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Island Innovation Island Innovation is a global hub for decision-making and action.

We connect governments, institutions, and partners to support sustainable economic development across island regions worldwide. A global network helping advance innovation and drive sustainable change across island communities worldwide.

Island Innovation is at the Green Overseas (GO) Programme Results and Perspectives Event this week 🌍Funded by the Europe...
03/11/2026

Island Innovation is at the Green Overseas (GO) Programme Results and Perspectives Event this week 🌍

Funded by the European Union and implemented by Expertise France, the forum marks a transition point for GO, from programme implementation to future cooperation among EU Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) and UK Overseas Territories.

Until November 5, participants will review the programme’s achievements, share lessons learned and observe how these results can scale up energy transition and climate resilience across island territories.

Our CEO James Ellsmoor is serving as Master of Ceremony, and our team is supporting sessions throughout the programme. Our sincere thanks to Green Overseas and Expertise France for trusting us with this forum.

Island Innovation in Paris for the Green Overseas Programme! 🗺️Next week, our team heads to Paris to support the Green O...
30/10/2026

Island Innovation in Paris for the Green Overseas Programme! 🗺️

Next week, our team heads to Paris to support the Green Overseas (GO) Programme Results & Perspectives Event, running from November 2-5.

Working with Expertise France and the GO team, we’ll be facilitating three days of bilingual workshops and a field visit. The event brings together representatives from Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs), EU institutions, Member States and technical experts.

We’re also delighted to have Audrey Joachim with us, a former Island Innovation team member who is now a Special Advisor and continues to support our work.

We’re looking forward to these productive discussions on climate finance and the future of sustainable development in OCTs.

Stay tuned for more updates from Paris! 🇫🇷

Islands are finding new ways to keep the lights on. Here are four stories from our October newsletters that deserve your...
28/10/2026

Islands are finding new ways to keep the lights on. Here are four stories from our October newsletters that deserve your attention ⚡

This month:
🔸 Greece’s Agios Efstratios now gets 91% of its electricity from wind, solar and battery storage.
🔸 The Comoros plans a 15 MW geothermal plant and tests solar minigrids.
🔸 Pacific Island ministers advance talks on a shared 100% renewable roadmap at Pre-COP31.
🔸 Ireland’s Aran Islands look to high-flying kites for clean power.

Get more island news and solutions like this at islandinnovation.co/network/newsletter

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The Brightside is a social media series about positive island stories.

27/10/2026

"Pacific communities have adapted to environmental change for generations… It’s the scale and intensity that has changed." 🎤

At the Virtual Island Summit 2026, Nita Green - Senator for Queensland looked ahead to COP31 and shared Australia’s priorities heading into the conference:

- Reduce its own emissions and reach net zero by 2050
- Advocate for the world’s largest emitters to do the same
- Put Pacific partners front and centre

Watch the recordings: virtualislandsummit.com

Island Innovation facilitated the Biosphere Innovation Lab at the Isle of Man Sustainable Finance Symposium 2026 🌳Financ...
23/10/2026

Island Innovation facilitated the Biosphere Innovation Lab at the Isle of Man Sustainable Finance Symposium 2026 🌳

Finance Isle of Man's main goal with the organisation of this event was to put the island’s biosphere identity at the centre of its sustainable finance agenda.

Participants designed investment concepts grounded in the island’s status as the world’s first and only whole-nation UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, which will be fed into the Isle of Man’s Sustainable Finance Roadmap.

Our sincere thanks to Paul Blake and the Finance Isle of Man team for hosting us. We look forward to building a strong partnership moving forward.

Island Innovation organises institutional events and workshops for sustainable development in islands. Get in touch with our team at the link in bio.

Effective conservation does not ask communities to choose between the ocean and their livelihoods; it removes the choice...
19/10/2026

Effective conservation does not ask communities to choose between the ocean and their livelihoods; it removes the choice.

In Zanzibar, what began as an effort to protect turtle nests grew into a hatchery, coral nurseries, ocean education classes, tourism guidelines, and sea cucumber farms offering an alternate source of livelihood.

Under The Wave grew into what it is from a decade of listening to the communities who depend on the same waters.

Each programme arrived because the one before it revealed a wider problem. Together, they add up to something rarer than any single intervention: a conservation model that serves the community and the ocean at the same time.

This is the sixth edition of The Islands We Carry, a storytelling series featuring sustainable development initiatives from island communities worldwide.

Read the full article at https://www.islandinnovation.com/content/articles/how-matemwe-is-building-a-future-where-people-and-nature-thrive

16/10/2026

The last quarter of 2026 is underway, and our calendar is packed with international forums, capacity-building programmes, and COP31 🗓️

Last month, we wrapped the Virtual Island Summit 2026, and recently kicked off the Island Blue Economies Course, the fourth edition of our Island Sustainable Development Programme (ISDP) Series. For the next few months, we continue advancing island sustainable development through in-person events around the world.

We now head into a busy stretch with:
▪️The Sustainable Finance Symposium with Finance Isle of Man.
▪️A week-long COP31 Climate Negotiation Training in Cabo Verde.
▪️The Inter-Island Tourism Policy Forum in Jeju.
▪️A 4-day Forum with Green Overseas Programme.
▪️And COP31 in Antalya to close out the year.

To get involved in future events, get in touch with our team: https://www.islandinnovation.com/contact.

The VIS2026 Facebook live streams are expiring soon, but the sessions aren’t going anywhere.All recordings from the Virt...
13/10/2026

The VIS2026 Facebook live streams are expiring soon, but the sessions aren’t going anywhere.

All recordings from the Virtual Island Summit 2026 are now on our YouTube channel, free to watch whenever. Three days of conversations on island resilience, energy, climate finance and community-led development, all in one place.

▶️ Watch and subscribe here: https://www.youtube.com//streams

❗CLOSING SOON ❗ Enrolment for the Island Blue Economies Course ends on October 9.Island Innovation’s 8-week online cours...
06/10/2026

❗CLOSING SOON ❗ Enrolment for the Island Blue Economies Course ends on October 9.

Island Innovation’s 8-week online course, "Island Blue Economies: Building Ocean Livelihoods That Last," starts October 13, and slots are extremely limited at this point 🌊

You'll learn with island practitioners and expert guests, covering fisheries governance, ocean finance, and how island communities can keep more of the value the ocean creates.

Participants who complete the course receive a Certificate of Professional Development and lifetime access to a global network of island practitioners.

This is your last chance to secure your spot at islandinnovation.co/course.

The Pacific does not wait for global climate negotiations to arrive. It shapes them before they begin. 📄Pre-COP31 opens ...
05/10/2026

The Pacific does not wait for global climate negotiations to arrive. It shapes them before they begin. 📄

Pre-COP31 opens on October 5 in Fiji and Tuvalu, bringing together 2,000+ delegates for a ministerial gathering that sets negotiation priorities ahead of COP31 in Antalya in November.

Pacific Islands Forum ministers had formally declared COP31 a "Pacific COP," but a prolonged dispute between Australia and Türkiye over hosting rights ended in a compromise - Türkiye hosts the formal summit, Australia holds the COP presidency, and the Pacific hosts the Pre-COP. For island nations, this week is the closest thing to the COP they were promised.

Swipe to see what is at stake and what Pacific leaders are bringing to the table.

Read the full story: islandinnovation.co/content/articles/pre-cop31-in-fiji-why-islands-are-shaping-the-climate-agenda-before-cop31

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