States like Samoa face brutal 2027 storm season – every dollar of ‘climate cash’ counts for small islands

By Emily Wilkinson, Principal Research Fellow, Global Risks and Resilience, ODI Global
George Carter, Senior Fellow and Head of the Department of Pacific Affairs, Australian National University

Every nation is grappling with climate change, but a super El Niño is about to collide with the 2026-27 South Pacific cyclone season. This presents one of the toughest challenges yet for the world’s small island nations.

Samoa is on high alert. These islands have had a turbulent recent history with drought, heat and cyclones. In the 1980s, the El Niño cycle (when certain parts of the Pacific are warmer…

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