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Small islands and coastal developing nations make a powerful plea to global leaders and climate financing agencies… we are tiny and extremely vulnerable. But we matter, because we are here.
11th June 2025, Nice, France: H.E. Mr. Carlos Fuller, OBE, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Belize to the UN and SIDS DOCK Executive Council Member from Belize and Vice Chair of the Executive Council (at podium), moderated a High-Level Panel discussion on “Recommendations on Climate Financing and Financing the GLOEA Indicative Project Pipeline,” at a UNOC3 Side Event on 9th June 2025, organized by SIDS DOCK, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the Global Network of Regional Sustainable Centers (GN-SEC) and other partners.
Seated from left to right:
- Honourable John Briceño, Prime Minister of Belize and President of the eighth session of the Small Island Developing States Dock (SIDS DOCK) Assembly;
- Dr. Maina Talia, Minister for Home Affairs, Climate Change, and Environment, Tuvalu;
- Hon. Andre Perez, Minister of the Blue Economy and Marine Conservation, Belize;
- Hon. Flavien P. Joubert, Minister of Agriculture, Climate Change and Environment, Republic of Seychelles;
- H.E. Mr. Viliami Vaʻinga Tōnē, Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Tonga to the United Nations and Chair of the SIDS DOCK Executive Council; and
- Mr. Axel van Trotsenburg, Senior Managing Director, responsible for Development Policy and Partnerships, World Bank.
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Contact:
Christine Neves Duncan, Chief of Staff & Project Director, SIDS DOCK Secretariat: cduncan@sidsdock.org; secretariat@sidsdock.org
Martin Lugmayr, Industrial Development Expert, UNIDO: m.lugmayr@unido.org
SIDS DOCK is a United Nations (UN)-recognised international organisation established in 2015, with all the rights and privileges for addressing climate change, resilience, and energy security in small islands. SIDS DOCK represents 32 small islands and low-lying developing states across the globe, and is so named because it is designed as a “DOCKing station,” to connect the energy sector in SIDS with the global markets for finance and sustainable energy technologies. The organisation’s work is coordinated by the Secretariat, in Belmopan, Belize.
