IMPROVING THE MANAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABLE USE OF MARINE AND COASTAL RESOURCES OF SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES
Sixty countries have ratified the new High Seas Treaty, allowing it to become legally binding starting next January.
At a two-day regional meeting in Brasília ahead of COP30, Benito Wheatley, Special Envoy of the British Virgin Islands, stressed that Caribbean and other Small Island Developing States (SIDS) must secure a fair outcome at the upcoming climate talks in Belém, Brazil.
At the 3rd United Nation Ocean Conference (Nice, June 2025),a new initiative was launched to mobilize innovative financial pathways for biodiversity conservation and environmental sustainability in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) across Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific.
During a summit in Xiamen, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi announced that China will step up support to Pacific Island countries in tackling climate change.
