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Difficult decisions: Migration from Small Island Developing States under climate change [PDF]
, 2015 The impacts of climate change on Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are leading to discussions regarding decision-making about the potential need to migrate.
Kelman, I, Ilan Kelman
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Occupational health and safety in sustainable development: small island developing states [PDF]
, 2005 Comment is made about the role of occupational health and safety in sustainable development in general, and about the status of occupational health and safety in the review of the Barbados Plan of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island ...
Eddington, Ian
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Six-proposition manifesto for small Island territories [PDF]
, 2000 Conventional wisdom suggests that small, often island, states are more likely than larger nations to be hard hit by the effects of national disasters, of fluctuations in the global economy, and the political aspirations of world powers.
Baldacchino, Godfrey
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Transformation in Higher Education, 2018 Background: This article is located in the context of governments of small island developing states supporting education hubs in collaboration with local and global partners.
Hyleen Mariaye, Michael Samuel
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Seizing history: development and non-climate change in Small Island Developing States [PDF]
International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management, 2018 Purpose – This paper offers a critical review of climate change related initiatives in small island states, including Small Island Developing States (SIDS), which can end up as ontological traps: fuelled and supported by external donor agencies ...
Godfrey Baldacchino
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Small Island States and the Paris Agreement [PDF]
, 2015 Islands predominated in the Paris COP negotiations.[1] From metaphor to moral compass to declarations of kinship—like President Obama’s the small island developing states’ vulnerability, dignity, and ambitions served as a rudder.
Burkett, Maxine
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Climate Risk Management, 2022 Small island developing states (SIDS) are recognized as being among the most vulnerable countries to climate change—many are highly exposed and sensitive to, inter alia, sea-level rise and increased intensity storms, yet often lack the human and ...
Ellis Kalaidjian, Stacy-ann Robinson
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Determinants of Tourism Flows in Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
Island Studies Journal, 2019 This paper analyses factors affecting arrivals of international tourists into countries denoted as Small Island Developing States (SIDS). These destinations are paired to all potential countries of origin for which the data was available in the UNWTO ...
Pavla Vítová +2 more
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Disaster-responsive social protection in the Pacific small island developing states [PDF]
, 2020 Social protection refers to a broad set of government transfers of income or services designed to reduce vulnerability and build resilience of individuals, households, and communities.
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Building Back Better in Small Island Developing States in the Pacific: Initial Insights from the BinD Model of Disaster Risk Management Policy Options in Fiji. ADBI Working Paper 1290. [PDF]
, 2021 Building resilience to disasters continues to pose challenges for developing countries. Historically, small island developing states (SIDS) bordering the Pacific Ocean have suffered from multiple hazards, such as earthquakes, coastal erosion, floods, and
Mochizuki, J. +4 more
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