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Climate resilient urban development: an agenda for Small Island Developing States

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Small Island Developing States (SIDS) face severe climate impacts and offer lessons in resilience. Their cities share distinct climate vulnerabilities, while sometimes compounding social and environmental pressures. Yet, urbanization remains largely absent from SIDS’ climate strategies and overlooked in international frameworks. This perspective argues that stronger support of sustainable urbanization is needed, using case studies from three regions to propose key principles for a resilient urban development agenda for SIDS.

Source: npj Urban Sustainability

DOI: 10.1038/s42949-025-00278-w

Authors: Lova Jansson, Alina Koschmieder, Laurie Servières, Alexei Trundle, Samantha Poncabare

Institutions: United Nations Human Settlements Programme, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris, Centre d'études et de recherches internationales de Sciences Po, The University of Melbourne

Language: English

Topic: Climate Change and Sustainable Development

Subfield: Global and Planetary Change

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDGs: Sustainable cities and communities, Climate action, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $2,490