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Caribbean leader blasts 'empty' climate promises at small islands summit
Reuters via AOL· 3 days agoThe president of this decade's summit for Small Island Developing States on Monday blasted "empty"...
World's Island States Meet To Confront Climate, Fiscal Challenges
International Business Times· 4 days agoisland countries are bracing for both fiscal and climate shocks. Both will be high on the agenda...
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...
Commonwealth health ministers pledge to bolster health system resilience
Hospital Management via Yahoo Finance· 1 day agoThey also called for increased adaptation finance for health, particularly for climate-vulnerable...
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...
U.S. Pacific commander says China’s military exercises are practice for future Taiwan invasion
The Washington Times· 1 day agoThe admiral in charge of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said China’s recent military exercises...
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...
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...
UN migration agency estimates more than 670 killed in Papua New Guinea landslide
KETK· 5 days agoMELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The International Organization for Migration on Sunday increased its estimate of the death toll from a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea to more than 670. Serhan Akt…
Record Ocean Heat Generates Active Atlantic Hurricane Season
Environment News Service· 5 days agoBring in the lawn furniture, folks, and bar the doors and windows. There is an 85 percent chance that the countries and U.S. states bordering the Atlantic Ocean are in for a difficult “above-normal ...