Emerging Issues for Small Island Developing States

In 2013, UNEP identified priority emerging environmental issues that are of concern to small island developing states (SIDS). This report provides an overview of 20 issues critical to the sustainable development of SIDS. The findings reveal that SIDS are faced with several serious environmental challenges, mostly related to climate change, including sea-level rise and loss of biodiversity and ecosystem goods and services. The report also describes opportunities that SIDS have to help them move towards a green economy. For example, they possess both unexploited terrestrial and oceanic natural resources such as minerals, potential pharmaceutical products, renewable energy resources and fish stocks. Renewable energy sources include wind, sun, ocean, wave, hydro and geothermal

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Source https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/9111
Last Updated January 25, 2023, 17:27 (UTC)
Created January 25, 2023, 17:27 (UTC)
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Issued 2016-10-11T20:10:45Z
Language English
Modified 2022-10-19 18:02:35.385
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spatial Cape Verde