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HELP WANTED: Self-starter to run U.N. climate program
August 18, 2022“I would want to see a person who is on urgency, urgency, urgency because that is critical for us,” said Conrod Hunte, lead negotiator for the Alliance of Small Island States.
That means someone who is focused on the agenda and able to concentrate on areas that can bring parties together, he added.
Make polluters pay for climate adaptation, voluntary carbon market body proposes
August 18, 2022The move was backed by the Alliance of Small Island States. “The voluntary carbon market is a significant and growing source of climate finance,” said Conrod Hunte, of Antigua and Barbuda, chair of the Alliance of Small Island Developing States.
Read MoreUN leaders call on international community to support SIDS recovery
August 18, 2022Shahid opened the Wadadli Action Platform, which took place on August 8 and 9, 2022 at St John’s, Antigua, hosted by Antigua and Barbuda in its capacity as chair of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) in partnership with the governments of Denmark and the United Kingdom.
Read MoreHow the Ukraine crisis raises the costs of climate change for poor nations
August 18, 2022“[These] governments have largely been bankrolling or paying for their adaptation,” Janine Felson, Belize ambassador and co-lead Climate Finance Negotiator at the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), told TRT World.
“They will have to take a bit of a pain killer to swallow the cost,” Felson says, “which means that national budgets will have to be used to either reduce taxes on imports for fuels or to manage social support systems,” she adds.
Read MoreAOSIS Pushes Progress On Loss and Damage Finance Facility
August 11, 2022PRESS RELEASE AOSIS Pushes Progress On Loss and Damage Finance Facility 2022-08-11 Download PDF Topic: Climate SIDS climate negotiators chart way…
Read MoreLeaders Call On International Community To Support SIDS Recovery
August 10, 2022PRESS RELEASE Leaders Call On International Community To Support SIDS Recovery 2022-08-10 Download PDF Topic: Sustainable Development L-R: Ms. Rebecca Fabrizi…
Read MoreWADADLI ACTION PLATFORM
August 8, 2022WADADLI ACTION PLATFORM 2022-08-08 THE WADADLI ACTION PLATFORM 8-9 AUGUST 2022 JOHN E. ST. LUCE FINANCE & CONFERENCE CENTER ST. JOHN’S,…
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Wadadli Action Platform
August 5, 2022The Wadadli Action Platform 8-9 August 2022 John E. St. Luce Finance & Conference Center St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda Small…
Read MoreHistoric Wadadli Action Platform Set To Advance Action For SIDS Resilience
August 4, 2022PRESS RELEASE Historic Wadadli Action Platform Set To Advance Action For SIDS Resilience 2022-08-04 Download PDF Topic: Sustainable Development AOSIS will…
Read MoreAOSIS Fellowship wins UN Small Island Developing States Partnership Awards
July 11, 2022PRESS RELEASE AOSIS Fellowship wins UN Small Island Developing States Partnership Awards 2022-07-11 Download PDF Topic: Fellowship AOSIS Fellowship Wins UN…
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