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Implementing Mission 1.5: Opening Remarks for Opening Segment Copenhagen Climate Ministerial
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Opening Remarks for Opening Segment Copenhagen Climate Ministerial 21 – 22 March 2024 I am pleased to make this statement on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island Developing States • At the outset let me thank our host Denmark for facilitating such a useful setting for Climate Ministers to build our collective understanding on…
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UN CLIMATE AMBITION SUMMIT
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UN CLIMATE AMBITION SUMMIT Wednesday 20th September, 2023 Your Excellency Antonio Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations Excellencies Colleagues • I am honoured to bring you greetings from the Independent State of Samoa, and I am pleased to deliver my remarks as Chair of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS). • On behalf…
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AOSIS and LDCs Say Progress Is Too Slow At Bonn Climate Negotiations
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The Chairs representing countries most vulnerable to climate change warned the world is wasting its last chance to raise ambition and avoid breaching the global warming limit UN Campus, Bonn, Germany, June 24th, 2025 On Tuesday 24th June, the UN negotiating bloc for small island developing states, AOSIS, joined the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) at…
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AOSIS Climate Change Team July 2024 Newsletter – Chair’s Message
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• AOSIS Climate Change Team Newsletter – July 2024 Message from the Chair of AOSIS H.E. Fatumanava-o-Upolu III Dr Pa’olelei Luteru Talofa reader, Firstly, on behalf of the Chair’s team of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), I extend my heartfelt sympathies to our brethren and sistren in the Caribbean who once again fell…
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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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AOSIS High Level Statement Twenty Ninth Conference of the Parties to UNFCCC
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1. COP 29 President, His Excellency Mukhtar Babayev, Executive Secretary Mr. Simon Steil, my dear fellow ministers. At the outset let me thank the Government of Azerbaijan for the warm hospitality and wonderful arrangements all accomplished within a span of less than one year in preparation for this COP. 2. As Chair of the Alliance…
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An Insurance mechanism for the consequences of sea level rise
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The Parties recognize that: (1) There should be established, as an integral part of the Framework Convention on Climate Change, an International climate Fund to finance measures to counter the adverse consequences of climate change, and a separate International Insurance Pool to provide Einancial insurance against the consequences of sea level rise; (2) Revenue for…
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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…
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G7 Ministerial Must Be Gamechanger for Climate Ambition
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G7 Must Make Bold Emissions Cuts to Avoid Worst Climate Change Impacts At the G7 Climate Ministerial, the world’s richest countries – responsible for 21% of GHG emissions – must take ambitious action to prevent climate catastrophe. New York, 29th April, 2024 At the G7 Climate Ministerial, which brings together the leaders of the world’s…
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AOSIS Statement at COP26 Opening Plenary
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I have the honor to deliver these remarks on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States in alignment with the statement delivered by the Group of 77 and China. Introduction We would first like to thank the Government of the United Kingdom for their outstanding efforts to enable COP-26 during this critical year. This…