Sentences with phrase «small island states facing»

If the scientists of the IPCC are right, the inhabitants of large parts of Bangladesh face the loss of their homes and livelihoods, and the inhabitants of small island states face the loss of their countries.

Not exact matches

This activity report presents a record of the Seminar held from 27 to 29 July 2009 in Paris, focused on the role of education in addressing climate change, linking the local, regional and global contexts with particular emphasis on the challenges faced by Small Island Developing States (SIDS).

«We must attack this problem with a sense of urgency and ambition and quite frankly we are not seeing the level of urgency and ambition from the U.S.,» said Selwin Hart, a delegate from Barbados who was speaking for the Alliance of Small Island States, who face their entire nations sinking beneath rising seas caused by global warming.

This activity report presents the third session of the multi-year expert meeting, which focused on some of the particular transport and trade logistics challenges that the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) face in connection with their remoteness and geographical location.

In the face of climate change, Small Island Developing States are strong and resilient.

In addition to academia, Mona has worked as a researcher for the case Sarayaku vs. Ecuador in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, a policy analyst for an NGO that lobbied the United Nations on behalf of small island states who face sea level rise, and an assistant contributor to a World Bank Report on Climate change and water distribution.

In 1991, even as the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was being drafted, the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS)-- a negotiating group of nations facing some of the worst climate change risks — highlighted the need to address loss and damage for vulnerable countries.

Another example are the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) who are simultaneously facing extreme events such as typhoons, extreme storms and sea level rise that threatens to literally sink their islands, ocean acidification and warming which threaten their marine life and fisheries, and salt water intrusion into their fresh water sources and agricultural land.

Some low - lying developing countries and small island states are expected to face damage and adaptation costs of several percentage points of GDP.

This analytical report highlights the key climate and development challenges faced by African Small Island Developing States (SIDS).

The Caribbean region's small island developing states face considerable threats from climate change, and the costs involved exceed their financial capacity.

«Some low - lying developing countries and small island states are expected to face very high impacts that, in some cases, could have associated damage and adaptation costs of several percentage points of GDP,» the report said.

«Some low - lying developing countries and small island states are expected to face very high impacts and associated annual damage and adaptation costs of several percentage points of GDP,» the report said.