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Small Islands Big PictureThe podcast that puts Small Island Developing States in focus Author: ODI Resilient and Sustainable Islands Initiative (RESI)
Directors of ODI's Resilient and Sustainable Islands Initiative, Emily Wilkinson and Matt Bishop, cut to the heart of the political, economic, social and environmental challenges facing SIDS, and how their incredible people are responding to them. Every episode includes expert guests from the Caribbean, Pacific and elsewhere. To get in touch, visit https://odi.org/en/about/our-work/resilient-islands/ or send us an email to info@odi.org with "small islands" in the subject line. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Language: en Genres: Earth Sciences, Nature, Science Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Will 2026 be an even bigger year for small islands?
Episode 22
Wednesday, 28 January, 2026
In this episode, Emily, Matt and the other RESI Directors look back on everything that happened in the world of small islands during 2025, discussing hot topics, highlights and lowlights while looking forward to 2026 will bring. The team also discusses how their own policy and research has shaped conversations around different SIDS agendas - from debt and oceans to geopolitics and climate justice. NB: Hurricane Melissa cast a very long shadow over the final months of 2025 and will continue to do so for Jamaicans as they rebuild their country. If you would like to support those efforts, you can make a donation to the government’s relief fund here. Featuring:o Emily Wilkinson (host) | RESI Director and Principal Research Fellow at ODI Globalo Matthew Bishop (host) | RESI Director and Senior Lecturer at the University of Sheffieldo Courtney Lindsay | RESI Director and Senior Research Officer at ODI Globalo Gail Hurley | RESI Director and Development Finance Experto George Carter | RESI Director and Deputy Head of Department of Pacific Affairs/Director of Pacific Institute, Australian National Universityo Jack Corbett | RESI Director and Head of School of Social Sciences, Monash Universityo Rachid Bouiha | RESI Director and Economic Affairs Officer, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)Resources:o Programme page | Resilient and Sustainable Islands Initiative (RESI)o Our RESI book | Sustaining Development in Small Islandso Courtney’s AI report | Engines of Growth: Building Knowledge Economies in SIDSo Another AI blog | Why SIDS need to act quickly on AIo The documentary mentioned by Courtney | Life and Debto Hurricane Melissa op-ed | Climate disasters will send many countries into a debt spiral – but there’s a way out o Matt and Courtney’s Jamica debt report | Breaking the Cycle of Debt in Jamaicao The full RESI Debt Project (multiple papers) | Breaking the Cycle of Debt in SIDSo Our Global Voices piece from last year | Why small islands need their own Marshall Plano Gail and Emily’s work on debt service costs | Tackling the cost of capital in small vulnerable nationso Gail and Emily’s work on oceans | Turning the tide: enhancing ocean equity for SIDSo Emily’s op-ed on UN climate negotiations | Why small climate-vulnerable island states punch well above their weight in UN climate talkso Emily’s piece on climate justice | Tides of justice: how SIDS are redefining the fight against climate changeo Our work on capacity building | Fit for size: rethinking capacity strengthening in SIDSo Our work on the FfD4 process | Leveraging the Sevilla Commitment in favour of SIDSo Emily’s work on anticipatory action finance | Bracing for Impact: a Caribbean blueprinto Our work on geopolitical competition | Geopolitical competition, bilateral aid, and the collective interests of SIDSo Short trailer for Emily’s new documentary | Climate Blueprint: Barbadoso George’s work on oceanic diplomacy | Reasserting indigenous pathwayso Rachid’s work on productive capacities | Stronger and greener productive capacities for just transitions in Caribbean SIDSo SIDS Future Forum 2026 | Wilton Park Websiteo UN SIDS Partnership Awards 2025 | Partnership Brief Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
