'For thousands of years, people all over the world believed that women were inferior to men and could never be priests, teachers, or rulers. It took a lot of people all over the world doing a lot of brave things to change the story of women. One of them is Malala Yousafzai, who…

Wrapping up the #SIDSFutureForum ⬇️

Thank you, ODI, for trusting us with the opportunity of co-hosting the event, as well as our partners @AOSIS, UN DESA, UN-OHRLLS and @UKAid.

See you all at the #SIDS4 Conference!

Starting tomorrow: #IFF2024
islandinnovation.co/events/island-…

Live: SIDS Future Forum x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

The first #SIDS Future Forum has started top of the morning in New York with a large participation of academics, SIDS officials & United Nations. Do register & join online. ODI AOSIS Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Emily Wilkinson islandinnovation.co/events/sids-fu…

.Island Innovation 🏝️ is co-hosting Resilient and Sustainable Islands Initiative’s #SIDSFutureForum 2024, a 2-day event focused on identifying pathways towards achieving ambitious outcomes by 2034 ahead of the #SIDS4 Conference.

Register for 🆓 to attend Day 1 of the online event (4th March) islandinnovation.co/events/sids-fu…

Calling policymakers, academics and professionals working on climate adaptation issues in Small Island Developing States!

Help shape the knowledge infrastructure for climate adaptation in #SIDS . Take part in our quick survey: buff.ly/3OJNKTH

Closes 15 March. IISD

Adaptation to transboundary #climate #risks in Africa. We explore how regional (RECS) and AU policy and governance mechanisms can be leveraged to manage these risks at different scales. Check out our report 🔎⬇️ Sarah Opitz-Stapleton Courtney Lindsay adaptationwithoutborders.org/knowledge-base…

There is a critical need to develop guidance for incorporating transboundary climate risks within climate policy & planning processes.
Ahead of #COP28 , read the latest #AdaptationWithoutBorders report: odi.org/en/publication… SEI Africa SEI Climate SEI Research IDDRI

How can the African Union and regional economic communities help countries to manage transboundary climate risks?
Read the latest #AdaptationWithoutBorders report: odi.org/en/publication… SEI Africa SEI Climate SEI Research IDDRI

⏰New publication | ODI's Rapid Evidence Assessment for Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office identifies 9 barriers to addressing climate-related losses and damages in low- and middle-income countries. odi.org/en/publication… Emily Wilkinson Courtney Lindsay Yue Cao Vikrant ODI #LossAndDamage

In the past 20 years, many tools and metrics have emerged to measure progress on adaptation and resilience.

In this annotated bibliography for Climate Ambition Support Alliance (CASA), Courtney Lindsay ODI presents 45 resources outlining recent advances.
buff.ly/3QQbNBV Courtney Lindsay

Ten years ago today, in the early hours of 22 July 2013, 16 year-old Dwayne ‘Gully Queen’ Jones, was beaten and stabbed to death by a mob in Irwin, Montego Bay. Hundreds of persons at the dance, scores of witnesses, but no one charged, and no justice for a young #Jamaican . Never…

[1] It was a pleasure to give evidence on the UK SIDS strategy at International Development Committee this week. Thanks, Sarah Champion and fellow committee members, for inviting me. Here’s some of what I said about #climatechange #climateresiliance and small island nations #SIDS 🧵

open.spotify.com/episode/361tFd…

Resilient and Sustainable Islands Initiative at @ODI has launched a new podcast, Small Islands, Big Picture. We speak on issues affecting small island developing states. Take a listen, you wont be disappointed.

ODI: Think change: What the latest IPCC report means for us odi.org/en/insights/wh…

“Why is it that every time we talk about countries from the south, the first allegation is corruption? The USA, UK & Europe are riddled with corruption, but nobody says that they’re not capable of achieving their objectives (…).”

- Barbados PM Mia Mottley tells SVT
(Sweden)🇧🇧

We've come a long way. Jamaica's public debt now stands at 84%. This could be a globally unprecedented achievement of fiscal responsibility. I haven't come across any other historical instance of this level of debt reduction that was achieved without forgiveness of principal.