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IRENA and Alliance of Small Island States sign energy transition agreement
December 6, 2021The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) have signed an agreement at COP26, known as ‘Adaptation Day’, that will see the two organisations work closely to mobilise climate finance and to advance the deployment of renewable energy across Small Island Developing States (SIDS).
Read MoreHalfway through, COP26 divided between praise and disillusion
December 6, 2021“Let’s stop talking in the air on access to finance”, denounced Lia Nicholson, negotiator for the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), deploring that the populations on the front line of climate change “are being held hostage by ‘random charity’.
Read MoreFlooding paradise: Island nations’ climate threat
December 6, 2021“Our country is paradise, there’s no doubt about it,” Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne tells Axios. “But they are, unfortunately, destroying our pristine environment.”
Read MoreAt COP 26, Island Nations Demand Action on Funding and Emissions
December 6, 2021Islands have contributed little to global emissions yet stand to suffer disproportionately from climate change. Now, they are demanding more funding to protect themselves.
Read MorePoor countries at Cop26 concerned by G20’s limited climate progress
December 6, 2021Gaston Browne, the prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda and chair of the Alliance of Small Island States, which represents 39 countries, said: “From what I’ve seen it appears we are going to overshoot 1.5C. We are very concerned about that. This is a matter of survival for us.”
Read MoreCop26 delegates from ‘red list’ countries will need to isolate for 5 days in the UK
September 7, 2021Delegates attending the Cop26 climate talks and travelling to Glasgow from a country on the UK’s “red list”, will need to isolate for at least five days in a hotel upon arrival, a Cop26 official has told media.
Read MorePoor, unvaccinated countries fear getting to U.N. climate summit may be ‘almost insurmountable’
August 17, 2021As host for a crucial United Nations climate summit this fall in Glasgow, the British government has vowed that the international gathering will not only be “safe and successful,” but “the most inclusive ever,” even in the face of a surging coronavirus pandemic.
Read MoreClimate change, rising seas may lead to extinction of small island nations
August 9, 2021Island nations across the world are warning that they face catastrophic consequences of rising sea levels and possible extinction, after a landmark U.N. report warned of the effects of a warming world.
Read MoreClimate change: At-risk nations fear extinction after IPCC report
August 9, 2021Nations vulnerable to climate change have warned they are on the “edge of extinction” if action is not taken.
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