By Ambassador Marlene Moses It’s a big year for small islands. As we work to conclude our regional preparations for the Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States in 2014, which also happens to be the International Year of SIDS, we have an unprecedented opportunity to shape the global sustainable development agenda for years… Continue reading “It’s a big year for small islands”
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Record Tides Swamp Marshall Islands Airport
Tides Swamp Marshall Islands – RTCC
RTCC picked up on an underreported story from the Marshall Islands. Record tides tied to climate chan The tiny Pacific Marshall Islands are being inundated by record tides that have engulfed the capital Majuro leading the government to welcome a US emergency response team with the words “welcome to climate change”. The combination of storm surges and… Continue reading Tides Swamp Marshall Islands – RTCC
Solomon Islands Amb. Colin Beck on Climate Change
AOSIS Rep Challenges Voluntary Targets
Amb. Beck – Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands Ambassador challenges US voluntary targets plan
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Amb. Colin Beck of the Solomon Islands calls for binding targets in video interview
Ambassador Colin Beck of the Solomon Islands told RTCC that the possibility of the new global treaty to be agreed in 2015 being made up of emission reduction pledges set by nations themselves, risked the effectiveness of the process. “When we take voluntary targets, what that really means is that we are doing nothing,” he said at… Continue reading Amb. Colin Beck of the Solomon Islands calls for binding targets in video interview
AOSIS Proposal ‘Wins Support’ At UN Climate Talks
A story posted today on RTCC quoted delegates from the EU, USA, Norway, Japan and Mali on behalf of the Africa Group welcoming AOSIS’s proposal to advance work under Workstream 2 of the ADP: “‘We have heard the proposal from AOSIS and we support it. It is clear we need the technical input to get… Continue reading AOSIS Proposal ‘Wins Support’ At UN Climate Talks
How to make the UNFCCC process more efficient and effective
The UN climate change negotiations are meant to address the most urgent crisis facing the international community, one that has already triggered environmental and humanitarian disasters on an unprecedented scale, and, if current trends continue, one that will lead to the loss of entire nations as rising seas inundate low-lying island states around the world.… Continue reading How to make the UNFCCC process more efficient and effective