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ISID welcomes the publication of a new policy brief by Professor of Practice Jamal Saghir and his colleague聽Ede Jorge Ijjasz-Vasquez.聽 In this brief, Saghir and Ijjasz-Vasquez examine how聽Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are increasingly affected by the growing impacts of climate hazards, including tropical cyclones, storm surges, increases in temperature, heatwaves, droughts, coastal and riverine flooding, changing precipitation patterns, and sea level rise, among others.聽聽
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Roberto Charles won the 2025/26 Personnel Awards for Black Scholars (BSA).聽
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