In the majority of SIDS there is a high dependence on international financing to support adaptation to slow- and rapid-onset events . However, funds tend to be geared towards supporting sectoral-level adaptation initiatives for vulnerable natural resource sectors such as water, biodiversity and coastal zones . Considering low-income small islands such as Comoros, Haiti, and São Tomé and Príncipe, international modalities do little to address the root causes of vulnerability or to support system-wide transformations . Although countries like Trinidad and Tobago have amassed oil wealth, the profits are not invested in a way that benefits environmental goals . In Mauritius, a lack of financial resources for climate change adaptation has been recognised as a specific impediment at the district council level .
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