Project name:Pathways to Coastal Resilience: A Call to Action
The Call to Action highlights the urgent need for resilient infrastructure in Small Island Developing States (SIDS), where extreme weather events threaten economic stability.
It presents insights from expert working groups on Access to Finance, Standards and Codes, and Data, Technology, and Early Warnings.
The Call to Action proposes ten actions by 2034, including a global data hub, multi-hazard warnings, SIDS-specific design codes, and financial reforms to enhance infrastructure resilience and safeguard development gains.
extreme weather
events
rebuilding in SIDS
Impact
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Implementing the document’s ten actions will help SIDS strengthen disaster resistant infrastructure, minimizing economic losses from extreme weather. By 2034, resilient ports, grids, and roads will safeguard development gains and improve long-term sustainability.
2
Streamlined funding through a Small Island Developing States accreditation passport and resilience units could unlock concessional and private finance, easing debt burdens and enabling scalable infrastructure investment programmes, improving access to finance.
3
Establishing data hubs and multi-hazard early warning systems worldwide ensures inclusive alerts, protecting vulnerable populations, including those with disabilities, and fostering local capacity for sustainable and resilient infrastructure maintenance, thus empowering communities.
