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Debt-for-climate swaps for small islands

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  • Adelle Thomas

    (University of The Bahamas
    Climate Analytics)

  • Emily Theokritoff

    (Climate Analytics
    Humboldt University of Berlin)

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Small island developing states are currently faced with two significant challenges that are more onerous due to limited financial resources: adapting to increasing climate change risk and recovering from the pandemic. Debt-for-climate swaps provide an avenue for SIDS to address these challenges.

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  • Adelle Thomas & Emily Theokritoff, 2021. "Debt-for-climate swaps for small islands," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 11(11), pages 889-891, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:11:y:2021:i:11:d:10.1038_s41558-021-01194-4
    DOI: 10.1038/s41558-021-01194-4
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