ABSTRACT
There is widespread consensus that climate change is extremely dangerous for small island developing states (SIDS). This has been well recognized in research and policy for over 20 years. Despite this, responses in the form of practical measures taken to implement adaptation have been few and piecemeal. Equally, there has been very little research that is oriented towards understanding how people living on islands can adapt to climate change in order to continue living lives that they value. These inadequate responses in research and policy become ever more acute as emissions of the gases that drive climate change continue to increase. This book describes and offers explanations for the difference between what is said about climate change in SIDS, and what is done.
