of any attention on the Caribbean and the focus … Continue reading Overlooked: World Bank’s Report on equity and growth ignores Caribbean Realities
Forbes, October 10, 2024 by Daphne Ewing-Chow Marla Dukharan isn’t one to shy away from hard truths. Widely regarded as the Caribbean’s leading economist, she has built a reputation for her sharp, no-nonsense assessments of the region’s most complex challenges. She sits down with me to discuss the region’s increasingly severe hurricanes and Caribbean food insecurity, … Continue reading Marla Dukharan Links Food Insecurity, Climate Change to Colonialism
A great summary piece on PM Mottley's recent UN speech by Janine Mendes-Franco, Caribbean Editor for Global Voices. 'We need a reset' Written by Janine Mendes-Franco Posted 29 September 2024 On Friday September 27, Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Mottley addressed the United Nations General Assembly in New York. A gifted orator, her speeches are generally made more … Continue reading Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley lays global issues bare in a stunning speech at the UN
Past discourses and development partnerships in support of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) have focused on their geographical and demographic sizes and their remoteness from international markets. However, SIDS also face systemic risks, structural vulnerabilities, and underdeveloped production structures with minimal supply networks. In addition to their disproportionate vulnerabilities to climate-induced natural disasters and sea … Continue reading UNCTAD strategy to support small island developing States
The United Nations has recently posted a useful summary of the recent Small Island Developing States conference held in Antigua and Barbuda (SIDS4). Find the website at the following link. The fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS4) | Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and … Continue reading The Fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS4)
Basseterre, St. Kitts – The Honorable Dickon Mitchell, Prime Minister of Grenada and Chairman of CARICOM, and the Honorable Dr. Terrance Drew, Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis are headlining the agenda at the 2024 Virtual Island Summit (VIS) taking place September 9-13th, joining a plethora of other speakers from the region. The Caribbean … Continue reading Caribbean Heads Of State Lead Agenda At Virtual Island Summit 2024
Photo by Markus Spiske on Pexels.com July 22nd, 2024 Barbados is one of the world’s most vulnerable countries to climate change. The nation of 280,000 people is in the heart of the Caribbean, a region where hurricanes, droughts and rising seas are expected to severely impact communities in the coming years. The recent passage of … Continue reading How Barbados became a mighty voice for climate justice
This picture taken by U.S. astronaut Matthew Dominick shows the scale of Hurricane Beryl as the International Space Station orbited over the Caribbean on July 1, 2024. (Source @dominickmatthew via X)This picture taken by U.S. astronaut Matthew Dominick shows the scale of Hurricane Beryl as the International Space Station orbited over the Caribbean on July … Continue reading “We Demand And We Deserve Climate Justice”: Caribbean Leaders Respond To Devastation Of Hurricane Beryl