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  • AOSIS STATEMENT ON ELECTION OF SIDS REPRESENTATIVES TO IPCC CHAIRMANSHIP

    AOSIS STATEMENT ON ELECTION OF SIDS REPRESENTATIVES TO IPCC CHAIRMANSHIP

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    2023, Climate, COP27, UNFCCC

    Small island developing states (SIDS) hope for focus on topics critical to vulnerable countries, particularly pathways to keep global commitment to 1.5°C warming limit. 28th July, 2023 Small island developing states (SIDS) will be strongly represented in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Seventh Assessment Report (AR7) Bureau, with the newly elected Working Group…

  • AOSIS Press Statement on the Closing of the UNFCCC June Climate Meetings/ SB62

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    Climate, Mitigation, UNFCCC

    Press Statement from the Chair of the Alliance of Small Island States Her Excellency Ilana Seid Closing of the 62nd Session of the Subsidiary Bodies of the UNFCCC/ June Climate Meetings Friday 27th June 2025, UN Campus, Bonn As we reflect on the closure of the 62nd Session of the Subsidiary Bodies, AOSIS acknowledges the…

  • AOSIS decries the failure of the AdHoc Energy Working Group

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    2001, SDGs, Sustainable Development

    Mr. Chairmen, I have the honour to speak on behalf of the forty-three Members and Observers of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), thirty-seven of which are members of the United Nations. Energy is one of the fourteen priority issues identified in 1994 in the Barbados Programme of Action for the sustainable development of…

  • AOSIS calls for a special window for SIDS within the Adaptation Fund

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    2006, Climate, Finance, UNFCCC

    Tuvalu on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) would like to present AOSIS initial view on specific policies, programme priorities and eligibility criteria for the operation of the Adaptation Fund, for consideration by the Subsidiary Body for Implementation at its twenty-fourth session (May 2006). AOSIS welcomes the decision of COP/MOP 1 providing…

  • SIDS target 10 GW total installed renewable energy capacity by 2030

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    2021, Climate

    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…

  • AOSIS Press Statement on the upcoming ICJ Advisory Opinion on Climate Change

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    Climate, Loss & Damage

    For the world’s most vulnerable, the upcoming Advisory Opinion from the International Court of Justice on Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change is a milestone after decades of our calls for international accountability. On Wednesday 23rd July, all eyes will be on the Hague as the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivers its…

  • Island Nations Launch New Declaration at AOSIS Leaders Meeting

    Island Nations Launch New Declaration at AOSIS Leaders Meeting

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    2023, Adaptation, Climate, COP27, UNFCCC

    UN Secretary General says, “Developed countries must deliver” on finance for SIDS, in address at island leaders’ meeting on the margins of the UN General Assembly. New York City, 22 September, 2023 The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) High-Level week climaxed for leaders of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) with the Alliance of Small Island…

  • AOSIS Joint Statement Twenty-eighth session of the Conference of Parties to UNFCCC

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    2023, Climate, COP27, Mitigation, UNFCCC

    ● Samoa is honored to speak on behalf of Small Island Developing States. We are 39 small island and low-lying coastal nations that are most vulnerable to climate change. ● We align ourselves to the statement made by Cuba on behalf of G77 and China. ● Let me also join others in congratulating your Excellency…

  • AOSIS and IRENA Sign MOU Aiming To Strengthen Small Islands

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    2023, Adaptation, Climate, SB52, UNFCCC

    AOSIS and IRENA Sign MOU Aiming To Strengthen Small Islands 6th June, 2023 At the opening of the Bonn Climate Change Conference on Monday 5th June, the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) and The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) met to sign a seminal Memorandum of Understanding. This significant move deepens a partnership between…

  • UNFCCC Executive Secretary briefs AOSIS on preparations for COP10

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    2004, Climate, COP10, UNFCCC

    At the briefing organised for the AOSIS delegations held lunchtime on Wednesday 20th October 2004, Ms Joke Waller-Hunter, Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC updated the AOSIS delegations on: • the progress of work in the Climate Change process; • UNFCCC Secretariat’s preparations for the upcoming Tenth Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP10: 6th…