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UN Secretary General at AOSIS Leaders Conference: “Polluters Must Pay”
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UN Secretary General at AOSIS Leaders Conference: “Polluters Must Pay” Small Island Developing States leaders determine their direction on critical issues for COP27, focusing on loss and damage and the MVI NEW YORK 22ND September, 2022 – The Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) is adamant that at COP27 major emitters must do right by…
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AOSIS: UNGA77 Must Be A Milestone For Loss and Damage Response Finance
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AOSIS: UNGA77 Must Be A Milestone For Loss and Damage Response Finance The Alliance of Small Island States says its inhabitants are nearing their limit, and it is urgent that the world unite in support of Loss and damage response finance for the world’s most climate-vulnerable countries, ahead of COP27 Wednesday 14th September, 2022: During…
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How the Ukraine crisis raises the costs of climate change for poor nations
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“[These] governments have largely been bankrolling or paying for their adaptation,” Janine Felson, Belize ambassador and co-lead Climate Finance Negotiator at the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), told TRT World. “They will have to take a bit of a pain killer to swallow the cost,” Felson says, “which means that national budgets will have…
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UN leaders call on international community to support SIDS recovery
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Shahid opened the Wadadli Action Platform, which took place on August 8 and 9, 2022 at St John’s, Antigua, hosted by Antigua and Barbuda in its capacity as chair of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) in partnership with the governments of Denmark and the United Kingdom.
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Make polluters pay for climate adaptation, voluntary carbon market body proposes
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The move was backed by the Alliance of Small Island States. “The voluntary carbon market is a significant and growing source of climate finance,” said Conrod Hunte, of Antigua and Barbuda, chair of the Alliance of Small Island Developing States.
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HELP WANTED: Self-starter to run U.N. climate program
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“I would want to see a person who is on urgency, urgency, urgency because that is critical for us,” said Conrod Hunte, lead negotiator for the Alliance of Small Island States. That means someone who is focused on the agenda and able to concentrate on areas that can bring parties together, he added.
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AOSIS Pushes Progress On Loss and Damage Finance Facility
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SIDS climate negotiators chart way forward for climate at AOSIS regional workshops Thursday 11th August, 2022: The operationalisation of a Loss and Damage Finance Facility is an urgent issue for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) that grapple with servicing loans to recover from extreme climate disasters and slow-onset impacts, at the cost of sustainable development.…
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Leaders Call On International Community To Support SIDS Recovery
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Presidents of the UN General Assembly, Caribbean Development Bank, and other leaders highlight need for MVI, social and economic transformation, strengthened international commitments at recently concluded Wadadli Action Platform Wednesday 10th August 2022: H.E. Mr. Abdulla Shahid, President of the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly, called on the international community to strengthen…
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WADADLI ACTION PLATFORM
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THE WADADLI ACTION PLATFORM 8-9 AUGUST 2022 JOHN E. ST. LUCE FINANCE & CONFERENCE CENTER ST. JOHN’S, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA Small Island Developing States (SIDS) continue to face the combined challenges arising from geographical remoteness, small scale of economies, high costs and the adverse effects of climate change and natural disasters. These challenges have been…
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Historic Wadadli Action Platform Set To Advance Action For SIDS Resilience
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AOSIS will convene international SIDS leaders’ meeting to map out a sustainable pathway amidst post-pandemic recovery Thursday 4th August, 2022: Leaders of Small Islands Developing States (SIDS) from the Pacific, Caribbean, and African, Indian Ocean and South China Sea states will converge at the Wadadli Action Platform to address the most critical issues that hinder…