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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…

  • Multi-Stakeholder Round Table 5: Realizing a development-oriented sovereign debt architecture

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    Finance, Sustainable Development

    INTERVENTION ON BEHALF OF THE ALLIANCE OF SMALL ISLAND STATES (AOSIS) Multi-Stakeholder Round Table 5: Realizing a development-oriented sovereign debt architecture 2 July 2025 Thank you Co-Chairs, I have the honor to deliver these remarks on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS). Small Island Developing States are facing deep and protracted debt…

  • EU’S DIALOGUE ON CLIMATE FINANCE FOR SIDS AND LDCS

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    Finance, Sustainable Development

    CHAIR’S STATEMENT EU’S DIALOGUE ON CLIMATE FINANCE FOR SIDS AND LDCS 29th June 2025 Excellencies, colleagues, 1. I would first like to the thank the European Union for their invitation to this dialogue on the crucial issue of climate finance for small island developing States (SIDS) and least developed countries (LDCs) 2. For SIDS, last…

  • 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:…

  • Blueprint for Ocean and Coastal Sustainability

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    2011, Blue Economy, Oceans

    The Blueprint for Ocean and Coastal Sustainability, otherwise known as the Blue Paper, launched here today in Paris, and produced as a result of a collaboration between our hosts, UNESCO, as well as other instrumental agencies including the UNDP, FAO, IOC and IMO provides an excellent guide for approaching discussions on oceans management within the…

  • Statement at Action and Solidarity – the Critical Decade

    Statement at Action and Solidarity – the Critical Decade

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    2021, Climate, COP25, Mitigation, UNFCCC

    Excellencies and colleagues It is through gritted teeth I say that it is a pleasure to be with you here today. We are here to deliver on commitments made but we are closing out 2021 with ambition that puts us on a pathway to overshooting the 1.5 goal. Ambition is our litmus test. There are…

  • 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…

  • Modalities for Including Afforestation and Reforestation Project Activities under the CDM

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    2003, Climate, Markets and Non-Market Approaches, UNFCCC

    Samoa, on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) welcomes the opportunity to submit its views on issues related to modalities for including afforestation and reforestation project activities under the Clean Development Mechanism in the first commitment period taking account the inputs identified in paragraph 2 of the Annex to FCCC/SBSTA/2002/L.8. At the…

  • Call for more ambitious global action to protect oceans

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    2022, GA, GA75, Oceans, UN Oceans Conference

    I have the honor of delivering this statement on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), the group of countries that are most reliant on oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development, due to our unique characteristics, dependence and particular exposure to the ocean and its biodiversity. As the historic custodians of…

  • SIDS Advance Historic Achievement of BBNJ Treaty

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    2023, BBNJ, Oceans

    SIDS Advance Historic Achievement of BBNJ Treaty Landmark UN agreement transforms the way the world manages and protects the high seas 5th March, 2023 After almost a decade of tireless work from small island developing States (SIDS) negotiators and United Nations colleagues, a clean text agreement to ensure the conservation and sustainable use of marine…