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INFORMAL MINISTERIAL DIALOGUE NEW COLLECTIVE QUANTIFIED GOAL ON CLIMATE FINANCE
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Excellencies, Colleagues, ● It is my pleasure to address you all in my capacity as Chair of the Alliance of Small Island States. ● Firstly, I must express gratitude to COP 29 President designate for convening this dialogue on what could be one of the most consequential catalysts for achieving the Paris Agreement – the…
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We need transformation and systems transition to manage the climate crisis
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• 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…
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Small Island Nations Seize Historic Opportunity to Push for Bold New Global Climate Finance Goal
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Small Island Leaders gear up to battle for crucial new Climate Finance Goal at the pivotal UN climate change negotiations, COP29, to maintain the 1.5C global warming limit and defend against climate chaos 10th November 2024 – Baku, Azerbaijan Amidst recent unprecedented climate events which have left numerous countries grappling with devastating loss of life…
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PreCOP Ministerial Opening
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Ministerial Roundtable Monday 13 October – 10:00-11:45; Mutirao Plenary Room (5th Floor) [COP30 President-Designate, André Corrêa do Lago] [COP29 President, Mukhtar Babayev] [UNFCCC Executive Secretary, Simon Stiell] [Acting President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, Geraldo Alckmin] Distinguished Ministers, Excellencies, Friends, Palau has the honour to engage at this Pre-COP on behalf of the Alliance…
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Holistic approach urgently needed to address decline in coastal marine systems
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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…
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EU’S DIALOGUE ON CLIMATE FINANCE FOR SIDS AND LDCS
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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…
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Statement at opening of SIDS Universities Consortium
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Your Excellency Mr Turnbell, Governor of the United States Virgin Islands, Honourable Senators, Ms Ragster President of the University of Virgin Islands, Distinguished Representatives of the Universities of SIDS Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a pleasure and an honour to be invited to say a few words at this opening ceremony. Many of you will…
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SIDS share outcome on 2021 Health Summit of island nations
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WHO-SIDS Summit Antigua and Barbuda and The World Health Organization co-organized the first ever SIDS Summit for Health: For a healthy and resilient future in Small Island Developing States. The virtual Summit took place from 28-29 June 2021. The Summit was part of the COVID-19 pandemic response as articulated by the Chair and formed a…
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Climate change must be treated in the Sustainable Development Goals as a cross cutting issue
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Co-Chairs, Nauru has the honor to speak on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), a group of 44 countries extremely vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change. Climate change is an urgent threat to humanity. While SIDS, are among those that contribute least to global climate change, we are among those…
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AOSIS Ministerial Declaration on Climate Change in Buenos Aires
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We, the Ministers and other heads of delegation of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) present at the tenth session of the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Buenos Aires, Noting with alarm the devastating effect that hurricanes in the Caribbean and cyclones in the Pacific wreaked…