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2nd Special Report - The UK Small Island Developing States Strategy: Government Response

Published 13 January 2025

International Development Committee UK Small Island Developing States Strategy Report on parliament.uk ↗

At a glance

The government's response

This document responds to Fourth Report - The UK Small Island Developing States Strategy.

This is the government's response, published 13 January 2025.

Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.

The Government's response marks recommendations as "Agree", "Partly Agree", "Disagree" or "No longer relevant/Overtaken", including agreement on Green Climate Fund access, a "Disagree" on new Loss and Damage Fund pledges, and a commitment to submit a progress report as part of a SIDS Strategy refresh.

  • On Green Climate Fund access, the response marks "Agree" and says the UK "remains focused on the GCF achieving the commitments set out in its 2024–27 Strategic Plan, including enhancing the speed and simplicity of access to the Fund".
  • On new Loss and Damage Fund pledges the response says "Disagree", stating that the UK "will consider whether to contribute further funds once progress has been made on an operating model and resource allocation".
  • On multi-year programmes ("Partly Agree"), the response says they "will always be subject to financial allocations within the Spending Review context", and agreements with partners "must feature break clauses" where they span different periods.
  • On maritime baselines ("Partly Agree"), the UK "has changed its position to accept" that baselines under UNCLOS "may remain fixed in law", and says it is "considering" the Pacific Islands Forum statehood declaration "in detail".

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