Hi there ISLANDS community,

Following up Clara Mottura 's podcast recommendation below, I'd like to share another fun episode for your weekly listen.

I'm sure majority of our SIDS-based audience are already aware of the amazing work of the Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley.

In this episode of BBC's 'The Climate Question', Mia Mottley shares her ideation behind the 'Bridgetown Agenda', through which she aims to help re-structure the architecture of global financial institutions like the IMF and World Bank to better fund countries - especially small island nations - with their climate action.

Against the growing number of natural disasters and the amplified impacts of rising sea levels, financial institutions should vouch for greater level of 'flexibility' and 'elbow room' for these countries. Quickest way will be scaled up funding and debt forgiveness, says Mia Mottley. She is urging these institutions to simply release billions and trillions more to boost action.

As sustainable finance for small island countries begin to branch out into the realm of climate adaptation, it will remain an important space also for tackling pollution. What chemicals and waste projects in SIDS would you like to see greater funding for? How do you think initiatives like the 'Bridgetown Agenda' can evolve to support climate, nature and pollution actions altogether, as they are inherently intertwined?