Category: Press Release
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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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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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A New Era of Island Leadership: Samoa is AOSIS Chair
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A New Era of Island Leadership: Samoa is AOSIS Chair The influential negotiating bloc of small island developing States will now be headed by a Pacific country, commemorated during official handover from outgoing Chair, Antigua and Barbuda 31st January, 2023 At a special Plenary meeting on Monday 30th January, 2023 featuring the official handover ceremony,…
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Historic Loss and Damage Fund established at COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh
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AOSIS Chair COP27 Statement: “A mission 30 years in the making, accomplished” Historic loss and damage response fund to assist and support developing countries is finally established at UN climate summit Closing of COP27, Sharm El Sheikh, November, 2022 STATEMENT FROM AOSIS CHAIR, THE HONOURABLE MINISTER MOLWYN JOSEPH, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA AOSIS promised the world…
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AOSIS Chair COP27 Statement: “Failure On Loss And Damage Fund Is A Failure For The World”
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AOSIS Chair COP27 Statement: “Failure On Loss And Damage Fund Is A Failure For The World” Small Island Developing States leaders express fear that many developed countries are backtracking on commitment to make progress on critical loss and damage response finance to assist vulnerable countries recover from climate change impacts COP27, Egypt, 16th November, 2022…
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Island Nations demand action on Debt and Concessional Financing
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Island Nations demand action on Debt and Concessional financing during IMF-World Bank Meetings WASHINGTON DC 14TH October, 2022 – The Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) and the OECD-DAC convened their first ever joint Ministerial Level Meeting during the annual IMF-World Bank Fall Meetings in Washington on Friday 14th October to discuss solutions to the…
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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…