regional vulnerability and instability. This is particularly pronounced in the Indo-Pacific region where many island nations …, or Small Island Developing States (SIDS), face rising seas and changing weather patterns that pose a severe threat to … vulnerabilities that low-lying island and atoll states have as well as a variety of scientific research indicating that sea level is …

For over two decades, the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) has attempted to craft a funding mechanism that would … concrete, means for rehabilitating vulnerable island states has become particularly important. In this article, Professor … island states and provides a rationale for a compensation and rehabilitation mechanism, as well as a proposed framework for …

small island states in the Caribbean and elsewhere. This paper contributes to the debate by analyzing different options to …