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Heavy 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…
Read MoreAOSIS High Level Statement Delivered at COP 20 in Lima
December 9, 2014Delivered by His Excellency Honourable Baron Divavesi Waqa M.P., President of the Republic of Nauru and Chair of the Alliance of…
Read MoreSmall islands lay out priorities at start of Lima
December 1, 2014Ahead of the opening of the international climate talks in Lima, Peru, Ambassador Marlene Moses, Chair of the Alliance of Small Island…
Read MoreAOSIS Ministers Set Out Priorities Ahead of Lima
November 12, 2014Mahe, Seychelles—This week, Nauru, Chair of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) convened a meeting of the group’s ministers, which…
Read MoreSeychelle’s student, Sonam Tsultrim, reads a letter to UNSG at AOSIS Ministerial
November 12, 2014Dear Mr. UN Secretary General, We are small and, to many insignificant. We are spread all across, yet we lie unknown….
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