Investment for Sustainable Development in Islands
The Island Finance Forum brings together senior financiers, development partners and regulators to share and exchange expertise on sustainable and inclusive financial structures in island communities. The Forum aims to highlight the unique financial challenges faced by global island communities and the solutions for sustainable economic recovery and inclusive growth in a post-pandemic world.
On the Indonesian Island of Lombok, a Model of Gentle Care
And Lim’s team, headed by midwife Budi Astuti, began providing maternal and primary health care on the ground, dealing with everything from lacerations to deliveries. Because no structure was available, they cared for their patients in tents.
- A year in review: 2020 trends on islands worldwide.
- n island nation’s audacious effort to save its unique wildlife.
- Hundreds of Pacific Islands are getting bigger despite global warming.
- Australia’s influence in Pacific Islands grows as china’s wanes.
- Bawinanga Aboriginal Corporation rewarded for remote food delivery service.
Interesting stories about energy from the world’s islands:
- Islay distiller explores hydrogen power as it ramps up green credentials.
- There's global interest in Tasmania's wind farms — but can foreign ownership laws cope?
- France’s island territories get solar-plus-storage at average price below €100/MWh in latest auction.
- Solar-plus-pumped hydro project will bring Hawaiian island of Kaua’i to 80%+ renewables.
For heavily indebted small islands, resilience-building is the best antidote
Small island nations are taking on water in the form of a vicious debt trap which damages their productivity and ability to recover from disasters and other structural constraints. UNCTAD warns the situation is unsustainable and requires urgent global attention.
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