Small Island States (SIDS) have long been noted to be among those countries least responsible for climate change yet most at risk from the impacts thereof. …
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This paper synthesises earlier studies of the three types of vulnerability that pervade small island developing states (SIDS) economic, social, and environmental. …
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This report outlines the successes and shortcomings of efforts related to adaptation measures on climate change.
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The paper is based on the 2009 study, “Gap Analysis: Children and Climate Change in the Eastern Caribbean”, undertaken by the Business Development Office of the University of the West Indies and commissioned by the United Nation Children’s Fund (UNICEF), with support from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
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This guidebook provides information about the risks associated with climate change, as well as providing ideas, tools and technologies for those who need to start taking action today to prepare. It is primarily aimed at government officers in SIDS. Spe…
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IIED’s Saleemul Huq reports back from the UNFCCC talks in Bonn, Germany. Read what he has to say about the progress of the talks, and his prediction for the forthcoming CoP17 conference in Durban, South Africa.
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