Small island developing states

Many second Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution (INC-2) delegates indicated that the scope of the treaty should include plastic alternatives and substitutes. However, there are no internationally agreed definitions of plastic alternatives nor plastic substitutes. Sound definitions will support fully informed treaty...

This Note discusses some of the unique characteristics of SIDS which put them at the crossroads of survival and reviews the challenges they have in facing climate change and what needs to be done to ensure they can face the future with confidence.