ArticleBarbados: Country of the Year
At the 2026 Climate Smart Summit, Barbados was recognised as Climate-Smart Country of the Year during the inaugural Climate Smart Awards for its regional leadership in advancing sustainable development.
Published under Systems Change Lab, this Report features analysis from Climate, Climate, Energy, Food, Forests, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities, Finance, Clean Energy, and Buildings.

Published under Systems Change Lab, this Report features analysis from Climate, Climate, Energy, Food, Forests, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities, Finance, Clean Energy, and Buildings. Reach out to Sophie Boehm for more information.
Authors Sophie Boehm, Louise Jeffery, Judit Hecke, Clea Schumer, Joel Jaeger, Claire Fyson, Kelly Levin, Anna Nilsson, Stephen Naimoli, Emily Daly, Joe Thwaites, Katie Lebling, Richard Waite, Jason Collis, Michelle Sims, Neelam Singh, Emma Grier, William Lamb, Sebastian Castellanos, Anderson Lee, Marie-Charlotte Geffray, Raychel Santo, Mulubrhan Balehegn, Michael Petroni and Maeve Masterson
The State of Climate Action 2023 provides the world’s most comprehensive roadmap of how to close the gap in climate action
across sectors to limit global warming to 1.5°C. It finds that recent progress toward 1.5°C-aligned targets isn’t happening at the pace and scale necessary and highlights where action must urgently accelerate this decade to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, scale up carbon removal and increase climate finance.
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ArticleAt the 2026 Climate Smart Summit, Barbados was recognised as Climate-Smart Country of the Year during the inaugural Climate Smart Awards for its regional leadership in advancing sustainable development.
ArticleDuring a recent meeting with the Caribbean Development Bank and other partners, we were asked a powerful question: What interventions are we making to ensure the energy transition is more gender equitable?
Insight & CommentaryIn October 2024, leaders from 10 island nations and territories gathered in Honolulu, Hawaii, for the third cohort of the Blue Planet Alliance Fellowship Program.