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Unprecedented Caribbean Hurricane Highlights Urgent Need For Climate Finance
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The earliest ever recorded category 5 hurricane in the Atlantic has devastated vulnerable islands with scarce resources to rebuild and recover. New York, 2nd July, 2024 STATEMENT FROM AOSIS CHAIR, AMBASSADOR FATUMANAVA DR. PA’OLELEI LUTERU It is with heavy hearts that we citizens of small island developing states (SIDS) witnessed the utter destruction wrought by…
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Further cooperation is needed between the UNFCCC, the CBD and the CCD
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Samoa, on behalf of the Alliance of Small Islands States (AOSIS) welcomes this opportunity to submit its initial views on the issue of “Cooperation between the Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Convention to Combat Desertification”. At present the implementation of the UNFCCC, the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)…
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UNGA79 Leaders Must Step Up On Climate Finance
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At UNGA79, Countries Must Commit to Ambitious New Finance Goal, or Face Intensified Climate Crisis With COP29 less than two months away, small island developing states are deeply concerned by the lack of progress on the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) on climate finance. 17th September, 2024 – New York City Ahead of the High-Level…
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AOSIS Chair Prime Minister Gaston Browne discusses areas of Innovative Finance at COP27
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Remarks by the Honourable Gaston Browne, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, and Chair of the Alliance of Small Island States at a High Level Round Table at COP27 Innovative Finance for Climate and Development Monday, 7 November 2022 What challenges do you face in securing and accessing funding for mitigation, adaptation and just transition…
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The Majuro Statement on Climate Change reflecting AOSIS’ views on the CDM of the Kyoto Protocol
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The participants in the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) Workshop on the Clean Development Mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Having met in Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands, from 14 to 16 July 1999: Expressed their gratitude to His Excellency the President, the Government and…
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COP29 Closing Plenary – AOSIS Statement
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AOSIS closing statement COP 29 Baku, Azerbaijan Opener Alliance of Small Island States joins the consensus on COP 29. We have crossed many oceans and continents to meet here for a comprehensive outcome on the finance goal. We had more hope that the process would protect the interests of the most vulnerable and those with…
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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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AOSIS outlines pressing needs on financing the recovery from Covid-19
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Heads of States and Governments, President of ECOSOC Secretary General, Excellencies, I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), a group of countries that are uniquely vulnerable to external shocks and by all accounts, the most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting economic…
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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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COP29 AOSIS Statement G77 and China Preparatory meeting
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AOSIS Statement G77 and China Preparatory meeting Twenty Ninth Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC AOSIS Statement G77 and China Preparatory meeting 09 November 2024, Baku Azerbaijan 9am Opening Remarks from the AOSIS Chair • Thank you, Chair, for the opportunity to reflect on the COP29 agenda. I wish to highlight a few key…