An important story as #WorldBank meetings go on in Washington DC. We are still far off achieving #climatejustice for small island states, which face📈debt and climate impacts

Here's hoping we see less $ spent on conflict & more on climate action and development in 2024.

Debt is strangling developing nations vulnerable to #ClimateChange , a new report shows - read this Inside Climate News exclusive report & interview with ODI's Emily Wilkinson👇 #IMF #WorldBank #G20 insideclimatenews.org/news/16042024/…

Debt crisis in #SIDS event at #WBGMeetings is ongoing. Tune in 👉 un.org/ohrlls/sites/w… to learn about Debt Sustainability Support Services championed by Antigua & Barbuda & Maldives Mission NY w/ IIED ODI UN-OHRLLS AOSIS Ireland at UN

Debt is strangling SIDS, limiting their ability to adapt to #ClimateChange Read this Inside Climate News report on RESI's new research 📷
#IMF #WorldBank #G20 insideclimatenews.org/news/16042024/……

NEW PODCAST🎙️

Ep. 7 of #SmallIslandsBigPicture explores why Small Island Developing States are so dependent on shipping, and how they are experiencing recent changes in maritime industries.

Listen: buff.ly/43WS6NA

@emilycwillkinson ODIclimate viliame kasanawaqa Orlando Allard

Terrific, really well-researched piece in Guardian news today about the #sargassum challenge in the Caribbean

theguardian.com/environment/20…

The first day of the #SIDS FutureForum is coming to an end as we are close to wrapping up all discussions with a session on “ #SIDS Future Forum Reflections and the Way Forward”.

Learn more: islandinnovation.co/events/sids-fu…

Some of our speakers: Emily Wilkinson, Courtney Lindsay, Rebecca Fabrizi, Walton Aubrey Webson, Simona Marinescu, Preeya Mohan, Gail Hurley, Dan Hammett, Sarah Peck, Karuna Rana, viliame kasanawaqa, ωɪʟʟɪᴀᴍ ωᴀϙᴀᴠᴀᴋᴀᴛᴏɢᴀ, and Amitav Acharya

The first #SIDS Future Forum has started top of the morning in New York with a large participation of academics, SIDS officials & United Nations. Do register & join online. ODI AOSIS Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Emily Wilkinson islandinnovation.co/events/sids-fu…

*New #SmallIslandsBigPicture ' Podcast out now!*

Emily Wilkinson and I ask the experts how the Fourth UN SIDS Conference in Antigua-Barbuda ('SIDS4') can generate 'resilient prosperity'

odi.org/en/insights/sm…

Island Innovation 🏝️ Simona Marinescu Antigua & Barbuda NY AOSIS UN-OHRLLS

Next week ODI Resilient and Sustainable Islands Initiative (RESI) co-hosts the first ever **SIDS FUTURE FORUM** to help shape the 4th UN Conference on SIDS + the Antigua-Barbuda Accord (ABAS)

Island Innovation 🏝️ UN-OHRLLS AOSIS

Register here: odi.org/en/events/smal…

Island Innovation 🏝️ is co-hosting Resilient and Sustainable Islands Initiative's #SIDSFutureForum 2024, a 2-day event focused on high-priority issues faced by island states ahead of the #SIDS4 Conference.

Register for 🆓to attend Day 1 of the online event taking place on 4th March: islandinnovation.co/events/sids-fu…

🏆'Climate Blueprint: Dominica' has been officially selected for the Best Indie Film category at the Best Film Awards 2023.

Co-produced by ODI's Emily Wilkinson alongside Sarah (Gerber) Howard.

Watch the trailer here: buff.ly/3txb52W

Episode 5 of our ⁦ODI⁩ RESI Small Islands, Big Picture podcast out now: with myself and ⁦Emily Wilkinson⁩ asking who is responsible for dealing with the high debt burdens in many small island developing states? podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/sma…

Credit-ratings downgrades trigger sell-offs and market volatility when countries can least afford it. Yet the ratings agencies are neither transparent nor competitive, lament Emily Wilkinson and Kanni Wignaraja. bit.ly/4abDQmF

During the pandemic, 11/16 #SIDS – particularly vulnerable 2climate change – faced either a downgrade 👎🏼 or a negative credit outlook by at least 1️⃣ of the big 3️⃣ credit-ratings agencies. This has hampered both economic-development & climate-adaptation efforts - Emily Wilkinson…