Foreign Affairs with Future Leaders: Climate Security and Small Island Developing States

As the increasingly devastating impacts of climate change continue to intensify, the communities perhaps most threatened by climate change are located in small island developing states (SIDS). These states, situated across the Indian and Pacific Oceans, as well as the Caribbean Sea, could face an existential threat from rising sea levels, and have taken critical steps to encourage global action on climate security. In this event, we will hear from a panel of experts from across the climate security sphere about vulnerabilities of SIDS, the results and implications of CoP26 in terms of adaptation for SIDS, and the major viewpoints and challenges looking ahead at the next meeting of the CoP in Egypt 2022. This talk will also highlight US government engagement with climate resilience policies and the importance of youth participation on climate issues.

Foreign Affairs with Future Leaders is Onero's series of youth-led discussions which analyze various international issues and topics by collaboratively addressing their most critical questions. This event is co-hosted by the Onero Institute, the Master of International Affairs Program at the Elliott School of International Affairs, the Delta Phi Epsilon Professional Foreign Service Fraternity at GWU, and GW Young Black Professionals in International Affairs.