Alliance of Small Island States

Year: 2021

  • 2022 AOSIS Fellowship Applications – Due 5 Jan 2022

    2022 AOSIS Fellowship Applications – Due 5 Jan 2022

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    2021, Macroeconomics, Sustainable Development

    Designed to meet the specific needs of SIDS, the AOSIS Fellowship Programme is a unique opportunity for young professionals from Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) countries to get hands-on training and experience on issues of law, policy, and science, and to build enduring capacity in AOSIS member governments to engage in international processes. During…

  • Statement at Action and Solidarity – the Critical Decade

    Statement at Action and Solidarity – the Critical Decade

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    2021, Climate, COP25, Mitigation, UNFCCC

    Excellencies and colleagues It is through gritted teeth I say that it is a pleasure to be with you here today. We are here to deliver on commitments made but we are closing out 2021 with ambition that puts us on a pathway to overshooting the 1.5 goal. Ambition is our litmus test. There are…

  • Island Nations: COP26 might be the “last stand” to keep 1.5C alive

    Island Nations: COP26 might be the “last stand” to keep 1.5C alive

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    2021, Adaptation, Climate, COP26, UNFCCC

    Glasgow – 1 November 2021 – Small island states have laid down the gauntlet ahead of critical showdown climate talks in Glasgow, Scotland. Citing the “terrifying” implications of the Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change’s latest scientific report, lead negotiator for the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), Lia Nicholson did not mince words in her…

  • AOSIS Statement at COP26 World Leaders’ Summit

    AOSIS Statement at COP26 World Leaders’ Summit

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    2021, Climate, COP25, Mitigation, UNFCCC

    Excellencies Ladies and Gentlemen I make this statement on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States. And, I begin by thanking the Government of the United Kingdom for hosting this important World Leaders’ Summit – from which much is expected. Small island developing states attend this meeting troubled, that the world is teetering dangerously…

  • AOSIS Statement at COP26 Opening Plenary

    AOSIS Statement at COP26 Opening Plenary

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    2021, Climate, COP26, Mitigation, UNFCCC

    I have the honor to deliver these remarks on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States in alignment with the statement delivered by the Group of 77 and China. Introduction We would first like to thank the Government of the United Kingdom for their outstanding efforts to enable COP-26 during this critical year. This…

  • AOSIS Pavilion at COP26

    AOSIS Pavilion at COP26

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    2021, Climate, COP26, Mitigation, UNFCCC

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  • SIDS target 10 GW total installed renewable energy capacity by 2030

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    2021, Climate

    Target and Timeframe: The Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Lighthouses Initiative (LHI) is setting a target of 10 GW total installed renewable energy (RE) capacity in all SIDS by 2030. Context for the ambition: In launching the second phase of the SIDS Lighthouses Initiative (LHI) in 2018, SIDS and development partners endorsed that the SIDS…

  • SIDS share outcome on 2021 Health Summit of island nations

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    2021, Sustainable Development

    WHO-SIDS Summit Antigua and Barbuda and The World Health Organization co-organized the first ever SIDS Summit for Health: For a healthy and resilient future in Small Island Developing States. The virtual Summit took place from 28-29 June 2021. The Summit was part of the COVID-19 pandemic response as articulated by the Chair and formed a…