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AOSIS STATEMENT ON ELECTION OF SIDS REPRESENTATIVES TO IPCC CHAIRMANSHIP
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Small island developing states (SIDS) hope for focus on topics critical to vulnerable countries, particularly pathways to keep global commitment to 1.5°C warming limit. 28th July, 2023 Small island developing states (SIDS) will be strongly represented in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Seventh Assessment Report (AR7) Bureau, with the newly elected Working Group…
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MVI Part 1 – For the Future of SIDS
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Small island developing states (SIDS) continuously call attention to the need for support, in light of our vulnerabilities which leave us lagging behind the rest of the world. Our calls fall on deaf ears to devastating effect, creating larger and larger barriers to respond to the climate crisis, advancing debt, and external shocks. Our words…
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Statement on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) at the joint SBSTA and SBI Closing Plenary (SB58)
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Executive Secretary Stiell Distinguished Chairs of the Subsidiary Bodies Colleagues Samoa delivers this statement on behalf of the 39 members of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS). [We associate ourselves with the statement made by the Group of 77 and China.] AOSIS wishes to begin by reminding the world that this process is supposed…
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AOSIS Chair Statement at Briefing on the Climate Action Summit
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Briefing on the Climate Action Summit June 9, 2023 Statement by AOSIS Excellencies, colleagues, I would like to start by thanking the Deputy Secretary-General for convening this briefing on the Climate Action Summit. We believe this meeting is crucial in bringing the necessary political momentum to deliver the climate action we need in order to…
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AOSIS and IRENA Sign MOU Aiming To Strengthen Small Islands
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AOSIS and IRENA Sign MOU Aiming To Strengthen Small Islands 6th June, 2023 At the opening of the Bonn Climate Change Conference on Monday 5th June, the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) and The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) met to sign a seminal Memorandum of Understanding. This significant move deepens a partnership between…
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AOSIS to major economies at pivotal Bonn Climate Change Conference: “Radically Reduce Fossil Fuels Now, Stay Within 1.5°C”
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At SB 58, the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) called on major economies to radically reduce fossil fuels, make good on unfulfilled pacts, and implement their plans to reduce the impacts of climate change. The Bonn Climate Change Conference – SB 58 (the 58th sessions of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice…
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AOSIS OPENING STATEMENT: UNFCCC JOINT SBSTA AND SBI OPENING PLENARY (SB 58)
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FULL VERSION OF STATEMENT CAN BE DOWNLOADED VIA PDF ABOVE Executive Secretary Stiell Chairs of the Subsidiary Bodies Excellencies Colleagues I am pleased to deliver this statement on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States, and we align ourselves with the intervention by the Group of 77 and China. The full version of our…
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A Landmark UN Treaty Is Poised to Curb Exploitation of the Ocean
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“Activities on the high seas have a very strong impact on us, our territorial waters,” said negotiator Ismail Zahir, a representative for Samoa and a principal adviser to the Alliance of Small Island States. “The way that we see it, there’s no point in having this treaty unless we acknowledge the fact that the benefits…
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SIDS Advance Historic Achievement of BBNJ Treaty
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SIDS Advance Historic Achievement of BBNJ Treaty Landmark UN agreement transforms the way the world manages and protects the high seas 5th March, 2023 After almost a decade of tireless work from small island developing States (SIDS) negotiators and United Nations colleagues, a clean text agreement to ensure the conservation and sustainable use of marine…
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Presentation to Member States on the Report of the Midterm Review of the Sendai Framework: Main findings and recommendations
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Intervention on behalf of AOSIS: 1. Let me begin by thanking the co-facilitators, Australia and Indonesia, for organizing this briefing and the special representative of the Secretary General on Disaster Risk Reduction for presenting the report on the midterm review on the implementation of the Sendai Framework. 2. As the countries that are at the…