Informed by the participants, and issued by the organisers of the First Forum on Climate Finance for Sub-National Island Jurisdictions OUR SHARED REALITY AND CHALLENGES Sub-National Island Jurisdictions (SNIJs) across the globe face intensifying climate impacts from rising sea levels and extreme weather events and disruptions to food, water, and energy systems. Despite contributing minimally to global greenhouse gas emissions, these islands are acutely vulnerable due to their geography, limited resources, and particularly their constrained access to international support.

Leaders of the Subnational Island Jurisdictions (SNIJs) will launch the SNIJ Climate Coalition, a new alliance to strengthen collaboration and amplify SNIJ voices on the global stage.

An agreement related to the creation of the 1st Forum for Sub-National Island Jurisdictions (SNIJs) has been signed ahead of the Global Sustainable Island Summit (GSIS) co-hosted with Island Innovation and St. Kitts and Nevis in May this year. The Forum is being heralded as a key stepping stone following discussions at the COP29 UN Climate Summit in Azerbaijan and the SIDS4 conference in Antigua & Barbuda last year,  focused on improving access to climate finance for SNIJs.