Search results for: “climate-change”
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Island nations issue declaration calling for support in marine protection
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Recognizing the role of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) as the custodians of the ocean because of their leadership in sustainable ocean management and conservation, including through the use of traditional knowledge, knowledge of Indigenous Peoples, and local knowledge systems, Further recognizing the centrality of the ocean to the cultural identity of SIDS, the dependency…
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AOSIS Statement for FfD4 Side Event “Financing development in a climate challenged world: Debt Sustainability Support Service”
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Opening Remarks for the Side-Event “Financing development in a climate challenged world: Debt Sustainability Support Service” Side-Event at the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates I have the honour to present these opening remarks on behalf of the Chair of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS). As mentioned by others…
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Debt Sustainability Support for SIDS – High-level Thematic Debate on Debt Sustainability and Socio-Economic Equality for All
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Statement on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) at the High-level Thematic Debate on Debt Sustainability and Socio-Economic Equality for All Monday, 15 April 2024, 3 p.m. – 6 p.m. General Assembly Hall, UN Headquarters, New York I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the members of the…
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SIDS’ Futures Can’t Be Compromised
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Statement on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) at the Informal Stocktaking Plenary by the President 12 November 2021 Excellencies and Colleagues, AOSIS finds ourselves, in the final hours of this important Conference, overwhelmed at the work still left ahead of us. Mitigation As we approach the 11th hour of COP26, a…
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Alliance of Small Island States Open-ended single-setting “Qurultay”
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Thank you Mr. President, Thank you to the Presidency for its efforts in putting together this package of decisions. We appreciate that the contours of the package are now on the table but we believe that we have some way to go before we achieve the balance and ambition that AOSIS needs to see coming…
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Letter to the Integrity Council of the Voluntary Carbon Markets on aligning with best practices
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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:…
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Resumed Fourth Session of the Preparatory Committee for the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development
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Distinguished Co-Chairs, I have the honor to deliver this statement on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS). We align with the statement delivered by Iraq, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China. At the outset, allow me to express my congratulations to both of you for your astute leadership and…
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AOSIS proposes path forward for tourism recovery for SIDS
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I have the honour to deliver this intervention on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) during roundtable three “For Prosperity: Re-invigorating investments in sustainable tourism”. We wish to begin by highlighting the interconnectedness of roundtable two, “For Planet: Accelerating a climate-friendly transformation” and roundtable three. Therefore, it is because we are disproportionately…
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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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Who will pay for the damage caused by climate change?
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“When countries lose their islands because of sea level rise and extreme events, they are losing their culture and traditions. There is no adapting to that,” says Le-Anne Roper, coordinator for loss and damage at the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS).