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Small Island Developing States: vulnerability note 2025

This information note sets out the vulnerabilities Small Island Developing States (SIDS) have to manage and overcome, and ways they can improve resilience.

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皇冠体育app UK and the international community have recognised that Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are a special case for sustainable development due to their combination of vulnerabilities. 皇冠体育appse vulnerabilities come from SIDS鈥� structural characteristics of low economies of scale, remoteness, and environmental risks, and they affect SIDS鈥� opportunities to secure external financing. 皇冠体育app climate crisis exacerbates SIDS鈥� economic and social vulnerabilities.

While there are many ways to measure vulnerability, most SIDS rank as highly vulnerable across different indicators (consistently more so than countries at a similar income level).

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Published 17 January 2025

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