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Caribbean leader blasts 'empty' climate promises at small islands summit
Reuters· 3 days agoThe president of this decade's summit for Small Island Developing States on Monday blasted "empty"...
Antigua and Barbuda host United Nations Conference at American University of Antigua's Campus
Digital Journal· 7 hours agoThe "Flag Raising Ceremony of the Fourth...
Building resilience in small island states: what to expect at the 4th SIDS conference
Environmental Defense Fund· 6 days agoIncreased funding, growing awareness, supportive policies and community leadership offer an...
World's Island States Meet To Confront Climate, Fiscal Challenges
International Business Times· 3 days agoisland countries are bracing for both fiscal and climate shocks. Both will be high on the agenda...
Caribbean islands aren’t hitting their development goals. UN seeks to help them along
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 3 days agoOver the span of three days, they will be sounding the alarm on some familiar themes — the need for...
Exclusive: Small islands join forces on debt relief ahead of climate talks
Reuters· 6 days agoThe Small Island Developing States (SIDS), a grouping of 39 states and 18 associate members, are...
Climate change threatens low-lying Caribbean hospitals, UN says
StreetInsider· 2 days ago(Reuters) - Tens of millions of people living in coastal areas around the Caribbean and Latin America face imminent risks to healthcare and key infrastructure as climate change brings more severe weather events, according...
By the SIDS, for the SIDS: Next decade of action on NCDs and mental health
World Health Organization· 2 days agoPeople living in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) face a disproportionate risk of dying...
Climate crisis threatens 41 million across Caribbean and Latin America: UN
Al Jazeera· 2 days agoTens of millions of people living in coastal areas of the Caribbean and Latin America face...
How Fates Diverged in Hispaniola
Foreign Policy Magazine· 6 days agoThe highlights this week: The Dominican Republic reelects its popular president while neighboring Haiti prepares for a U.N.-backed security intervention,...