SIDS4: Stage is Set for Policymaking History in Antigua & Barbuda

Excerpt from Island Innovation:

Policymakers from 57 Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and associate member states will be present in Antigua & Barbuda between 27-30 May as they craft a set of sustainable development frameworks that will dictate the next decade of policy making. The Fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS4) aims to assess the ability of SIDS to achieve sustainable development, including the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Goals.

Over four days, leaders from SIDS and beyond will gather in a spirit of solidarity and solutions with the private sector, civil society, and young people to advance new ideas, raise new pledges of support, spur delivery on agreed commitments, and seek to deliver specific initiatives and concrete deliverables to address SIDS-specific challenges including the climate crisis, biodiversity loss, and debt. 

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