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Security & Strategic Review - November 2023
REGION: The rising vulnerability of Caribbean islands
The plight of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) has been moving steadily up the international agenda as the consequences of climate change for these vulnerable communities become ever more apparent. The advocacy of the prime minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley, has been notably effective. Now, a new report from the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), a UK-based research institute, has joined the chorus calling for a new approach to the issues confronting SIDS – particularly the financial problems. Of the 38 independent SIDS (there are a further 20 that are not independent states), 16 (42%) are Caribbean states, namely Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad & Tobago.
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