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Here we go again: KP on the chopping block
August 16, 2012The legal cornerstone of the international effort to address climate change is on the chopping block as parties prepare for the…
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Loss & Damage
August 16, 2012AOSIS’s Loss and Damage proposal received heightened attention at the UNFCCC meeting in Bonn last June, but the concept of having…
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Small Islands and Food Security
August 16, 2012Rising seas and super-charged hurricanes may be the most dramatic of the risks small islands states face from climate change, but…
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Small Islands Call For Research On Survival Threshold
August 14, 2012Ambassador Marlene Moses, Permanent Representative to the United Nations for the Republic of Nauru and chair of the Alliance of Small…
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Bonn Must Prioritise Ambition and Environmental Integrity
August 14, 2012On the eve of the first round of climate talks since last December’s Durban Climate Change Conference, Ambassador Marlene Moses, Chair…
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The need for small steps toward realism
August 14, 2012By Marlene Moses The last round of United Nations climate negotiations, before the major annual meeting begins next month in Durban, South…
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New Kyoto Commitments Needed Now
June 11, 2012Nauru’s Foreign Minister discusses why the Kyoto Protocol matters – to climate change in particular and the multilateral approach in general….
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