In this episode of "Small Islands, Big Picture", Emily and Matthew look at the United Nation's new Multidimensional Vulnerability Index (MVI), how it relates to age-old debates about small-state vulnerability, and why it could lead to a long-overdue shift in the allocation of international aid. In "Island Voices", Theresa Meki speaks about the meaning of vulnerability and George Carter highlights different aspects of SIDS' vulnerability that need to be considered. In "The Big Picture", Fatumanava-o-Upolu III Dr Pa'olelei Luteru reports on how work on the MVI is proceeding. In "No Stupid Questions", Emily and Matt answer "Does thinking of Small Island Developing States through the prism of vulnerability risk infantilising them?".

Featuring:

• Emily Wilkinson (host) | RESI Director and Senior Research Fellow, ODI
• Matthew Bishop (host) | RESI Director and Senior Lecturer, University of Sheffield
• Gaston Browne | Prime Minister of Antigua-Barbuda and Co-Chair, UN High-Level Panel on the MVI
• Fatumanava-o-Upolu III Dr Pa'olelei Luteru | Permanent Respresentative of Samoa, UN High-Level Panel on the MVI
• Theresa Meki | Department of Pacific Affairs, Australian National University
• George Carter | RESI Co-director and Department of Pacific Affairs, Australian National University

Resources:

• ODI event | Putting the Glasgow Climate Pact into action: accounting for vulnerability
• Programme page | Resilient and Sustainable Islands Initiative (RESI)
• Policy brief | A global bargain for resilient prosperity in Small Island Developing States
• UN website | Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States

“Small Islands, Big Picture” is a new podcast from The Resilient and Sustainable Islands Initiative (RESI) and ODI which will shine a spotlight on the unique challenges and remarkable resilience of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) around the world. Hosts - and RESI directors – Dr Emily Wilkinson and Dr Matthew Bishop will be joined by expert guests from the Caribbean, Pacific and beyond to discuss the political, economic, social and environmental issues facing SIDS today.

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