Alliance of Small Island States

Category: Submission

  • Further cooperation is needed between the UNFCCC, the CBD and the CCD

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    2001, Climate, SB15, UNFCCC

    Samoa, on behalf of the Alliance of Small Islands States (AOSIS) welcomes this opportunity to submit its initial views on the issue of “Cooperation between the Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Convention to Combat Desertification”. At present the implementation of the UNFCCC, the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)…

  • AOSIS contributes to work on developing methods to assess climate change impacts

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    2001, Climate, SB15, UNFCCC

    Samoa, on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) welcomes this opportunity to provide comments on the report of the adaptation workshop contained in FCCC/SBSTA/2001/Inf.4 and the conclusions therein. AOSIS also wishes to provide further views on the general approaches to adaptation work under the Convention, in light of the decision on guidance…

  • AOSIS elaborates its position on land use, land use change and forestry

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    2000, Climate, Markets and Non-Market Approaches, SB13, UNFCCC

    Samoa, on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States, is pleased to have this opportunity to further elaborate on the AOSIS position on land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF). This submission builds on previous submissions and statements by AOSIS and its spokespersons. It is necessary to also bear in mind that AOSIS…

  • AOSIS outlines SIDS Capacity Building needs

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    2000, Climate, SB12, UNFCCC

    Introduction This submission is made by Samoa on behalf of members of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS). It refers to the decision taken at the 5th Conference of the Parties on capacity building (10/CP.5). The purpose of this submission is to assist the Secretariat in its efforts to prepare work on a capacity…

  • AOSIS comments on decision tools for evaluating alternative adaptation strategies

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    1999, Climate, COP5, UNFCCC

    The Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) welcomed the informal report provided by the Secretariat at the last meeting of SBSTA in Bonn this year. AOSIS is very interested in furthering the work on adaptation, especially for coastal areas. AOSIS Member States have been grappling with the need to find cost-effective and technically feasible options…

  • AOSIS Submission on decision tools to evaluate alternative adaptation strategies to climate change

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    1999, Adaptation, Climate, SB11, UNFCCC

    The Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) welcomed the informal report provided by the Secretariat at the last meeting of SBSTA in Bonn this year. AOSIS is very interested in furthering the work on adaptation, especially for coastal areas. AOSIS Member States have been grappling with the need to find cost-effective and technically feasible options…

  • AOSIS Submission on decision tools to evaluate alternative adaptation strategies to climate change

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    1999, Adaptation, Climate, UNFCCC

    The Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) welcomed the informal report provided by the Secretariat at the last meeting of SBSTA in Bonn this year. AOSIS is very interested in furthering the work on adaptation, especially for coastal areas. AOSIS Member States have been grappling with the need to find cost-effective and technically feasible options…

  • AOSIS shares views to be discussed at the Expert Workshop on funding, insurance and technology transfer

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    1999, Climate, SB10, UNFCCC

    Introduction The Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) welcomes this opportunity to further elaborate on the issues relating to articles 4.8 and 4.9. These articles are of fundamental importance to developing countries, in particular AOSIS, but unfortunately they have not received the necessary attention up until now. AOSIS sees this as an important opportunity to…

  • National Communications are valuable for conveying the adverse effects of climate change

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    1999, Climate, SB10, UNFCCC

    Introduction The Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) welcomes this opportunity to further elaborate on the issues relating to articles 4.8 and 4.9. These articles are of fundamental importance to developing countries, in particular AOSIS, but unfortunately they have not received the necessary attention up until now. AOSIS sees this as an important opportunity to…

  • AOSIS share initial views on Technology and Technology Transfer

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    1998, Climate, COP4, UNFCCC

    Introduction AOSIS welcomes this opportunity to present further views on the development and transfer of technologies, especially as this relates to technology and technology information needs of developing countries. Several member States of AOSIS have in the past responded to the survey prepared by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Secretariat, and this…