This chapter covers one particular aspect of the foreign relations of non-sovereign
island jurisdictions (SNIJs), namely relations arising from disaster-related activities.
Islands are among the territories most seriously affected by calamities, including the
spectre of rising seas that may come with climate change. Yet non-sovereign islands
are not so well equipped to speak and act effectively for themselves in the face of such
threats. This may be true even within the governing structures in which these islands
find themselves, but it is even more serious given the weaknesses that may exist in
their capacity to speak to and act in the international community on disaster-related
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