RT @UNDESA: 🏝️Can you imagine a world without #SmallIslands?

As climate change and the ongoing debt crises are putting SIDS at risk, we must act together towards a resilient, prosperous & sustainable future.

Ahead of #SIDS4, join @CaribbeanUN & tell #SIDSStories!
➡️https://t.co/Qq17uqLaqm https://t.co/vbfXnixaNu

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RT @UNDP: Small Island Developing States are on the frontlines of climate change, yet they're also pioneers in shifting to a nature-positive future.

@ASteiner and @cmrodrigueze highlight 3 key success factors emerging from these trailblazing #SmallIslands.

#SIDS4 https://t.co/EUpfeQh5cz

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RT @UNDP: Climate change is an existential threat for many #SmallIslands.

As the 4th Small Island Developing States Conference gets underway this Monday, learn why these countries and territories are at the frontlines of the climate crisis: https://t.co/CB66vLsH3Z

#SIDS4 https://t.co/8PGjziTR8o

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RT @SustDev: The #SIDS4 Conference is almost here!

The @UN flag 🇺🇳 has been raised at the venue in Antigua and Barbuda 🇦🇬, signifying that the site is now international grounds.

All the key conversations about #SmallIslands’ sustainable development start Monday ➡️ https://t.co/NqMXyUBIbd https://t.co/cEg3jKjcDY

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RT @UNDP: DYK that the 39 Small Island Developing States represent some of the most vulnerable and marginalized populations on the 🌍.

Over 40% of #SmallIslands are now grappling with unsustainable levels of debt.

See how we're working to support them: https://t.co/0AwgpPQ7qk

#SIDS4 https://t.co/XZSBP1nX8z

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RT @UNDP: Small Island Developing States have lost an estimated US$153 billion since 1970 due to climate-related hazards.

They are hugely impacted by the effects of climate change.

Yet, #SmallIslands are also on the frontlines of #ClimateAction. See how: https://t.co/0AwgpPQFfS

#SIDS4 https://t.co/Z5YyYmtJ85

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Resilience from disasters requires improving access to clean water, enhancing infection prevention & control, establishing early warning systems & more.

With #SIDS4 underway, see how @WHO @UNDP @theGEF support a more resilient future for #SmallIslands: https://t.co/Fi2LQcZtGa https://t.co/y9DpdetoKb

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RT @UNDPClimate: Resilience from disasters requires improving access to clean water, enhancing infection prevention & control, establishing early warning systems & more.

With #SIDS4 underway, see how @WHO @UNDP @theGEF support a more resilient future for #SmallIslands: https://t.co/Fi2LQcZtGa https://t.co/y9DpdetoKb

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#SIDS4 is taking place in Antigua and Barbuda this week to assess #SmallIslands ability to achieve #SustainableDevelopment.

#IPCC's 2022 #ClimateReport emphasizes the urgent need for #SIDS to invest in capacity building & #adaptation strategies.

➡️https://t.co/9wSomtdVAW

👀 Catch all the action from the opening of #SIDS4! With an energetic start, we’re already inspired by the commitments made toward these exceptional islands.

➡️ Stay engaged: https://t.co/TU3clnUXCG https://t.co/5P6x5zZxxL - UN DESA

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#IPCC Working Group I Vice-Chair @adelle_SIDS talks about the critical challenges #SmallIslands face in addressing the impacts of #climatechange.

“The most significant barrier to adaptation in #SIDS is the lack of financial support.”

#SIDS4

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June sets the beginning of the hurricane season in the Caribbean.

As 2024 is predicted to be a specially active year, with stronger storms and hurricanes, countries in the region, including #SmallIslands, prepare to face the impacts.

Learn how: https://t.co/WFNIdp7s4y https://t.co/0Zc2EXmgwy

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“The Blue & Green Islands Integrated Program is exciting because participating #SIDS can become incubators for innovation & nature-based solutions that can be scaled across #SmallIslands and beyond,”
@MidoriPaxton,@UNDP Nature Hub Director.

https://t.co/47d6L4Gk41 @UNDPClimate

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The @WorldBank and #PROBLUE_Ocean help strengthen #BlueEconomy in the Caribbean through investments in fisheries, tourism, waste management and by creating more job opportunities.

Learn more➡️https://t.co/rNHgnloyg8 #SIDS4 #SmallIslands

@WBCaribbean
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Climate change is an existential threat for many #SmallIslands.

Learn why these countries and territories are at the frontlines of the climate crisis:

➡️https://t.co/rBdU5c4Gc4

#SIDS4

@UNDP https://t.co/31wRww8VVY

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#DYK Small Island Developing States contribute less than 1% of global greenhouse gas emissions?

However, they are disproportionately affected by the impacts of #ClimateChange

#SmallIslands 🏝️ are on the frontlines of #ClimateAction

➡️https://t.co/ZuBxeqQuO4

Via @UNDP https://t.co/o8CaQofyme

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#SIDS are in the crossfire of multiple crises: climate change, the economic and social repercussions of COVID-19 and a debt crisis.

Learn why we must urgently support #SmallIslands: https://t.co/rBdU5c48mw @SustDev

via @UNDESA https://t.co/BEkdwnm4K1

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