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At COP30, AOSIS Takes Action With New Agenda Item to Close the Ambition Gap
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“Our world’s 1.5°C turning point is here”: AOSIS proposes new agenda item: “Responding to the NDC Synthesis Report and Addressing the 1.5°C Ambition and Implementation Gap” Belem, Brazil: Friday 7th November, 2025 As countries converge in Brazil for the landmark United Nations climate change conference, the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) is taking bold…
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November Newsletter: Message from the Chair of AOSIS
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AOSIS NEWSLETTER – NOVEMBER 2023 • Message from the Chair of AOSIS H.E. Fatumanava-o-Upolu III Dr Pa’olelei Luteru Talofa reader, As we near the end of what has been an extraordinary year, we find ourselves on the cusp of another pivotal climate change summit. After agreeing to a seminal new AOSIS Leaders Declaration in September,…
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Draft AOSIS Joint Closing Statement Sixtieth Session of the Subsidiary Bodies of UNFCCC
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1. Thank you, Mr. Chairs of SBI and SBSTA for convening this joint plenary to hear parties’ views on matters taken up at this session, 2. This statement is made by Samoa on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States. A coalition of low-lying coastal communities that are most vulnerable to the adverse impacts…
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Report of the AOSIS Meeting of Experts on Waste Management
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1. INTRODUCTION The Meeting of Experts on Waste Management for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) was held at Hotel Nacional, Havana (Cuba). It brought together experts from all SIDS regions and from a variety of backgrounds, such as government trade officials and representatives from educational institutions, waste management, private business and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). A…
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Statement by the Chair of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) at the Opening Ceremony for the Fourth International Conference on SIDS (SIDS4)
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It is my honour as Chair of the Alliance of small island states to address this August international conference for SIDS, and as Samoa, host of the last SIDS conference, to pass the baton to Antigua and Barbuda. SIDS started this journey towards this International Conference (SIDS4) with high aspirations and ambitious ideas. Ideas, as…
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Analysis-In 2021, governments blew hot on 1.5C goal, colder on climate action
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“(We) did witness a clear shift from other countries to support keeping 1.5C alive,” said U.N. ambassador Aubrey Webson of Antigua and Barbuda, who chairs the Alliance of Small Island States, uniting 39 nations from the Pacific to the Caribbean. Webson said the new high-level momentum behind 1.5C – as seen among leaders this year,…
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Analysis-In 2021, governments blew hot on 1.5C goal, colder on climate action
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“(We) did witness a clear shift from other countries to support keeping 1.5C alive,” said U.N. ambassador Aubrey Webson of Antigua and Barbuda, who chairs the Alliance of Small Island States, uniting 39 nations from the Pacific to the Caribbean. Webson said the new high-level momentum behind 1.5C – as seen among leaders this year,…
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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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AOSIS Chair Address at the High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development
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Excellencies, Distinguished delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, It would be remiss of me to not begin my remarks without expressing our deepest condolences to and solidarity with the Governments and peoples of the affected countries following the passage of Hurricane Beryl in the Caribbean last week. In the blink of an eye, small island states were…
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A New Era of Action: AOSIS Statement on the Closing of the Second Session of the Preparatory Committee for SIDS4
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STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE ALLIANCE OF SMALL ISLAND STATES (AOSIS) Closing of the Second Session of the Preparatory Committee for the Fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States 11 April 2024 Conference Room 2 3:00 – 6:00 p.m. Distinguished Co-Chairs, I have the honor to deliver the following statement on behalf of the…