Scientists explored the northernmost island of Greenland
| | WASHINGTON, US, 8 October 2025 (NPR) - Two summers ago, NPR reporter followed an expedition of scientists to Greenland's Inuit Qeqertaat, or Kaffeeklubben ("Coffee Club") Island. The researchers with her were aiming to find what plants grew at the farthest north point of the island. Along the way, she had an adventure … and witnessed the good, the bad and the muddy realities of scientific expeditions. |
Remote Welsh island searching for new tenant family
| | CARDIFF, Wales, 8 October 2025 (BBC) - A tiny island off Gwynedd's Llyn Peninsula, with more sheep than humans, is looking for new nature-loving inhabitants to live and work there. Ynys Enlli, also known as Bardsey Island, is wind-whipped, sea-sprayed and most definitely off-grid, boasting - as it does - a current year-round population of just three people. In 2023, it also became the first international Dark Sky Sanctuary in Europe, meaning its unspoiled view of the night sky is protected for current and future generations. |
SIDS face outsized climate impacts and require US$12 billion a year
| | ROTTERDAM, The Netherlands, 7 October 2025 (GCA) - The Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) today launched State and Trends in Adaptation: SIDS, the most comprehensive assessment to date of climate risks, macro-economic impacts and practical solutions for the world’s 39 island economies. The report shows that, without accelerated adaptation, cumulative climate damages across SIDS could reach as high as US$476 billion by 2050 - equivalent to several years of national output in some countries - yet current international public adaptation finance to SIDS averages just over US$2 billion a year, or 0.2% of global climate finance. |
The Mediterranean island that tourism didn't swallow whole
| | TABARCA, Spain, 7 October 2025 (CNN) - The flat, tiny island of Nueva Tabarca stretches 1,800 meters - just over a mile - and spans only 400 meters at its widest point. Around 50 people live on the island year-round, making it Spain’s smallest permanently inhabited island. What Tabarca lacks in size, it more than makes up for in natural and cultural heritage. Its insularity has shielded it from the reckless overdevelopment that has scarred much of the nearby Costa Blanca. |
Mediterranean Blue Natural Capital Facility to scale up
| | GLAND, Switzerland, 7 October 2025 (IUCN) - The Mediterranean’s Posidonia oceanica meadows and coastal wetlands are far more than natural defences or carbon sinks. They are the foundation of Mediterranean life, supporting biodiversity, driving local economies, and shaping the region’s identity. In the last five decades, nearly one third of the region’s seagrass cover has disappeared due to pollution, unsustainable coastal activities, and the accelerating effects of climate change. To help reverse this decline IUCN Med is establishing the Mediterranean Blue Natural Capital Facility which will begin operations shortly. |
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SIDS |
 | | 4th International Conference on Small Island Developing States 27-30 May 2024, Antigua and Barbuda |
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NAF |
| | North Atlantic Forum bi-annual international conference 17-21 June, 2024, Connemara, Ireland, |
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IWRA |
| | 1st Islands Water Congress 4-6 Sept, 2024, Torshavn, Faroe Islands |
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ANATOMY OF ISLANDS |
| | 12th Anatomy of Islands symposium 26-28 Sept, 2024, Jelsa, Hvar Island, Croatia |
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CIS |
| | Critical Island Studies 4th international conference 3-4 Oct, 2024, Manila, Philippines |
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CBD |
| | COP16 21 Oct-1 Nov, 2024, Cali, Colombia |
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UNFCCC |
| | COP29 11-22 November, 2024, Baku, Azerbaijan |
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ISLAND DYNAMICS |
| | DARKNESS II conference, 20-23 January 2025, Nuuk, Greenland |
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JICAS |
| | Islands And Island Studies conference 3-7 June, 2025, Jersey, Channel Islands |
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UNITED NATIONS |
| | UN Ocean Conference 9-13 June, 2025, Nice, France |
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UPEI |
| | 3rd international conference on SIS and SNIJs 16-20 June, 2025, Charlottetown, PEI |
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ISISA |
| | 20th Islands of the World Conference 7-11 July 2026, Shinan County, Jeollanam-do, South Korea |
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