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Rich countries are called to help the poorest face climate change
June 17, 2022“We were offered a process that does not offer a clear objective or vision,” lamented Michai Robertson, representative of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS).
Currently, the aid is “a drop in the bucket” compared to the cost of damage, he added.
Climate change: Bonn talks end in acrimony over compensation
June 17, 2022“The climate emergency is fast becoming a catastrophe,” said Conrod Hunte, lead negotiator for the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS).
“Yet within these walls the process feels out of step with reality, the pace feels too slow,” he told delegates at the end of the meeting.
Bonn climate conference: World is “cooked” if we carry on with coal
June 17, 2022“Fundamentally, the war and cost of living must not be used as an excuse to let the 1.5C goal slip out of reach,” said Ambassador Conrod Hunte, from Antigua and Barbuda, who’s the lead negotiator for the Alliance of Small Island States in the Bonn talks.
“And adequate, fair climate finance is intrinsic to keeping us on this pathway.”
Read MoreIsland states say fund for climate disaster victims must be created by Cop27
June 17, 2022“The Glasgow Dialogue appears to be a one standalone dialogue with no clear destination,” Michai Robertson, climate negotiator of Antigua and Barbuda said on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS).
Read MoreSmall island states bat for dedicated climate money from developed countries
June 17, 2022THE ALLIANCE of Small Island States (AOSIS) is insistent that developed countries should respond positively to the call for dedicated financing facility for victims of climate change impacts.
Read MoreWorld’s Most Vulnerable Call for Application of Article 6 Rules to Voluntary Carbon Market
June 8, 2022PRESS RELEASE World’s Most Vulnerable Call for Application of Article 6 Rules to Voluntary Carbon Market 2022-06-08 Download PDF Topic: Climate…
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 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)