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AOSIS outlines important SIDS issues to reflect in the UN Secretary General’s priorities for 2022
January 21, 2022STATEMENT AOSIS outlines important SIDS issues to reflect in the UN Secretary General’s priorities for 2022 2022-01-21 H E. Conrod Hunte,…
Read MoreAOSIS welcomes the UN Task Force created to finalize the Multi-dimensional Vulnerability Index
January 19, 2022STATEMENT AOSIS welcomes the UN Task Force created to finalize the Multi-dimensional Vulnerability Index 2022-01-19 H E. Walton Webson, Permanent Representative…
Read MoreAOSIS congratulates Pakistan on assuming the G77&China Chairmanship
January 14, 2022STATEMENT AOSIS congratulates Pakistan on assuming the G77&China Chairmanship 2022-01-14 H E. Walton Webson, Permanent Representative of Antigua and Barbuda to…
Read MoreAs The COP26 Smoke Clears, Rhetoric Must Become Real Action
December 28, 2021At COP26, the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), fought for the interests of small islands and climate vulnerable states. As Chair, I can say that our membership was forced to make compromises to ensure that the world received a climate pact that keeps us on the essential pathway of 1.5°C. It seems we small islands are always called on to compromise, to pay a high price for a crisis not of our making.
Read MoreAnalysis-In 2021, governments blew hot on 1.5C goal, colder on climate action
December 20, 2021“(We) did witness a clear shift from other countries to support keeping 1.5C alive,” said U.N. ambassador Aubrey Webson of Antigua and Barbuda, who chairs the Alliance of Small Island States, uniting 39 nations from the Pacific to the Caribbean.
Webson said the new high-level momentum behind 1.5C – as seen among leaders this year, from the G7 and G20 summits to the COP26 U.N. climate talks – must be matched by rapid action.
“Rhetoric and pledges without implementation are fool’s gold for small islands,”
Who will pay for the damage caused by climate change?
December 15, 2021“When countries lose their islands because of sea level rise and extreme events, they are losing their culture and traditions. There is no adapting to that,” says Le-Anne Roper, coordinator for loss and damage at the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS).
Read MoreInnovative AOSIS – OSF Climate Partnership Aims To Reduce Island Debt
December 10, 2021INNOVATIVE AOSIS – OSF CLIMATE PARTNERSHIP AIMS TO REDUCE ISLAND DEBT Download PDF INNOVATIVE AOSIS – OSF CLIMATE PARTNERSHIP AIMS TO…
Read MoreCOP 26: Poor countries demand compensation for climate impacts caused by wealthy nations
December 6, 2021As the world is struggling to keep global warming at bay, the issue of who pays for the fallout of climate change is one of the major sticking points in negotiations at the UN climate conference in Glasgow.
Ambassador Prasad (Fiji), Minister Molwyn Joseph (Antigua and Barbuda, AOSIS Chair)
‘A heavy load to carry’: A day in the life of a negotiator at COP26
December 6, 2021Xavier Matsutaro, a negotiator from Palau, is focused on how to get the strongest environmental regulations for carbon markets.
Read MoreConcessional financing must be available to all #SIDS – Al Jazeera
December 6, 2021AOSIS Negotiator, Lia Nicholson: Climate disasters do not bypass vulnerable SIDS that are defined as high income. GDP per capita cannot be applied to climate finance. Concessional financing must be available to all #SIDS in order to build our resilience to climate change.
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