The document summarizes the key challenges facing Small Island Developing States (SIDS) related to water, waste, and climate change according to a speech given by the Minister for Works and Public Utilities of Grenada. It notes that SIDS face increasing water scarcity, flooding incidents, and pollution challenges which are exacerbated by climate change. Climate change is causing rising sea levels, warmer oceans, and changes to weather patterns that intensify hurricanes and drought. Grenada itself has experienced its worst drought in decades and seen impacts like disappearing graveyards. As head of the Alliance of Small Island States, Grenada will continue calling for limiting global warming and fulfilling climate funding commitments.

1. ADDRESS by Minister for Works and Public Utilities, Hon. Joseph Gilbert at the Opening of CWWA Conference and Exhibition on 4 th October, 2010, St. George’s, Grenada,