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Climate finance fundamentals 12: small island developing states

Briefing/policy papers

Written by Charlene Watson

Briefing/policy papers

Small Island Developing States are on the front line against climate change. They must tackle very distinct barriers to supplying reliable and clean energy to their isolated populations, and some are facing an existential threat from rising sea levels. ​This brief explores climate financing for this especially vulnerable group of island nations.

Previous years' editions of the Climate Finance Fundamentals can be accessed here.​

Alexis Durand and Liane Schalatek, Heinrich Boell Stiftung and Charlene Watson, Overseas Development Institute