Building Back Better: Reckoning with Size in Pursuit of Resilience
The side event will consider the need to integrate resilience-building into sustainable development planning and practice in the Caribbean, in light of the inescapable impact of climate change on the environmental, infrastructural, economic and social wellbeing of Caribbean states. It is an opportunity for the UN community to reflect on the challenges faced by Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in building resilience, focusing in particular on the implications of size that compromise such efforts. Panelists will explore remedies through partnership and engagement with all stakeholders.…