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Climate finance is not Overseas Development Assistance
April 21, 2015STATEMENT Climate finance is not Overseas Development Assistance 2015-04-21 AOSIS Download PDF Topic: Sustainable Development 1. I have the honour to…
Read MoreBig Emitters Starting to Move on iNDCs
March 31, 2015The United States, the world’s second largest emitter and first largest historic emitter, submitted its iNDC to the U.N. Framework Convention…
Read MoreAOSIS Ambassadors Hold Special Meeting on Vanuatu Cyclone Recovery
March 25, 2015UNITED NATIONS—Ambassadors from the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) met here today to discuss Vanuatu’s recovery efforts after Cyclone Pam…
Read MoreMaldives Environment Minister Addresses Sendai in Wake of Cyclone Pam
March 17, 2015Against the backdrop of the death and destruction Cyclone Pam caused in AOSIS member state, Vanuatu, the Maldives Environment Minister, Thoriq…
Read MoreHeavy storm damage to small island nation will affect Paris talks, diplomats say
March 17, 2015FROM CLIMATEWIRE Lisa Friedman, E&E reporter Published: Tuesday, March 17, 2015 The mounting death toll and devastation in Vanuatu since Cyclone Pam…
Read MoreVanuatu Devastated By Cyclone Pam
March 16, 2015The unprecedented power of Cyclone Pam, which left at least 6 dead and tore a swath of destruction across the Pacific…
Read MoreGeneva Takes a Step on the Road to Paris
February 13, 2015Geneva—At the conclusion of the United Nations climate change negotiations here, the first in a series of meetings this year designed…
Read MoreAOSIS Sees Important Opportunity for Progress in Geneva
February 8, 2015Geneva—Ahead of the opening of the international climate talks here, Ambassador Ahmed Sareer, Permanent Representative to the United Nations for the…
Read MoreWe should not surrender to climate change – Dunya Maumoon
January 29, 2015From The Guardian By Dunya Maumoon This month a team of scientists reported that melting ice caps and glaciers due to…
Read MoreMaldives Delivers AOSIS Post-2015 SD Statement
January 19, 2015Co-Facilitators, I have the honor to speak on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States, a coalition comprising 39 small…
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