Pathways to resilience in climate-affected Small Island Developing States (SIDS)– A Forward-Looking Resilience Building Agenda: Promises, results and next steps

The Economic and Social Council convened a Meeting on “Pathways to resilience in climate-affected Small Island Developing States (SIDS)– A Forward-Looking Resilience Building Agenda: Promises, results and next steps”. The meeting took place from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, 13 November 2018 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

Objectives

The Council convened this follow-up meeting to take stock of progress on actions contained in the Presidential Statement on its 2017 Special Meeting on “Aftermath of recent hurricanes: Achieving a risk informed and resilient 2030 Agenda”. This follow-up ECOSOC Meeting focused on commitments made and results achieved to date in SIDS vulnerable to shocks associated with natural hazards and explored new and innovative approaches to financing climate resilience. A Presidential Statement has been issued on the main recommendations.

• Presidential Statement [NEW]
• Programme
• Concept note
• Speakers' bios
• Statements/remarks
  • ECOSOC President
  • The Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
  • Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
  • United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Resources

• 2017 ECOSOC Special Meeting on Aftermath of recent hurricanes: Achieving a risk-informed and resilient 2030 Agenda 
• CARICOM- UN High-level Pledging Conference (21 November 2017) 
• UN 2019 Climate Summit
• High Level Meeting on Hurricane Irma
• United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
• Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA)
• United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR)

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