Kanni Wignaraja is U.N. assistant secretary-general and director of the U.N. Development Program's Asia and the Pacific bureau.
Island nations are transitioning to renewable energy and cleaner transport

Samoa and other Pacific island states are not large emitters or polluters but are bearing the brunt of natural disaster shocks, coastal erosion and sea warming. © Reuters
Kanni Wignaraja is U.N. assistant secretary-general and director of the U.N. Development Program's Asia and the Pacific bureau.