These small islands have a combined population of 63.2 million people and a combined gross domestic product (GDP) of $575.3 billion. Small islands face a unique set of challenges due to their ...

The Assembly recognized progress as ‘uneven’ and identified key trends affecting small islands such as increasing globalization, widening inequalities in income and a continued deterioration ...

The keynote address highlighted the Fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS4) hosted by Antigua and Barbuda, which produced the Antigua and Barbuda Agenda for SIDS ...

SENDAI (Kyodo) -- Japan has more than 400 small, inhabited islands that are uniquely exposed to the risks of natural ...

Come visit the Maldives, its president entreated the world at this year’s United Nations General Assembly, moments before switching to an impassioned plea for help combating climate change.

Small island states in the Pacific are opening ... States from Kiribati to Tuvalu are mapping their remote islands, scattered across the ocean, in a bid to claim permanent exclusive economic ...

Around 220,000 people live on Italy’s tiny islands. As local pharmacies and doctors’ offices continue to close, these small communities are often struggling to access health care – and ...