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Small island developing states, tourism and climate change

Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 2022
Tourism resembles an indispensable source for financing national development and securing local livelihoods in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) with their sun-sea-sand tourism.
Franziska Wolf, S. Moncada, D. Surroop, Kalim U. Shah, Pravesh Raghoo, N. Scherle, D. Reiser, J. Telesford, Sherma Roberts, P. H. Havea, Roselyn Naidu, Luca Nguyen   +11 more
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Small Island Developing States: addressing the intersecting challenges of non-communicable diseases, food insecurity, and climate change.

The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) include 37 UN member countries sharing economic, environmental, and social vulnerabilities and intractable health challenges.
C. Guell, Arlette S. Saint Ville, Simon G Anderson, M. Murphy, V. Iese, Sashi-G Kiran, Gordon M. Hickey, N. Unwin   +7 more
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Implementing nationally determined contributions under the Paris agreement: an assessment of climate finance in Caribbean small island developing states

Climate Policy, 2022
This perspective paper explores the potential of climate finance to support Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS) efforts in achieving their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement.
Preeya S. Mohan
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International Development Goals and Small Island Developing States

2020
Along with other UN members, small island developing states (SIDS) were committed to achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015. However, given their development challenges, there were concerns with respect to the appropriateness of the MDGs for this group of countries.
Simon Feeny, Alberto Posso, Sefa Awaworyi Churchill   +2 more
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Not Just ‘Sinking Islands’: Climate Change and Adaptation in Small Island Developing States

Political Studies
Small Island Developing States are among the countries which are hit the most by climate change, and especially by sea-level rise. In this article, I argue against the narrative focused on plans for collective relocation for the populations of Small ...
Virginia De Biasio
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Sustainable Development of Ecotourism in Small Islands Developing States (SIDS) and other Small Islands

Tourism and Hospitality Research, 2002
Stefanos Fotiou is Head of Section, Poliscapes. In many islands, communities pre cies and Sustainable Development, The serve traditions and living cultures that are Goulandris Natural History Museum— also of great interest for sensitive and edu Greek Biotope/Wetland Centre, Greece. He cated visitors.
Stefanos Fotiou, Dimitrios Buhalis, Gabor Vereczi   +2 more
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Telecommunications in Small Island Developing States

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2009
SIDS are a diverse group of nations, which have struggled to ensure a place in the information society, because of the high cost of international links and the difficulties of achieving competition which continental countries take for granted. Market entry is problematic for lack of economies of scale.
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The 2024 small island developing states report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change.

Lancet Global Health
intensification of cyclonic events, storm surges, and other associated climatological processes.
G. Gordon-Strachan, Stephanie Y Parker, Heather C Harewood, P. Méndez-Lázaro, S. Saketa, K. F. Parchment, Maria Walawender, A. Abdulkadri, P. Beggs, Daniel Buss, Riley J Chodak, Shouro Dasgupta, Olga De Santis, Natalie G Guthrie-Dixon, Saria Hassan, H. Kennard, Sandeep B. Maharaj, Kwesi G Marshall, Shelly McFarlane, Kimberley McKenzie, M. Moradi-Lakeh, Madhuvanti Murphy, M. Mycoo, R. Ng Shiu, Megan B O'Hare, Christopher Oura, F. Owfi, A. Owfi, K. Polson, M. Rabbaniha, Elizabeth J Z Robinson, David Smith, Meisam Tabatabaei, Lanea L Tuiasosopo, M. Romanello   +34 more
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Small Island Developing States

The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) include 37 UN member countries sharing economic, environmental, and social vulnerabilities and intractable health challenges. In over 80% of SIDS, more than one in six adults die prematurely from a non-communicable disease (NCD), with poor diet being a major factor. Complex upstream food system determinants include
Guell, Cornelia, Saint Ville, Arlette, Anderson, Simon G., Murphy, Madhuvanti M., Iese, Viliamu, Kiran, Sashi, Hickey, Gordon M., Unwin, Nigel   +7 more
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Background Paper: LAC Small Island Development States

2014
Despite the many differences among Caribbean nations, Climate Change (CC) poses a serious threat to them all. Average temperatures in the Region have increased by 0.1° to 0.2°C per decade over the past three decades and rainfall patterns have shifted, with the number of consecutive dry days expected to increase.
Ricardo Marto, Lourdes Alvarez, David Suarez   +2 more
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