This occasional newsletter highlights events and stories about innovation in sustainable development for rural, remote and island regions. We want to change the discourse to demonstrate how islandness can be a driver for innovation.
About Kimara Lisana Dyer
With a background in international relations and diplomacy, Kimara was the first Dominican to be selected by the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) for the 2022 AOSIS Fellowship Programme. This programme provided her with hands-on United Nations level training to build knowledge of climate change, environmental protection, sustainable development and ocean issues. She is trained in interdisciplinary issues, winning the Caribbean Catastrophic Risk Insurance Facility scholarship to pursue a Master of Science degree which combined the study of environmental sustainability, policy and governance frameworks for environmental action, with advance training in techniques, mechanisms and policy for sustainable use and management of natural resources in the Caribbean. Kimara was also an Assistant Project Manager Assistant at the Climate Resilience Execution Agency for Dominica (CREAD). She is eager to broaden her scope on the specific areas of unfairness, inequalities, liabilities and compensation and strengthen her analytical thinking as it relates to the moral and legal responsibilities in climate Justice.