Alliance of Small Island States

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  • AOSIS addresses harmful impact of plastic pollution at Oceans Conference

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    2022, Marine Plastic Pollution, Oceans

    Excellencies, Colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen. I’m speaking today on behalf of the 39 small island developing states that are members of the Alliance of Small Island States. Our islands are beset by all manner of environmental disasters to which we have contributed little. And now we are facing the scourge of marine pollution. The recent…

  • Small island states bat for dedicated climate money from developed countries

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    AOSIS in the News

    THE ALLIANCE of Small Island States (AOSIS) is insistent that developed countries should respond positively to the call for dedicated financing facility for victims of climate change impacts.

  • Climate change: Bonn talks end in acrimony over compensation

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    AOSIS in the News

    “The climate emergency is fast becoming a catastrophe,” said Conrod Hunte, lead negotiator for the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS). “Yet within these walls the process feels out of step with reality, the pace feels too slow,” he told delegates at the end of the meeting.

  • Progress is inadequate – SBSTA and SBI Closing Plenary (SB56) Statement

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    2022, Climate, SB56, UNFCCC

    Distinguished Chairs of the Subsidiary Bodies Colleagues Antigua and Barbuda is honoured to deliver 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. Progress is inadequate Chairs, there are some incremental steps that our…

  • GSCC Panel: Why Adaptation Finance is Critical to a COP27 Deal

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    2022, Adaptation, Climate, SB56

    Distinguished colleagues, and guests, Good Morning to you all. I am very pleased to be here with you all on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States, AOSIS, to share insights on this pivotal issue. Faced year after year with severe storms and continuous sea level rise, sea warming that affects fisheries, and coastal…

  • World’s Most Vulnerable Call for Application of Article 6 Rules to Voluntary Carbon Market

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    2022, Climate, Markets and Non-Market Approaches

    World’s Most Vulnerable Call for Application of Article 6 Rules to Voluntary Carbon Market Bonn – 8 June 2022 Two UN negotiating groups representing 85 countries exceptionally vulnerable to climate change, this week signed a joint letter to the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (IC-VCM), urging it to apply several key principles from…

  • AOSIS: Adaptation and Financing to Address Loss And Damage Take Centre Stage at Bonn Climate Change Conference

    AOSIS: Adaptation and Financing to Address Loss And Damage Take Centre Stage at Bonn Climate Change Conference

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    2022, Climate, SB56, UNFCCC

    Bonn – 7 June 2022 – The Alliance of Small Islands States, AOSIS, is adamant that developed countries heed the call to set up dedicated financing to assist Small Island Developing States (SIDS) that are ravaged by climate change impacts. This will be discussed at the 56th Session of the Subsidiary Bodies, held at the…

  • At Opening Plenary of the Bonn Climate Conference, AOSIS sets stage for COP 27

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    2022, Climate, SB56, UNFCCC

    Madam Executive Secretary Chairs of the Subsidiary Bodies Excellencies Colleagues I speak on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States, in line with the intervention by the Group of 77 and China. This year, as Parties, we have two critical challenges ahead: the first is to build accountability and follow-through to convert the Glasgow…

  • Letter to the Integrity Council of the Voluntary Carbon Markets on aligning with best practices

    Letter to the Integrity Council of the Voluntary Carbon Markets on aligning with best practices

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    2022, Climate, Markets and Non-Market Approaches

    Dear IC-VCM Board members, On behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) and the Least Developed Countries (LDC) Group, we encourage the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (IC VCM), following the conclusion of the Paris rulebook at COP-26, to look favorably upon including elements of Article 6 guidance from the rulebook:…

  • Global Environment Facility dedicates a Climate Fund for SIDS

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    2022, Adaptation, Climate

    New York – 17 May 2022 – The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has become the first UN climate fund with a dedicated window to the 30 Small Island Developing States SIDS that are not also Least Developed Countries (LDCs) to adapt to the impacts of climate change. This is a significant development for this group…