CoAct Database

Small Island States (SIDS) Blue Guardians: Partnership to Protecting Oceans and Climate-resilient Blue Economies

Blue Guardians is a smart partnership between SIDS governments, private sector, civil society and intergovernmental bodies designed to make the best possible use of scientific, technical and human resources to contribute to the climate change priorities of island nations. It responds to the UN Oceans Conference call for Partnering for the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14, as well as the need to Increase the ability to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change and foster climate resilience as stated in the UNFCCC Paris Agreement.The Blue Guardians Program will work with SIDS across three inter-related activity areas to directly increase climate resilience and contribute to their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs):

Nature-based Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Projects
Information and Data Infrastructure for Building Climate Resilience and Addressing NDCs
SIDS Regional Community of Exchange

Activity period	2015–2022
Last CoAct update	n/a
Web URL	https://sdgs.un.org/partnerships/small-island-states-sids-blue-guardians-partnership-protecting-oceans-and-climate
Output effectiveness	0.18
Accountability Index	0.33
Inclusiveness Index	0.43
Num. actors	27
Functions	Knowledge production, Knowledge dissemination, Technical implementation, Institutional capacity building, Participatory management, Funding, Policy planning
SDGs
Themes	oceans and coastal zones
Policy focus	Equal focus
Sectors	Information and communication
Implementation countries	Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas (the), Barbados, Belgium, Cabo Verde, Comoros (the), Cook Islands (the), Dominica, Dominican Republic (the), Fiji, Grenada, Mauritius, Micronesia (Federated States of), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Seychelles, Tonga, Tuvalu