Note: SIDS here refers to “Small island developing states”, not the other SIDS.

“In the absence of ambitious human intervention to reduce emissions, climate change impacts are likely to make some small islands uninhabitable in the second part of the 21st century. By protecting and restoring nature in and around small islands as well as implementing anticipatory adaptation responses, humans can help reduce future risks to ecosystems and human lives on most small islands.”

Small, developing regions of the world are some of the hardest hit by the growing wave of climate-related phenomena. Air temperature changes, abnormal rainfall patterns, extreme weather events, sea level rise, changing ocean salinity and acidity, and vector-borne disease are only some of the dangers these nations are now facing, despite being insignificant contributors to climate change compared to developed countries.