Geneva—At the conclusion of the United Nations climate change negotiations here, the first in a series of meetings this year designed to advance progress toward a comprehensive international agreement at the end of the year in Paris, Ambassador Ahmed Sareer, the Maldives’ Permanent Representative to the U.N. and Chair of the Alliance of Small Island… Continue reading Geneva Takes a Step on the Road to Paris
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AOSIS Sees Important Opportunity for Progress in Geneva
Geneva—Ahead of the opening of the international climate talks here, Ambassador Ahmed Sareer, Permanent Representative to the United Nations for the Maldives, and chair of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), a group of 44 low-lying and coastal countries that are highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, released the following statement on behalf of the group:… Continue reading AOSIS Sees Important Opportunity for Progress in Geneva
We should not surrender to climate change – Dunya Maumoon
From The Guardian By Dunya Maumoon This month a team of scientists reported that melting ice caps and glaciers due to climate change are causing oceans to rise more drastically than previously calculated. The news is particularly troubling for my country, the Maldives — the world’s lowest lying island chain — and for other coastal and island nations… Continue reading We should not surrender to climate change – Dunya Maumoon
Maldives Delivers AOSIS Post-2015 SD Statement
Co-Facilitators, I have the honor to speak on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States, a coalition comprising 39 small island states and coastal communities. We align ourselves with the statement delivered by the distinguished Permanent Representative of South Africa on behalf of the Group of 77 and China. At the outset, let me… Continue reading Maldives Delivers AOSIS Post-2015 SD Statement
AOSIS High Level Statement Delivered at COP 20 in Lima
Delivered by His Excellency Honourable Baron Divavesi Waqa M.P., President of the Republic of Nauru and Chair of the Alliance of Small Island Su Excelencia, Presidenté de la República, Señor Ollanta Humala, Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates: Nauru has the honour to speak on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States. At the outset, allow me… Continue reading AOSIS High Level Statement Delivered at COP 20 in Lima
Small islands lay out priorities at start of Lima
Ahead of the opening of the international climate talks in Lima, Peru, Ambassador Marlene Moses, Chair of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), a group of 44 low-lying and coastal countries that are highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, released the following statement: “The success or failure of the critical climate agreement to be signed next… Continue reading Small islands lay out priorities at start of Lima
AOSIS Ministers Set Out Priorities Ahead of Lima
Mahe, Seychelles—This week, Nauru, Chair of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) convened a meeting of the group’s ministers, which was hosted by the Seychelles government on the shores of the Indian Ocean, ahead of the crucial United Nations climate change conference in Lima in two weeks, which is meant to lay the groundwork… Continue reading AOSIS Ministers Set Out Priorities Ahead of Lima
Seychelle’s student, Sonam Tsultrim, reads a letter to UNSG at AOSIS Ministerial
Dear Mr. UN Secretary General, We are small and, to many insignificant. We are spread all across, yet we lie unknown. Day by day I can say we seem to disintegrate into this vast blue mystifying territory. I am an islander and I’m proud for there is no other place I would wish to be… Continue reading Seychelle’s student, Sonam Tsultrim, reads a letter to UNSG at AOSIS Ministerial
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Small islands outline priorities ahead of final climate talks before Lima
At the opening of the latest round of international climate talks here, Ngedikes “Olai” Uludong, lead negotiator for the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), a group of 44 low-lying and coastal countries that are highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, released the following statement: “We begin these climate negotiations, our last session before the critical… Continue reading FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Small islands outline priorities ahead of final climate talks before Lima