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SIDS target 10 GW total installed renewable energy capacity by 2030
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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…
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A virtual reality event to raise awareness about climate security in SIDS
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Excellencies, Colleagues, It is my privilege to provide closing remarks at this unique and innovative event. Small island developing states have and continue to live through constant assaults from climate change that undermine our peace and security. The latest global climate science findings are unambiguous: vulnerable countries will not be able to adapt to warming…
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Statement at Action and Solidarity – the Critical Decade
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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…
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Gender Responsive Climate Actions in Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
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Introduction: Small Island Developing States (SIDS) have supported and continue to support climate actions that promote gender equality and the empowerment of women and vulnerable groups. Governments and civil society actors with support from international organizations have strengthened their national policies and institutional mechanisms, planned gender responsive climate change actions, and enhanced national-level capacities to…
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Roadmap to Mission 1.5: Driving the next generation of climate action and ambition
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Roadmap to Mission 1.5: Driving the next generation of climate action and ambition 26 September 2024, 1000 – 1200 hrs at Conference Room 3 Excellencies, • AOSIS is delighted to speak here today. We welcome the joint effort by the Troika COP Presidencies to drive political momentum towards achieving the 1.5-degree goal. • Climate change…
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UN leaders call on international community to support SIDS recovery
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Shahid opened the Wadadli Action Platform, which took place on August 8 and 9, 2022 at St John’s, Antigua, hosted by Antigua and Barbuda in its capacity as chair of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) in partnership with the governments of Denmark and the United Kingdom.
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Creating the Framework Convention on Climate Change
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Statement on commitments submitted by the delegation of Vanuatu on behalf of the States members of the Alliance of Small Island States to working Group I at the fourth meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee. We have the honour of submitting, on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), this statement setting forth…
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AOSIS proposes elements on the 2013-2015 Review for SBSTA/SBI Draft Conclusions
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The SBSTA and SBI considered the final factual report of the structured expert dialogue (SED) of the 2013-2015 Review as well as submissions by Parties. The SBSTA and SBI, based on consideration of the final factual report and submissions by Parties, noted with grave concern that, according to the best available scientific knowledge, “significant climate…
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AOSIS SIDS-4 Side Event: ‘Small Islands, Plastic Oceans’
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Small Island Developing States (SIDS) rely heavily on the marine environment for essential ecosystem services, socio-cultural ties, livelihoods, and economic growth and development, including through fisheries and tourism. Compounded by our limited land space, geographic vulnerabilities and susceptibility to external shocks, these factors squarely position SIDS as those disproportionately affected by global environmental threats, such…