Virtual Island Summit 2024: Summary

Excerpt from ClimaTalk: Outside of yearly UNFCCC COPs and UN General Assemblies or once-a-decade events like the International Conference on Small Island Developing States, there are few opportunities for island stakeholders to meet and exchange knowledge on key developments. Once you factor in the prohibitive travel costs and the distances that delegations need to travel to reach these summits, the historic lack of inclusivity in international policy and science, and you realize that the ability for all relevant stakeholders to be present at summits is far from guaranteed.

What is the Virtual Island Summit?

Since the inaugural event in 2018, the Virtual Island Summit (VIS) has been one of the largest virtual events catered to island communities. An open-access online conference with a five-day agenda that caters for global time zones, the VIS promotes public participation and an understanding of the challenges faced by island communities as well as the sustainable solutions they are developing. 

Read full article here