Alliance of Small Island States

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  • AOSIS comments on the findings of the IPCC’s Third Assessment Report

    Published on

    1998, Climate, SB8, UNFCCC

    AOSIS members wishes to express their sincere appreciation to the excellent work done to date by the IPCC and its Bureau. It noted with appreciation the information provided by the Chairman and the Chairman-elect at the present sessions of the Subsidiary Bodies to the UNFCCC, particularly regarding the Third Assessment Report (TAR). AOSIS gives its…

  • Statement by AOSIS on SIDS and Energy for Sustainable Deelopment

    Published on

    1995, Climate, COP1, UNFCCC

    Mr. Chairman, honorable Ministers, Excellencies, It is an honor for me to represent the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) here at this meeting, and to share with you some of our concerns with what we as Small Island Developing States (SIDS) consider to be the question of energy for sustainable development. Energy is required…

  • AOSIS presents a draft protocol to the UNFCCC on GHG emissions reductions

    Published on

    1995, Climate, COP1, Mitigation, UNFCCC

    Mr. Chairman, I wish to thank you and members of the Committee for this opportunity to introduce the Draft Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change on Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction, which was submitted by Trinidad and Tobago on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States in September 1994 in accordance…

  • AOSIS presents a Draft Protocol to the UNFCCC

    Published on

    1995, Climate, COP1, Mitigation, UNFCCC

    This briefing has been prepared as a guide to the text of a Draft Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change on Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction (Draft Protocol), submitted by the government of Trinidad and Tobago on behalf the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) for consideration by the Parties to the…

  • Criteria for Joint Implementation under the Negotiating Committee for the Climate Change Convention

    Published on

    1994, Climate, UNFCCC

    The Alliance of Small Island States wish to thank the Secretariat for its paper, A/AC.237/35. This provided a helpful starting point for discussions about joint implementation under the Framework Convention on Climate Change at INC8. These initial discussions, and the subsequent comments submitted by countries contained in document A/AC,237/Misc.33, provide a range of views about…

  • Creating the Framework Convention on Climate Change

    Published on

    1991, Climate, UNFCCC

    Statement on commitments submitted by the delegation of Vanuatu on behalf of the States members of the Alliance of Small Island States to working Group I at the fourth meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee. We have the honour of submitting, on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), this statement setting forth…

  • An Insurance mechanism for the consequences of sea level rise

    Published on

    1991, Climate, Loss & Damage, UNFCCC

    The Parties recognize that: (1) There should be established, as an integral part of the Framework Convention on Climate Change, an International climate Fund to finance measures to counter the adverse consequences of climate change, and a separate International Insurance Pool to provide Einancial insurance against the consequences of sea level rise; (2) Revenue for…

  • The 1991 Proposal on Elements for a Framework Convention on Climate Change

    Published on

    1991, Climate, Mitigation, UNFCCC

    Elements of a FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE 4 June 1991 PART I. INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL MATTERS 1. PREAMBLE 1.1 Problem overwhelming importance of climate to the global environment and to human society Need to protect atmosphere Scientific observation that human activity is affecting climate in a manner that i s unpredictable and potentially catastrophic…