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Small Islands Developing States IGF 2021 round table session report

Byadmin January 31, 2022January 31, 2022

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…

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The Rich World’s Debt to Island States

Byadmin August 12, 2021August 12, 2021

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…

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Pacific Leadership in Internet Governance

Bycherie November 18, 2020November 21, 2020

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…

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DC-SIDS meet at the Global Internet Governance Forum

Bycherie November 8, 2020November 9, 2020

By Maureen Hilyard DYNAMIC COALITION OF SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES (DC-SIDS) IN THE INTERNET ECONOMY IGF SESSION REPORT — FRIDAY 6 NOVEMBER, 2020 After a welcome by Tracy Hackshaw (Caribbean) and Maureen Hilyard (Pacific)- co-founders of DC-SIDS, a short tribute to the memory of Marilyn Cade was presented to acknowledge a special women who gave…

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Small islands need a debt shakeup to survive climate and Covid shocks

Bycherie July 25, 2020July 27, 2020

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…