An #HLPF#2030Agenda#SDGs#SIDS4 and the Second World Summit on Social Development
“The rhetoric has gotten better. The action? Not so much.” #SIDS4#SIDS, if there is the necessary political will Read the ENB summary now.
The conference has given the international community the opportunity to move away from talking and ensure a future for small island developing states, if there is the necessary political will.
“Our smallness will not hold us back—not anymore.” These words during the closing plenary echoed the many calls for urgency and resolve heard at #SIDS4. The Conference formally adopted the Antigua and Barbuda Agenda for Small Island Developing States.
Such a HUGE honor to just be in the same room as my heroine Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland & to hear her remarks at the 3rd Leaders Summit of the Local2030 Islands Network, #SIDS4 in Antigua 🇦🇬. We at Esri will continue to do our best to support locally driven and cultural informed solutions.
While small island developing states have made some advancements in areas like energy and transport in recent years, ICT capacity has shown notable progress. Full article by UNCTAD Director Paul Akiwumi: ow.ly/P5mM50RX3qr#SIDS4
"Institutional capacity, useability of data, and evidence-based decision-making for #SustainableDevelopment#SIDS4odi.org/en/publicati...#IslandStudies#SmallIslands#BigData#SmallData#Islands
Disasters Avoided Newsletter #3 Focusing on avoiding and dealing with disasters on small islands. mailchi.mp/836b22903485...#SmallIslands#IslandStudies#SIDS4#DisastersAvoided#DRR#DisasterRiskReduction#DisasterRiskManagement#NoNaturalDisasters#DisastersAreNotNatural