Pacific Islands build lifesaving weather ready forecasting platform
| | NADI, Fiji, 30 April 2026 (SPREP) - Twelve Pacific Island nations are gathering in Nadi, Fiji this week to shape the future of weather forecasting across the region, a step that could mean the difference between life and death for vulnerable Pacific communities facing the growing threats of tropical cyclones, storm surges, flooding, and other extreme weather events. |
14 new projects expand lemur conservation to new sites
| | GLAND, Switzerland, 30 April 2026 (IUCN) - Fourteen priority landscapes across Madagascar are set to benefit from a new wave of conservation action, combining forest restoration, species protection and livelihood support for communities living alongside the world’s most threatened primates. |
Bali drowning in trash after landfill closed
| | DENPASAR, Bali, 30 April 2026 (AFP) - Buckets of blooms adorn Yuvita Anggi Prinanda's sidewalk flower stall in Bali, but their perfume can't mask the stench of accumulating trash bespoiling parts of the resort island famed for its natural beauty. Bali's largest landfill was declared off-limits for organic waste from the beginning of April, as the government moves to enforce a longstanding ban on open tips. But with no immediate alternatives provided, trash is piling up in the streets and attracting rats, or being set alight by frustrated residents, causing acrid smoke that has prompted health concerns. |
The ocean also has memories
| | LLANCHID ISLAND, Hualaihue, Chile, 30 April 2026 (IPS) - Coming from an island in southern Chile, where the sea is not an industry - but it is daily life, work, food and memory. Growing up in a family that is part of an artisanal fishers’ cooperative. Learning from a young age how to cultivate oysters, work with mussels, and understand the rhythms of the sea. |
Reimagining development finance in SIDS
| | NEW YORK, US, 29 April 2026 (UNSDG) - For Small Island Developing States (SIDS), the question of development finance is make-or-break. Home to more than 65 million people, these island nations face a unique challenge. They must tackle inherent socioeconomic vulnerabilities while absorbing the consequences of a climate crisis they did little to create. SIDS contribute less than one per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, yet for them, rising sea levels and intensifying storms could quickly erase what took years to build. At the same time, each new shock pushes public finances closer to the edge. |
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IWRA |
 | | 1st Islands Water Congress 4-6 Sept, 2024, Torshavn, Faroe Islands |
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ANATOMY OF ISLANDS |
| | 12th Anatomy of Islands symposium 26-28 Sept, 2024, Jelsa, Hvar Island, Croatia |
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CIS |
| | Critical Island Studies 4th international conference 3-4 Oct, 2024, Manila, Philippines |
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CBD |
| | COP16 21 Oct-1 Nov, 2024, Cali, Colombia |
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UNFCCC |
| | COP29 11-22 November, 2024, Baku, Azerbaijan |
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ISLAND DYNAMICS |
| | DARKNESS II conference, 20-23 January 2025, Nuuk, Greenland |
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JICAS |
| | Islands And Island Studies conference 3-7 June, 2025, Jersey, Channel Islands |
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UNITED NATIONS |
| | UN Ocean Conference 9-13 June, 2025, Nice, France |
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UPEI |
| | 3rd international conference on SIS and SNIJs 16-20 June, 2025, Charlottetown, PEI |
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GSIS |
| | Global Sustainable Islands Summit 20-22 April, 2026, Gran Canaria, Spain |
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SICRI |
| | Island Studies International Conference 25-28 June, 2026, Tacloban City, Leyte Islands, Philippines |
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ISISA |
| | 20th Islands of the World Conference 7-11 July 2026, Shinan County, Jeollanam-do, South Korea |
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SPREP |
| | 11th Pacific Islands Conference for Nature Conservation and Protected Areas, 7–11 September 2026, Noumea, New Caledonia |
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