Excerpt from odi.org
Ahead of the Fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS4) in Antigua and Barbuda, the SIDS Future Forum 2024 gathered policymakers, researchers, development partners and community leaders for a collaborative effort to build a 10-year roadmap for SIDS.
The Forum addressed urgent issues facing SIDS, including debt, declining productivity, climate threats and access to climate finance. Underpinning these discussions were 12 draft research papers – commissioned by the Resilient and Sustainable Islands Initiative (RESI) – exploring five key themes: resilient economies; safe societies; secure futures; environmental integrity; and data and implementation.
All 12 papers will be finalised and published on the RESI website ahead of SIDS4, when they will contribute as supporting material/annexes to the next 10-year roadmap for SIDS – the Antigua and Barbua Agenda for SIDS. An outcome document, summarising the solutions developed at the Forum, will also provide recommendations to SIDS4.
