Category: Press Releases

**Media Advisory** Scoping Meeting for the IPCC Special Report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 °C UNITED NATIONS–Understanding the consequences of warming above 1.5 degrees, and options to avoid it, is of particular importance to the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), whose members are vulnerable to sea level rise and other extreme… Continue reading Media Advisory: Scoping Meeting for the IPCC Special Report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 °C

“The solutions to climate change are more cost effective than ever and success stories for effective action abound. The only question is whether we join together quickly and boldly enough to avoid catastrophe.” -Thoriq Ibrahim BONN, Germany–At the opening of the United Nations climate change conference, the first since the international community reached the historic… Continue reading Small islands call on countries to accelerate climate action

UNITED NATIONS—On the sidelines of the Paris Climate Change Agreement ceremony here today, where a record 167 countries will sign the historic document, United Nations Secretary General Ban ki-Moon joined five AOSIS representatives—Maldives, Fiji, Marshall Islands, Palau, and Grenada—as well as Canada, Norway, and Mali at a special event highlighting the countries that have already… Continue reading AOSIS Members Join Secretary General in Early Ratification Event

UNITED NATIONS—Leaders from the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), a coalition of 44 island and coastal nations that are highly vulnerable to climate change, are meeting today ahead of tomorrow’s historic Paris climate change agreement signing ceremony. The first four countries to complete their domestic ratification processes—Fiji, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Palau… Continue reading Small Islands Lead World in Climate Treaty Ratification

4 April, 2016–Today, the parliament of the Republic of the Maldives, one of the first country’s to raise the alarm on the danger of climate change and sea level rise in the 1980s and Chair of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), voted to ratify the historic Paris climate change agreement. The decision makes… Continue reading Press release: Maldives Among First to Ratify Paris Climate Agreement

WHAT: Inaugural Meeting of the Steering Committee on Partnership for SIDS meeting. In 2014, the signing of the SAMOA Pathway agreement marked a new era for sustainable development for the world’s Small Island Developing States (SIDS). The roadmap for development was the product of years of on-the-ground experience with development issues and close partnerships with… Continue reading Meeting tomorrow: New committee ushers in sustainable development progress

New York, 1830hrs, 23 February 2016 –The extent of destruction from Tropical Cyclone Winston, the Southern Hemisphere’s strongest tropical storm on record, are being assessed as emergency crews reach hardest-hit outlying islands and other areas isolated by storm damage. “All reports indicate the scale of destruction is beyond anything experienced before in Fiji,” said Ambassador… Continue reading Fiji Assessing Needs in Wake of Worst-Ever Cyclone

NEW YORK–With widespread power outages and entire islands cut off from the mainland, reports on the impact of Cyclone Winston are still trickling out. Fiji representatives here held an emergency meeting last night with UN officials to begin the assessment process and relief packages are already arriving in country. The next hours and days will… Continue reading Cyclone Winston: Grim reminder of life in a warming world.

Paris—After meeting ahead of the second week of United Nations climate change negotiations, the Ministers and heads of delegation here representing the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), a coalition of 44 small island, low-lying, and coastal nations most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, released a joint statement outlining the group’s priorities for the… Continue reading Press Release: AOSIS Ministers Lay Out Priorities Ahead of Week Two

‘TUVALU Perspectives on the Climate Talks in Paris’ Tuvalu is one of the most vulnerable islands to the impact of Climate Change. On the frontlines, Tuvalu is at COP21 negotiating their survival. Hear their perspective on the Climate Change talks in Paris.  Date: Thursday, 3rd December 2015 (Today) Time: 10 am Venue: AOSIS Pavilion, Hall 2.   Speaker: Tuvalu Prime… Continue reading Press Conference: TUVALU Perspectives on Climate Talks