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10 November 2022

Engage the missing voices, the “silent majority”, in climate talks.

That includes the voices of small businesses, women, young people and vulnerable communities – that was the message from speakers at a COP27 high-level session on 10 November on accelerating the low-carbon transition through inclusive and sustainable trade.

16 August 2022

Border closures during the COVID-19 pandemic exposed the vulnerabilities of those developing countries without direct access to the sea, and only increased cooperation, digitalisation and investment can build their resilience against future crises.

12 August 2022

When a decision impacts someone’s life, it is only logical they should have a say in it. When considering 90% of the world’s 1.2 billion young people live in developing countries, including them in decisions that impact them is not just logical: it is essential.

11 August 2022

Over half a billion people live in the 32 landlocked developing countries (LLDCs). While not all these nations are the least developed on the planet, they share one key feature: they do not have direct access to the sea.

10 August 2022

Antigua and Barbuda, 10 August 2022 – Officials from across the world’s Small Islands Developing States (SIDS) in the Pacific, Caribbean, Atlantic, Indian Ocean and South China Sea (AIS) met in Antigua and Barbuda’s capital St.

05 August 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed how all countries are vulnerable to some degree or another. But also how the extent of that vulnerability, and the capacity of different countries to overcome it, varied drastically.

29 July 2022

29 July, St. Johns, Antigua – As debt mounts for small island developing States (SIDS) in the Caribbean, their ability to build resilience to the climate crisis and other external shocks is lagging. A new fund, the Caribbean Resilience Fund (CRF), aims to provide island nations in the region with a lifeline to strengthen their resilience and restructure their debt.