Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are generally small in population and land area, with fragile ecologies, and face diverse and distinct development trajectories. Many SIDS face common structural and fiscal development challenges including lack of economic diversification, inadequate social protections and inclusion, heavy debt and overdependency on imported fossil fuels. Further, their small size and geographies make SIDS extremely vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.
UNDP’s integrated SIDS offer Rising Up for SIDS articulates a clear strategy to respond to their most pressing needs as well as bring forth innovative solutions to the complex developmental challenges they face for a better future for people and planet. It acts as a vehicle for recovery committing to enhancing current support in areas of climate action, blue economy and digital transformation, with innovative development finance as an enabling cross-cutting area
The report "Incorporating Climate and Ocean Change into an Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management (EAFM) Plan" explains how the potential impacts of climate and ocean change can be integrated into ecosystem-based approaches to fisheries management.
The report's target audience is governments and organizations creating such management plans in the Coral Triangle region. This region is expected to experience increases in sea-surface temperatures and rainfall. It lists steps that governments and organizations can take to create a fisheries management plan that takes an ecosystem-based approach. This would start with a climate vulnerability assessment. Steps include defining the scope of the fisheries management unit; identifying and prioritizing issues and goals; developing the plan and implementing it; and monitoring, evaluating progress and adapting where needed.