Events
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02 Oct
World Habitat Day
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07 Oct 10 Oct
XXVI REDLACCONGRESS
The REDLAC Congress is the ultimate gathering, uniting environmental funds from Latin America and the Caribbean with strategic allies, international cooperation partners, impact investors, government representatives, and global conversation financing enthusiasts. The Congress features a carefully curated line up of events that facilitates learning and networking.
Saint Lucia
This year's Congress will explore the theme, “30x30x30: The Path to 2030,” with a focus on advancing global conservation targets within our national and regional contexts -
08 Oct 10 Oct
The Global Nature Positive Summit
The Global Nature Positive Summit will accelerate collective action to drive investment in nature and strengthen activities to protect and repair our environment. It will bring together leaders from government, corporate sectors, research and environmental organisations and Indigenous Peoples.
Sydney, Australia
At the Summit, leaders will explore effective ways to realise global commitments under the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. The event will build understanding of changes required to systems and settings to value nature and address biodiversity loss. -
13 Oct
International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction
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14 Oct 18 Oct
SMILO's Small Islands Meet Up 2024
SMILO hosts its annual General Assembly, and organises different activities with partners in their network, to create connections between different islands and organisations, and to exchange good practices and lessons learned.
Frioul Islands, Marseille, France -
16 Oct
World Food Day
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21 Oct 26 Oct
The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) brings together delegations from 56 nations from Africa, the Caribbean and Americas, Europe, Asia, and the Pacific.
Samoa
CHOGM aims to reinforce multilateral cooperation, explore new opportunities, and tackle common challenges for the well-being of future generations. -
26 Oct 01 Nov
UN Biodiversity Conference 2024 Pt. 2 [CBD COP16]
The Conference encompasses the Sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 16), the Eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, and the Fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization. It will include a high-level ministerial segment.
Colombia
COP 16 will be the first Biodiversity COP since the adoption of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework at COP 15 in December 2022 in Montreal, Canada.
Past Events
GLISPA@SIDS4 | Evening Reception
At the 4th UN International Conference for Small Island Developing States (SIDS4), in Antigua and Barbuda, GLISPA organised a high-level reception to commemorate enduring island initiatives we helped to catalyse as well as celebrate the launch of our new strategy.
GLISPA's COP28 Coordination Call
Date: 15 November 2023
Location: Virtual
Host: GLISPA
In this video, members and supporters of the Global Island Partnership (GLISPA) connected to share strategies, and learn how we can work together to make a difference for islands at COP28. Our speakers include island advocates such as Grenada's Ambassador Spencer Thomas; Secretariat of the Pacific Community's Coral Pasisi; WWF's Jone Raqauqau; Ignace Beguin for the Marrakesh Partnership for Global Climate Action/Climate Champions/COP 28 Presidency; James Ellsmoor from Island Innovation; Emily Goodwin from Rare; Hailey Campbell from the youth coalition Care About Climate; and Diego Tabilo from Ocean Risk Resilience Action Alliance.
COP Reflections: Recent Outcomes of the Climate and Biodiversity Negotiations and the March towards Implementation
Date: 28 March 2023
Location: Virtual
Host: GLISPA, Blue Nature Alliance, The Nature Conservancy, Rare, SeyCCAT
A critical analysis of the outcomes of the recent COPs on Climate and Biodiversity held late last year in Sharm-El-Shiekh and Montreal respectively. Featuring expert testimonies from influential island delegates who were on the ground for both these events. Next we examined some of the ways islands are rising to these challenges and implementing real solutions. Featuring presentations on Debt Swaps, Eco-based Adaptation, and establishing durable Marine Protected Areas, courtesy of some of the member organisations within our network.
GLISPA Highlights @IMPAC5: Key Ingredients For Building Lasting Networks of Protected Ocean Space
Date: 7 February 2023
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Host: IMPAC5
This session brought together a diverse set of partnerships and networks related to protected ocean spaces at national and global levels. We engage with MPAs to highlight their priorities of work, experiences and lessons that can inform this effort of building a global network in the protected ocean space and exploring what might be some of the challenges and opportunities. This was an official Knowledge Sharing Session of IMPAC5 2023.
GLISPA Highlights @IMPAC5: Establishing Networks of Practitioners and Scaling up
Date: 5 February 2023
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Host: IMPAC5
As we struggle to achieve the global target of at least 30% protection levels by 2030 both within EEZs and on the High Seas we know that we need to have a bold vision backed with a series of effective and resourceful partnerships with and between states, organisations, and local people. This session shows that there are countries and organisations that are working in alliances, networks and partnerships at different levels who have developed a body of knowledge on how to pull together diverse stakeholders in a larger network - like a protected ocean space global network - and leverage efforts.
Building Resilience: Localized Action Against a Changing Climate Panel. Oceans, climate and SIDS [OCEAN X CLIMATE SUMMIT]
Date: 11 November 2022
Location: Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
Host: Oceanic Global
GLISPA Executive Director, Kate Brown, moderates this dynamic discussion on the role of multi-stakeholder action at the local level joined by: Mayor Mary Jean Te (Mayor, Municipality of Libertad, Antique, Philippines), David Obura (Director, CORDIO East Africa), Sefanaia Nawadra (Director General of SPREP), and Daniel Lin (Pasifika Storytelling Lead, Nia Tero).
