The paper by Vinod Kumar on ‘Climate Change Vulnerabilities of SIDS and Potential for South-South Cooperation’ brings out the key outcomes of the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow (COP 26), efforts of SIDS in mobilising voice and the cooperation among SIDS. [...] The section on SSC in Statistics by Sushil Kumar analyses the impact of natural disasters by estimating the economic damages and loss of lives in the SIDS which are members of the UN system. [...] are particularly exposed to the impacts of climate change are able to adapt to Climate Change Impacts on the various hazards and to recover from SIDS in the Pacific Ocean and impacts are crucial. [...] Similarly, in the island societies of the Although changes in agricultural Caribbean Sea, there is widespread production systems are important hunger and long-lasting famines, aspects to consider, changes in access although the hunger crises originated to resources, dependency on food in the first place due to colonialism, imports and changes in international slavery and poverty of indigenous food. [...] At the same Like highlighted above, SIDS in the time, they do not have the capacities and Pacific as well as in the Caribbean are capabilities to adequately respond to usually seen vulnerable territories in the these challenges (IPCC, 2014).
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