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Climate-vulnerable nations demand more financial support in COP26 draft deal
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Aubrey Webson, U.N. ambassador for Antigua and Barbuda and chair of the Alliance of Small Island States, said the deal needed to be strengthened to help the most vulnerable, particularly with finance to adopt clean energy and cope with climate change impacts.
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Make polluters pay for climate adaptation, voluntary carbon market body proposes
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The move was backed by the Alliance of Small Island States. “The voluntary carbon market is a significant and growing source of climate finance,” said Conrod Hunte, of Antigua and Barbuda, chair of the Alliance of Small Island Developing States.
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Billionaire investor threatens to pull out of UK amid global outcry at new oil rush
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Dr Pa’olelei Luteru, the chair of the Alliance of Small Island States, which includes countries suffering some of the worst effects of global heating including Antigua and Barbuda, Fiji and the Maldives, said countries must heed the best available science that points to the need to reduce emissions by 45% by 2030, and reach net…
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Climate change: Which countries will foot the bill?
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“All countries that are able, must contribute to global climate finance,” said Ambassador Pa’olelei Luteru, who chairs the Alliance of Small Island States. The bigger issue, Luteru said, is which of the poor and most vulnerable countries will be in line to receive it.
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Pre-COP Plenary Roundtable: Pathways to 2030
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Date: Monday, 30 October 2023 Session 1: Plenary Roundtable: Pathways to 2030 Guiding Questions 1. How can we ensure that the COP28 outcomes set the path for increasing ambition and enable all countries to overcome the implementation challenges they face at a national level to deliver a collective course correction by 2030 through pathways based…
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Spotlight on Sustainable Development: THE MULTIDIMENSIONAL VULNERABILITY INDEX (MVI)
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THE MULTIDIMENSIONAL VULNERABILITY INDEX (MVI) The Multidimensional Vulnerability Index (MVI) is a tool which finally takes the special circumstances of SIDS into account, designed to help us access critical support to drive sustainable development. The UN expert High Level Panel (HLP) is finalizing their final report on the MVI and their recommendations and it is…
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Rich countries still don’t want to pay their climate change tab
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“There were a lot of very positive statements,” said Janine Felson, deputy head of the Belize delegation and an adviser to the Alliance of Small Island States, a negotiating bloc of 39 island and low-lying countries. “What we are seeing, though, in the [negotiating] room is very different. It’s more business as usual, so rhetoric…
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HELP WANTED: Self-starter to run U.N. climate program
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“I would want to see a person who is on urgency, urgency, urgency because that is critical for us,” said Conrod Hunte, lead negotiator for the Alliance of Small Island States. That means someone who is focused on the agenda and able to concentrate on areas that can bring parties together, he added.
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A Landmark UN Treaty Is Poised to Curb Exploitation of the Ocean
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“Activities on the high seas have a very strong impact on us, our territorial waters,” said negotiator Ismail Zahir, a representative for Samoa and a principal adviser to the Alliance of Small Island States. “The way that we see it, there’s no point in having this treaty unless we acknowledge the fact that the benefits…
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The benefits of the Multi-dimensional Vulnerability Index (MVI) explained
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MVI TALKING POINTS TO SERVE AS INPUTS INTO STATEMENTS FROM SIDS MEMBER STATES [UNGA HIGH LEVEL WEEK 2022] WHAT IS AN MVI AND WHY IS IT NEEDED? • Small Island Developing States are the frontline of multiple world crises – including climate change and debt. Everything is more expensive for SIDS because they are remote…