Source: Microsoft Stories (APAC) Vulnerable Pacific Islands look to data to cope with disasters and help heal the environment Mention the tropical islands of the Pacific and thoughts of soft sand, blue lagoons and swaying palm trees come readily to mind. But there is an ominous flip side to this picture-postcard image: These are among…
By Maureen Hilyard DYNAMIC COALITION ON SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES IN THE INTERNET ECONOMYDC-SIDS IGF 2021 SESSION: THE PANDEMIC INTERNET: ENSURING SIDS DO NOT FALL BEHIND (Thursday 9 December 2021) Maureen Hilyard (Cook Islands) – DC-SIDS Pacific Co-Chair, ALAC Chair, DotAsia Board Chair, DNS Abuse Institute Advisory Council member, former PICISOC Board Chair PACIFIC SPEAKERS…
As recent disasters have shown, the world’s small island developing states are acutely vulnerable to the ravages of climate change, a problem created almost entirely by rich countries. If the international community is serious about sustainable development that leaves no one behind, rich countries must do three things. ROME – Hurricane Elsa’s appearance in the Caribbean this…
Written by Maureen Hilyard Board members of the Pacific Islands Chapter of the Internet Society (PICISOC): 2018–2020 COVID-19 created great upheaval globally but throughout and continuing, the Pacific continues to demonstrate the resiliency that has developed over years of overcoming the many natural disasters that are a constant for the many island communities within the…
Small island states are sinking, and it’s not just from sea level rise: we are sinking in debt, exacerbated by the collapse of our tourist industries. Read the article as it originally appears on Climate Home News We are at a high risk of entrenching our public debt vulnerability, and the result could turn back…