Fellowship – Alliance of Small Island States

Apply To Be a 2018 Climate Change Fellow

AOSIS Climate Change Fellowship Program In 2014 AOSIS established the Climate Change Fellowship Program. The program brings early career professionals from AOSIS member countries to New York for one year to participate as part of each Fellow’s national delegation to the UNFCCC and UNHQ. Each year, candidates are selected to spend a year based in… Continue reading Apply To Be a 2018 Climate Change Fellow

Zika, Climate Change, and Me

This article is part of a series produced by The Huffington Post, in conjunction with the U.N.’s 22nd Conference of the Parties(COP22) in Morocco (Nov. 7-18), aka the climate-change conference. The series will put a spotlight on climate-change issues and the conference itself. To view the entire series, visit here. I never thought that my work and… Continue reading Zika, Climate Change, and Me

Opportunity to tackle climate change may never come again – Thoriq Ibrahim, Maldives Minister of Environment & Energy

From Thomson Reuters Foundation It’s been a landmark year for global leadership in the effort to address climate change. China and the United States – the world’s largest economies and emitters – have submitted plans to reduce the emissions responsible for the crisis. Businesses of all stripes have called for a massive transition to renewable… Continue reading Opportunity to tackle climate change may never come again – Thoriq Ibrahim, Maldives Minister of Environment & Energy

US News & World Report Features AOSIS Commentary

[In the midst of U.N. talks over FFD on the road to Addis Ababa, and on Earth Day, the prestigious American news outfit, US News & World Report has published a commentary by Ahmed Sareer about the challenges climate change creates for island nations sustainable development pathways. Click here for full story.] UNITED NATIONS –… Continue reading US News & World Report Features AOSIS Commentary

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

Guardian: Warsaw climate talks: the world’s poorest cannot wait for a 2015

By Tony de Brum, Kelly Rigg and Mary Robinson: We are now at a tipping point that threatens to flip the world into a full blown climate emergency. As the poorest and most vulnerable people of the world endure the increasingly damaging impacts of a warming world, tired excuses and calls to delay action are no… Continue reading Guardian: Warsaw climate talks: the world’s poorest cannot wait for a 2015