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Latest SIDS News
- Fiji is committed to elevating our relations with Timor Leste – PM – Fijivillage
- UNEP-CTCN Adaptation Fund Climate Innovation Accelerator (AFCIA) 2022 – Opportunity Desk
- President Kenyatta Attends Commonwealth Summit Focused On Post-Covid Recovery, Sustainable Development – NNN NEWS NIGERIA
- World slowly starts travelling again: UN Tourism Organization – HamletHub
- Bonn climate talks end with ‘almost empty pages’ – chinadialogue
- Kagame: Commonwealth should be on the frontlines of global challenges – The New Times
- First Couple attends Official Welcome Reception hosted by Rwanda’s First Couple – Raajjemv
- 4 Ways Climate Change Is Already Taking a Toll – DISCOVER Magazine
- President and First Lady attend official opening of the 26th CHOGM 2022 – Raajjemv
- Patricia Scotland retains her position as Commonwealth Secretary General – WIC News
- OECS Environment Ministers examine ways towards greater harmonisation at meeting in SVG – Searchlight Newspaper
- IMO project to gauge sustainable shipping’s impacts in the Pacific – Daily Cargo News – Daily Cargo News
- Climate, malaria highlighted as Commonwealth leaders meet – Darien Times
- Tackling devastating effects of climate change on communities to be top priority: UN expert – Devdiscourse
- CDB meetings end on hopeful note for borrowing countries – Turks and Caicos Weekly News
Source: Google News, IISD
Featured SIDS Event
SAMOA PATHWAY High-Level Midterm Review 27 September 2019, New York
On 27 September 2019, the General Assembly will hold a one-day high level review of the progress made in addressing the priorities of small island developing States (SIDS) through the implementation of the SAMOA Pathway. The General Assembly has decided that the high level review will result in “a concise action oriented and inter-governmentally agreed political declaration” .
In 2018, a series of regional preparatory meetings as well as an interregional meeting for SIDS were held to review the progress and implementation of the Samoa Pathway at the national and regional levels.
Featured Publication
Small Island Developing States – UNESCO’s Action Plan 2016-2021
The UNESCO SIDS Action Plan, adopted in 2016, embraces the “Samoa Pathway” and integrates its priorities across all the Organization’s programmes. This Action Plan embodies and guides UNESCO in its efforts to:
- building capacities through education and training;
- promoting scientific research and conservation of the environment, in particular the oceans and safeguarding cultural heritage;
- upholding the cultural diversity of SIDS as a motor for innovation and sustainable development;
- improving information management and knowledge sharing and ensuring the fullest participation of youth and social inclusion;
This Plan also encompasses UNESCO’s response to combatting climate change through the strengthening of capacities in SIDS to deal with emergencies triggered by natural disasters.