The Oceanic x Climate Summit was a daylong event hosted by Oceanic Global that took place at COP27. The summit immersed global stakeholders in the importance and potential of the ocean within the climate change narrative and supported multi-stakeholder action for the ocean and all it sustains.
Island Bright Spot Event Series Episode 6: Spotlight on Climate Adaptation
Date: 12 November 2022
Location: Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
Host: Global Island Partnership, GEF Small Grants Programme UNDP, Rare, Caribbean Biodiversity Fund (CBF), Micronesia Conservation Trust (MCT), Smithsonian Institute, SMILO
In our final Bright Spots episode for 2022, we talk about climate adaptation and hear stories from organizations such as the Caribbean Biodiversity Fund, the GEF Small Grants Programme in Mauritius, and the International Student Environmental Coalition.
Island Bright Spot Event Series Episode 5: Island Solutions in Action! ft. the 2022 GLISPA Fellows
Date: 25 October 2022
Location: Virtual
Host: Global Island Partnership, GEF-SGP
In April 2022 GLISPA launched its inaugural Bright Spots Fellowship to further showcase inspired, home-grown island solutions. This initiative brought together 10 community champions, created a platform to share their stories, and provided the opportunity to communicate with influential policy makers to discuss how their interventions can be implemented globally. We are honoured to present to you our 2022 Fellows from Malta, the Solomon Islands, Mauritius, Brazil, and the Palmyra Atoll. Hear their stories, in their own words.
GLISPA Community Call - July 2022
Date: 28 July 2022
Location: Virtual
Host: Global Island Partnership
The GLISPA Community Call is an open forum designed to allow GLISPA members to inspire and support each other to take action and produce results for island communities.
Highlights on this call include introductions to our new Board Members (7:40), meeting some of our amazing GLISPA Fellows Class of 2022! (38:06) and presentations from our members Island Conservation (1:01) and the Climate Strong Island Network (1:07).
Island Bright Spot Event Series Episode 4: Spotlight on Sustainable Practices
Date: 21 July 2022
Location: Virtual
Host: Global Island Partnership, Conservatoire du littoral, GEF-SGP, Island Coast Ocean Solutions, Celebrate Islands
Episode IV puts the spotlight on "Sustainable Practices" as we highlight amazing island initiatives to reduce the harmful negative impacts of various economic sectors, particularly tourism, in islands off Europe, Indonesia and in the Pacific.
Celebrate Islands 2022 Closing Event/ Bright Spots Episode III
Date: 18 May 2022
Location: Virtual
Host: SMILO, Conservatoire du littoral, PIM, Global Island Partnership, GEF-SGP
As part of the 9th edition of "CELEBRATE ISLANDS" 2022, the brainchild of our GLISPA members SMILO, Conservatoire du littoral and PIM; we have partnered with them to celebrate current and future Island Bright Spots around the themes of 1. Preservation of marine ecosystems; 2. Reduction of the impacts of economic activities; and 3. Sustainable management of water resources.
Islands celebrate each other as some of our 2022 GLISPA Fellows were on hand to announce the CELEBRATE ISLANDS video contest grant awardees.
Island Bright Spot Event Series Special Episode pt. II: Weathering Political Uncertainty
Date: 1 July 2022
Location: UN Ocean Conference, Altice Arena, Lisbon, Portugal
Host: GLISPA, Blue Nature Alliance, UNDP GEF-SGP, Micronesia Conservation Trust, Big Ocean
Part II of our virtual event held in March that focused on the policymaker perspective, this high-level dialogue held live during the UN Ocean Conference turned to the "Leader perspective", convening current Island Ministers of the Environment to discuss carrying on large scale conservation projects from one government to another. The event facilitated a dialogue around the Governance and transitions of Large-Scale Conservation Projects and highlighted achievements, challenges, and bright spots. This is particularly relevant with some of the island champion countries for marine conservation having undergone recent changes of government leadership.
Blue Bonds for Ocean Conservation webinar
Date: 30 March 2022
Location: Virtual
Host: The Nature Conservancy, Global Island Partnership
This webinar provides insight into how Blue Bonds can be used for ocean conservation, with speakers who were at the heart of the effort to secure the world’s biggest debt conversation for marine conservation in Belize.
Island Bright Spot Event Series Special Episode: Weathering Political Uncertainty
Date: 9 March 2022
Location: Virtual
Host: Global Island Partnership, UNDP GEF - Small Grants Programme, Blue Nature Alliance, Micronesia Conservation Trust
Our first GLISPA Bright Spot event for 2022 is a special episode that departs from our usual format. Here, we took a deep dive in examining the challenge of sustaining long-term marine conservation projects through successive election cycles, the implications of governance switch and the perspective of new political leaders on carrying-on these legacies. Our exciting discussion panel cast of politicians and experienced conservation practitioners seek to answer these important questions, through the airing of diverse perspectives in a safe space, as only our Bright Spot episodes can deliver.
GLISPA Community Call - February 2022
Date: 23 February 2021
Location: Virtual
Host: Global Island Partnership
The GLISPA Community Call is an open forum designed to allow GLISPA members to inspire and support each other to take action and produce results for island communities.
Highlights on this call include remarks from new GLISPA Chair Ambassador Gerald Zackios of the Republic of Marshall Islands (8:26) and a Member spotlight on the Siargao Islands and their road to recovery from a Category 5 typhoon (51:43)