Health challenges, pollution and waste management, depletion of ecosystems and biodiversity, food security and forced migration were among the issues that were commonly faced across the globe in island states.

Mary Alalo, Project Coordinator of the Solomon Islands Community Resilience to Climate and Disaster Risk Project painted a vivid picture of the reality at country level across SIDS globally.

“Building resilient communities is not easy; it requires hard work, flexibility, cooperation, understanding, and total commitment from the government, sectors, communities, project management units and donors,” she said.

Participants agreed that moving forward required a renewed approach to networking and collaboration to further promote greater female leadership, more of South-South cooperation, and more contact with the affected populations through field visits.

The two-day SISRI forum featuring was co-organized by the European Commission (EC), World Bank, Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR), the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and the Small Islands Developing States (UN-OHRLLS)

Date:

14 May 2019

Sources:

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)

Hazards:

Cyclone

Countries:

Solomon Islands, American Samoa

Regions:

Africa, Americas, Europe, Asia, Oceania