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  • AOSIS Press Statement on the upcoming ICJ Advisory Opinion on Climate Change

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    Climate, Loss & Damage

    For the world’s most vulnerable, the upcoming Advisory Opinion from the International Court of Justice on Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change is a milestone after decades of our calls for international accountability. On Wednesday 23rd July, all eyes will be on the Hague as the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivers its…

  • Small Islands: COP29 Presidency Must Commit To Urgent Delivery of Climate Commitments

    Small Islands: COP29 Presidency Must Commit To Urgent Delivery of Climate Commitments

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    2024, Climate, COP27, Mitigation, UNFCCC

    Small Islands: COP29 Presidency Must Commit To Urgent Delivery of Climate Commitments Countries which are hardest hit by the climate crisis are calling for the pivotal Copenhagen Ministerial to transform climate pledges into active implementation. New York, 20th March 2024 The most significant political global gathering on climate change since COP28 is just a day…

  • The Mauritius Strategy of Implementation is crucial for SIDS sustainable development

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    2014, 2C, Sustainable Development

    Mr. Chairman, I would like to associate my delegation with… I would also like to refer to the statement I made in the general debate in this committee, and to first of all specifically highlight the issues pertaining to the implementation of the Mauritius Strategy. Mr. Chairman, the three AOSIS regions have now completed their…

  • AOSIS Statement at the High Level Meeting on Implementation of New Urban Agenda

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    2022, GA, GA75, SDGs, Sustainable Development

    I have the honor to deliver these remarks on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS). Let me begin by thanking the President of the General Assembly for organizing this High-Level debate on strengthening the New Urban Agenda. We believe this is a timely dialogue, especially considering the global movement towards carbon neutrality…

  • Holistic approach urgently needed to address decline in coastal marine systems

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    2022, GA, GA75, Oceans, UN Oceans Conference

    Throughout this week, you have heard all about how the ocean and its finite marine resources are increasingly threatened and destroyed by unsustainable human activities, reducing their ability to provide crucial ecosystem services. For Small Island Developing states, this decline in ocean health is even more acute, as our identity, culture and livelihoods are closely…

  • SIDS target 10 GW total installed renewable energy capacity by 2030

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    2021, Climate

    Target and Timeframe: The Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Lighthouses Initiative (LHI) is setting a target of 10 GW total installed renewable energy (RE) capacity in all SIDS by 2030. Context for the ambition: In launching the second phase of the SIDS Lighthouses Initiative (LHI) in 2018, SIDS and development partners endorsed that the SIDS…

  • AOSIS Statement at COP26 World Leaders’ Summit

    AOSIS Statement at COP26 World Leaders’ Summit

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    2021, Climate, COP25, Mitigation, UNFCCC

    Excellencies Ladies and Gentlemen I make this statement on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States. And, I begin by thanking the Government of the United Kingdom for hosting this important World Leaders’ Summit – from which much is expected. Small island developing states attend this meeting troubled, that the world is teetering dangerously…

  • November Newsletter: Message from the Chair of AOSIS

    November Newsletter: Message from the Chair of AOSIS

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    2023, Adaptation, Climate, COP27, UNFCCC

    AOSIS NEWSLETTER – NOVEMBER 2023 • Message from the Chair of AOSIS H.E. Fatumanava-o-Upolu III Dr Pa’olelei Luteru Talofa reader, As we near the end of what has been an extraordinary year, we find ourselves on the cusp of another pivotal climate change summit. After agreeing to a seminal new AOSIS Leaders Declaration in September,…

  • AOSIS Chair Address at the High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development

    AOSIS Chair Address at the High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development

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    2024, SDGs, Sustainable Development

    Excellencies, Distinguished delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, It would be remiss of me to not begin my remarks without expressing our deepest condolences to and solidarity with the Governments and peoples of the affected countries following the passage of Hurricane Beryl in the Caribbean last week. In the blink of an eye, small island states were…

  • We need transformation and systems transition to manage the climate crisis

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    2022, Climate, UNFCCC

    • Thank you for convening this meeting. I am speaking on behalf of AOSIS and, in fact, calling in from Copenhagen. • Noting the time, let me recap several key points. • Colleagues, the resounding message from the IPCC AR6 reports, is that we must deliver nothing short of transformation – to paraphrase, transformation and…