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Despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the existential threat of climate change for small island developing states (SIDS) remains. This has made SIDS step up in climate meetings to promote a green post-COVID-19 recovery agenda to ensure climate action remains at the forefront of international policymaking. Their main idea is to link economic stimulus and recovery with climate action under the Paris Agreement. Some governments across developed and developing countries have independently incorporated climate-friendly activities in their COVID-19 stimulus packages. SIDS have argued that this green recovery approach can strengthen the international community’s collective commitment to Paris targets.

This island nation contains many marine eco-systems, from globally significant coral reefs to mangroves, seagrass areas, seamounts and deep-sea trenches supporting at least 769 fish species, including sharks and rays, as well as whales, dolphins and sea turtles.